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Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#341 - 2013-09-08 07:30:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Eran Mintor
Well if it's any condolence, I would be happy to be the one responsible for dropping several kilotons of matter on ignorant Amarrians. Though the man may be dead, I have no doubt you will find another like him in due time.

-Eran
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#342 - 2013-09-09 14:10:57 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
Well if it's any condolence, I would be happy to be the one responsible for dropping several kilotons of matter on ignorant Amarrians. Though the man may be dead, I have no doubt you will find another like him in due time.

-Eran


Take care, brother Eran, that in bombing the ignorant you are not simply repeating their mistakes.

If you could bomb someone into enlightenment, I think the last generation of Amarr would have taken over the cluster.

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Shintoko Akahoshi
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#343 - 2013-09-09 20:27:20 UTC
Nicoletta Mithra wrote:
...Reclaiming isn't the same as war, though maybe not quite in the way my overly zealous compatriot tries to constrain it.


In all fairness, this is an excellent point. There is a sizable minority of Gallente following the Amarr faith, who were attracted and converted through entirely peaceful means. I wonder if that's part of what inspired Heideran to write what he did on the subject of Reclamation.

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Nicoletta Mithra
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#344 - 2013-09-09 22:05:10 UTC
Motoko Kasaki wrote:
My apologies for my error.
Given the nature of Pax Amarria, I have not set the time aside to read it, though that will be rectified shortly. However your overzealous colleague, and you need to be aware that though I cannot speak for the Gallenteans or the Matari, I cannot imagine the Caldari taking this 'lying down' so to speak. We're still teaching the last group of idiots who tried to make us live on thier terms precisely why that's such a bad idea after all.


The recent push for a renewed Reclaiming by military means is directed against the Minatar, Cpt. Kasaki, I don't see why the Caldari would have to 'take' anything in this regard.

As to what you say, Cpt. Akahoshi:
The perhaps greatest success in the history of the Reclaiming, which had possibly the greatest rewards, was a diplomatic success, rather than a military success: Winning over the Khanid. The vast majority of Khanids converted freely to the Amarrian religion and were never enslaved. I don't want to say that seeing Gallente convert freely played no role in inspiring the Pax Amarria, but Heideran was building on a very old tradition with his book.
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#345 - 2013-09-10 00:18:33 UTC
Constantin Baracca wrote:
Eran Mintor wrote:
Well if it's any condolence, I would be happy to be the one responsible for dropping several kilotons of matter on ignorant Amarrians. Though the man may be dead, I have no doubt you will find another like him in due time.

-Eran


Take care, brother Eran, that in bombing the ignorant you are not simply repeating their mistakes.

If you could bomb someone into enlightenment, I think the last generation of Amarr would have taken over the cluster.


I perhaps phrased that poorly...matter wasn't the right word. Though if logic fails there's only a few options anyways.

-Eran
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#346 - 2013-09-10 00:31:23 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
Constantin Baracca wrote:
Eran Mintor wrote:
Well if it's any condolence, I would be happy to be the one responsible for dropping several kilotons of matter on ignorant Amarrians. Though the man may be dead, I have no doubt you will find another like him in due time.

-Eran


Take care, brother Eran, that in bombing the ignorant you are not simply repeating their mistakes.

If you could bomb someone into enlightenment, I think the last generation of Amarr would have taken over the cluster.


I perhaps phrased that poorly...matter wasn't the right word. Though if logic fails there's only a few options anyways.

-Eran


Remember that logic, though definitively not prone to interpretation, usually comes to mean what is logical in our own societies. Nothing seemed logical the first time I entered Gallentean space, but after a while you come to see how it becomes the logical progression of their culture.

It also seems ignorance seems to follow the same pattern. Whatever your race or culture, it seems we all have to deal with idiots (or people pretending to be your society's idiots). It's what eventually led me to stop worrying about the worst parts of other empire's populations. Until I can safely say that all Amarrians are living up to our best expectations, it's best not to go throwing stones through my windows.

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#347 - 2013-09-10 00:47:37 UTC
Wise words...

I think I like you. Not in the way that probably comes to mind among Gallente, though. For the record I have no issue with that "way," it's just not for me.

-Eran
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#348 - 2013-09-10 01:02:50 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
Wise words...

I think I like you. Not in the way that probably comes to mind among Gallente, though. For the record I have no issue with that "way," it's just not for me.

-Eran


I have to say I am glad for that, Brother Eran. If we were to start a relationship, I have a feeling I would be the one carrying the purse.

I mean, that way isn't for me either... but look at this shirt.

There are no excuses.

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#349 - 2013-09-10 01:07:21 UTC
You do fold your arms in a way like you're hiding something...

-Eran
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#350 - 2013-09-10 03:20:51 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
You do fold your arms in a way like you're hiding something...

-Eran


My photographer said it made me look "imperial."

I remember him asking if I had a scepter or something I could use to show authority.

I don't think anyone here is going to throw more casual racism into full debates about full essays than I heard in ten minutes of having my picture taken for this.

I mean, seriously, do any Matari get professional photographers asking them to put bones through their lips? Gallenteans get asked if they have any boosters on them for the photo opportunity? Do they paint bar codes onto the Caldari foreheads before these things?

I had to outright refuse eyeliner and a giant golden sigil in the background. I'm starting to think that there is some sort of bondage underground where "Amarrian priests" are somehow popular.

The job's not as sexually charged as it sounds.

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#351 - 2013-09-10 03:29:41 UTC
You're awesome. Don't take it personal though.

-Eran
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#352 - 2013-09-10 03:45:14 UTC
Eran Mintor wrote:
You're awesome. Don't take it personal though.

-Eran


I try not to.

....

... I think we've got far, FAR off topic somehow.

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#353 - 2013-09-10 04:59:50 UTC
Hey, the barcode saves time in customs queues. You can encode all sorts of data in one of those.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Shintoko Akahoshi
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#354 - 2013-09-10 15:15:27 UTC
Someday, Pieter, I'm going to get you drunk, load you on a trolley, and cart you down to the supermarket to be scanned.

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Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#355 - 2013-09-10 17:20:21 UTC
The sad thing is, if you do it at a Suvee comissary, it'll probably read it...

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Constantin Baracca
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#356 - 2013-09-10 17:33:22 UTC
Pieter Tuulinen wrote:
The sad thing is, if you do it at a Suvee comissary, it'll probably read it...


How much are you per pound, are you ever on sale, and can you guarantee you're sourced from organic growers?

"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?"

-Matthew 16:26
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#357 - 2013-09-10 17:56:04 UTC
You can ask my ojaabun how much I cost to hire. Divide the result by 115 to get my price per kilo for the engagement length.

I am vatgrown, from the finest materials.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Doomheim
#358 - 2013-09-10 19:08:08 UTC
Pieter Tuulinen wrote:
You can ask my ojaabun how much I cost to hire. Divide the result by 115 to get my price per kilo for the engagement length.

I am vatgrown, from the finest materials.


I currently only negotiate in the following commodities and goods:

- Pedigree Achuran shorthairs from Saisio
- Intaki hand rolled cigars
- Traditional Sebiestor smoked herrings and/or traditional Brutor blood sausages
- Ni-kunni nutmeg, cinnamon and crushed walnuts
- Traditional Khanid yaks-milk butter

There are no set exchange rates and negotiations will occur only upon day of the winter solstice. Where the gifts and offerings made to me will no doubt help me decide which weak village shall have Tuulinen sent in a heavy rug to them until the day of the equinox.


Kurilaivonen|Concern
Makkal Hanaya
Revenent Defence Corperation
#359 - 2013-09-10 19:49:08 UTC
Motoko Kasaki wrote:
Reclaiming and war are the same thing, in much the same way as being executed by the sword or the firing squad. The precise methodology may differ but the end product is the same.


Mining for hours a week and pirating traders will both make you money, but no one treats them as the same thing because they're not. How you go about accomplishing something is just as important as what you seek to accomplish.

Render unto Khanid the things which are Khanid's; and unto God the things that are God's.