Intergalactic Summit

None of the people who turned against Midular in life have any right to act in her name in death.

How unfortunate.

As for U'K, I never knew they have adopted such extremist views as of late. Shame.

This is a despicable act, done for reasons that should have been weeded from the Republic a long time ago. Sadly, the current regime, though not officially, seems to cultivate these sentiments instead.

No matter their claims; this is not a tribute to the legacy of Karin Midular in any form or way.

**** it, I'm going back to bed.

Try to have the cluster in order by the time I wake up tomorrow, okay?

I love it when people state that: 'these opinions are not representative of my parent alliance'.

There is no quicker way to get Ushra Khan highlighted as the racist hypocrites that people have long suspected them to be, especially when such a petty form of 'revenge' is taken by a known terror cell and then condoned by a sorry excuse for a man claiming it is 'just' while denying that he speaks for the organisation he is a member of. Ushra Khan would do well to expel this miscreant if they wish to stand by his own words, that they do not support his point of view. Anything less is agreement by association.

I guess when you do it, it's an honour killing, when anyone else does it, it's a murder, hmm?

I have little love for the Federation, but eye for an eye tactics are a little barbaric, especially when they do not seek to address the root problem, only burn a few buildings and end a few lives in an expression of infantile rage. None of this makes me question the Republic, but all of it raises a lot of questions about a certain organisation that claims to support it.

We at AWEX corporation send our condolences to the families of the deceased, and wish a speedy recovery to the unfortunates maimed in this vile attack.

Now I'm not master of intelligence affairs, but appears most likely that these terrorists are hiding within the Federation and preparing new attacks. I hope the FIO while handle this affair efficiently.

There is a vast difference between the understanding of a culture and capitulating to unreasonable demands, gunboat diplomacy and overt acts of terrorism. You appear to have confused the two.

I think a large part of the problem is that the Republic is currently dominated (and, as demonstrated by the OP, quite often represented) by what an old Khanid philosopher once described as 'dark thinkers'. Not a moral judgement; 'dark' as in the opposite of 'light' in a purely mechanical sense. He pointed out that it is not possible to have a concept of darkness without a concept of light; darkness is, in every possible sense, the absence of light. Darkness is defined by its opposite, and thus without that opposite, we would have no concept of it..

In this case, that means that these 'dark thinkers' entirely structure themselves based upon their relationship with the Empire. If the Empire spontaneously ceased to exist, these people would be totally lost. But since we're here, and not going anywhere, they can attempt to frame their entire civilisation as an attempt to contradict ours. Their jingoism, their outright racism (what else would you call it?), their 'we're misunderstood victims' whining schtick...

Sadly, I think a lot of them actually believe that the treatment they received genuinely is a get-out-of-jail-free card to do whatever they please. I'm not going to talk about justifications for the conflict between the Empire and the Republic, because I don't feel like getting stung to death by shoving fireworks anywhere near that hornet's nest, but Republic foreign policy since Shakor took over has shown breathtaking arrogance and revilement towards anything not Matari.

The funny thing is, the moment any Amarrian makes the smallest comment on the matter, the ad hominems and waving of said card come thick and fast. It's been quite educational watching how things have evolved here lately, given that most Amarrians have stayed very quiet during the Colelie incident and aftermath. I know that many Gallente commentators have been saying things that I agree with, and I would imagine that a lot of my kin similarly agree with, but suddenly there's a shortage of reasonable defence for a lot of what happened from certain parties that will remain nameless.

I'm aware that that probably sounds pretty venomous towards Matari in general. It's not meant to be; my target is the Republic and certain elements, like the OP and his beloved Bloody Hands. The Matari people are capable of great things, and I hope that one day the political situation changes and sanity is restored. People like Mr Asatru are at least a step in the right direction.

...and your hands are clean of violence and senseless destruction? Hah?

To be fair, we were both betting on it being done in less than 5 minutes...