Intergalactic Summit

Perhaps I should take a short sabbatical such that my employment is changed to reflect that I am a member of Sebiestor Tribe.

I would be interested in seeing how long Cipher's argument holds water with the Republic loyalists among our numbers.

Ma'am,

A statement broken down into 2 parts does not constitute 2 statements.

Furthermore specifically he said two "points," a point is an idea that one is trying to convey. We received one idea (that the CEO is not part of the Republic hence its not about race.) There is no second point.

It is well understood that the above is mere sophistry, nobody really cares if it's 1 point or 2 points, but it goes to discredit the original idea, which was more sinister.



"People of the Republic" = "Rabid cattle to put chains on, and to sell to your betters to do as they please."

We can ignore the second part describing the "what" and focus on the "who."

"People of the Republic"

"People" and "the Republic" can mean different things, could mean people born in the Republic, could mean "Republicans" (altho why would one would say "people of the Republic" rather than "Republicans" which is shorter and more concise) could mean people living in the Republic, or just visiting. We don't know.

"of"

of (v, v; v when unstressed)
prep.
1. Derived or coming from; originating at or from: customs of the South.

*truncated for brevity, the rest of the definition :http://www.thefreedictionary.com/OF

So we get :

People derived, coming from, originating at or from, the Republic = "cattle to put chains on, and to sell you to your betters to do with as they please."

I won't draw a conclusion, to avoid more sophistry, feel free to understand it however you prefer.

I am rather certain that the CEO of a corporation that is public about its alignment with the Angel Cartel and their Serpentis associates would not consider himself "of the Republic" in the relevant sense: namely, one that lives there or serves it.

Born of the Republic he may be. But that's not the relevant context here; I think you know that, and at this point are blowing words just for the sake of being contrary.

Has been. Has. Assassin is no longer affiliated with the Republic and it's distorted ideals. He is also the CEO, because I saw it fit to elevate him to that position.

Every single person has the potential for greatness, regardless of their blood or genetics. There are many of matari origins whom I have much respect for and some that I look up to as an example, such as Trald Vukenda and others like him who've broken free of the confines of racial classifications and predetermined societal expectations set upon them upon birth.

You demonstrate the failure of your small minded dogma while you cling to race as an issue, only further proving my point. When you grow past your ignorance you might one day strive to achieve fraction of the greatness the Assassin has. Until then, your only worth is that what you would net at a slave market.

When Morwen Lagann sees fit to defend me of all people in a discussion, you are not doing so well. She makes a good point at it too, when we leave capsuleer controlled corporate entities we are assigned where CONCORD has predetermined. If I would choose to be a free agent, I would be assigned to The Scope roster, which would not be my choice - nor theirs as they have made their disdain for me known through official standings records. Like any other capsuleer, we have no say in this matter, no matter how much one would have desire for it.

I'm not sure whether I agree with you. Kim seems to be the one thing that Sansha, Angels, Serps, Guris, Raiders, Equalists, Federals, Republicans, Statists, Imperials and various null-sec factionalists can all agree on.

Despite her best efforts, she seems to be fomenting consensus rather than discord.

A forum owned and operated by CONCORD and the CRC is a wholly different beast, Diana.

Edit - Vince, I think you know I don't have a problem stepping up and defending someone when someone else is being obtuse and clearly wrong, regardless of who they are.

We didn't get a chance to talk at the Conference in April. We probably ought to rectify that sometime.

Diana Kim, a racist?

Alert the press.