Intergalactic Summit

That explains it. I really don't feel a sense of kinship to you and those like you - something I've been struggling with for awhile. I suspect that in the next couple of generations this population of pre-State Caldari will make a choice as to what they are, with some seeking to reconnect to their birthright and others embracing this other heritage you speak of.

I suppose this is why I don't feel that you and those like you fall under Cold Wind's injunction to not kill other Caldari.

As a side comment, I'm quite fine with those who feel the way you do doing exactly what you did.

Everyone needs more cookies in their lives.

War can make monsters of us all, living with what we've done is part of our penance. That you maintain a conscience at all is commendable.

Killing should never be done lightly and life should never be under valued.

To save space, I've only quoted the most relevant part of your post. My apologies, it's only in the interest of saving space.

First, I don't think that you are being fair, at all, in regards to Caldari treatment of ethnic minorities. It may surprise you, but there were many Intaki who fought with the Caldari against the Federation. Afterwards, they settled in Waschi City. Unfortunately, Waschi City had also been a haven for radical hotheads, who decided to attack and persecute the minority.

The Caldari response, along with Mordu, who created Mordu's Legion, was to crush the radicals totally and completely, reinstate the Intaki to their homes and possessions, and even offered Mordu and all his fighters membership in the Caldari Navy. Mordu refused, but even today, any member of Mordu's Legion who retires is immediately offered Caldari citizenship, regardless of race, nationality, or religion.

Or take the Achura. The Achura were "uplifted", if you will, by the Caldari, although I despise that word. The Achura were not somehow inferior beings that we found and made better. Rather, we value their perspective on the universe, we share similar traditions, from tea-making to certain semi-religious beliefs, and also, we just plain tend to get along most of the time. The Achurans are, technically, a minority in the State, but they are well on their way to being the dominant force in SuVee, the second largest Mega.

And if the State has no regard for the rights of minorities, why do we have Khanid, Amarr, and Gallente in the State, in significant numbers? I'm not saying that the State treats minorities perfectly, of course. We've made mistakes, we have our occasionally misplaced xenophobia, and we have other problems. Tibus Heth was one such problem, and I can at least say, as a Caldari Patriot, that I was one who was willing to, and did, shed blood to fight him.

And yes, if you, personally, try to act as an individual without a sense of community obligation, or if you, by your own failure to strive, do not contribute, then you will be cast out. It was true on the cold plains beneath the Kaalakiota peaks, and it is true now. We do not try to be a nice nation, only a just and efficient one.

But what the State offers is this, at least in ideal and principle: Achieve, and you will be rewarded with rights and privileges accordingly. Conform to the cultural norm that keeps our lives in harmony, and we will also live in harmony and close companionship with you. Gamble with us, and we'll happily lose our paychecks back to you. Live for the State, and your Mega, and your neighbor, and they will also live for you. All of us striving with and for each other, in harmony.

In regards to political minorities...well, the Caldari State has never promised political equality. But that's rather beside the point.

The discrimination against the Caldari as a political minority was the vehicle for discrimination against them as an ethnic and cultural minority. That's the problem. From the Caldari point of view, discrimination in political terms was a mere symptom - indeed, the entire system that allowed it was a symptom. The deeper problem was Gallente insistence on the acceptance of Gallente culture on all levels - political, economic, social, etc.

And that is one reason for the continuing conflict between our peoples. The Federation has never ceased to proclaim that the only correct way of organizing a society is on the lines of the Federation. That's why it insisted on the Minmatar's disastrous experiment with democracy, for example.

The biggest difference is cultural. The Federation insisted that we adopt its culture, or be forever confined to our homeworld. They enforced it via political means. But the core issue is our refusal to be like you. We will continue to so refuse.

Well, for one, the Caldari aren't forcing people to join or integrate into the State.

I mean, some do, and, undoubtedly, some are unhappy here. But, last I checked, the biggest problem we had with integration was that bastard, Tibus Heth, trying to force out Gallente immigrants who wanted to be here.

Certainly not our only problem, but our biggest.

I worry about us harming the Achura. They did choose to remain with us in the secession, but we must always be careful to ensure that we do not destroy what makes them...them. On the plus side, it appears that their beliefs are quite appealing to other Caldari: Achuran Traditions Prosper in the State.

I also worry about the Intaki who joined us in secession. We must never forget their sacrifices, as great as our own, and, fortunately, most Caldari seem to recognize that today. I pray that we shall never, ever, see such stupidity and meanness as a few Caldari exhibited in Waschi City. If they do, I am reluctantly willing to turn my hand against them.

The State permits ((EvE Source)) people, like the Khanid, to practice their religious traditions in private, although there is not much separation between private and public spheres. I think that such tolerance, even in a communal society like ours, is necessary. As well, we have support for freedom of speech, which is why Caldari in general protested when the Provists attempted to curtail it: Anti-Provist Rally.

Now, aside from Diana Kim, who is somewhat deranged, I am probably the most conservative Caldari you will speak to. I certainly have neither love nor pity for the Federation or its people. I say this not to be insulting, but to tell the entire truth. Yet you have asked me for my concerns, for our concerns, and I have tried to speak to them.

I am opposed to any attempt at permanent conquest of other inter-galactic nations by the State, save for (from your perspective, from mine it is simply a return) the matter of Caldari Prime. The planet was, is, and will be, ours by right, by heritage, by history. But my solution to the problem is simply - as I've stated before - to simply buy out every Gallente land-holder, until we reach the point that everything that matters is ours. At that point, it will be overwhelmingly obvious that the Federation has no reason to hold onto it save for arrogance and spite. I'm hoping that, at that point, the Federation will manage to be lacking at least one of those unhelpful qualities.

This is a somewhat detailed answer to a brief question, but I think it needed to be answered in specific detail. Overall, I think the State has avoided the mistakes of the Duvalier regime, and I think that if we hold to Caldari principles, we will continue to do so.

2. Tone really isn't an issue to me. If it gets results, I'll ask nicely, in high Garoun on Caille university's quad at midday.

3. The question of how the Federation can guarantee the safety and free-access of State shipping to Home without it looking like another blockade has been occupying me, of late, I hope the solution is as simple as you make it seem.

5. I suppose they wouldn't even need to be dispossessed. I should imagine that they'd sell up and move out after a generation or two - the only thing that worries me is a resumption of the kind of armed resistance that typified the Liberation period. We really only know one way to quell that, and I don't see the Federation sitting still for it in their own backyard.

The gender is identified by medical personnel, who are specialists in anatomy and genetics, Mr. Vachon. I am a soldier, not a medical personnel to identify anyone's gender.

If individuals have different capabilities, monetary value and social worth, how in Maker sake could you demand them to have same "liberties" and "opportunities"?!
Cease and desist.

It was an unlimited contract.
Lets imagine it were two peoples, one was gallente and second was caldari. And lets imagine, one side decided to break the contract. What would be answers?
Caldari: - Okay, you have 30 days to close all obligations.
Gallente: - No, you can't! In fact... YOU LIED, YOU BROKE FAITH, WE KILL YOU NOW!

In fact, I believe that the whole contract from the start was wrong and should become void. But if you, gallentean, think that contract was fair... well, I think I will agree to an option, where gallente and caldari can be reunited under the contract with little modifications:
1) Gallente Federation will be renamed to Caldari Federation
2) All gallente colonies (all worlds besides Gallente Prime) will be transferred under jurisdiction and direct rule of Caldari megacorporations, disregarding want you this or no.
And if you won't agree to these terms, your homeworld shall be bombarded from the orbit and occupied for the next 200 years.
That waill be fair, because, gallentean, that was what you were doing.

You gallenteans definitely must taste some justice.