Intergalactic Summit

And-- you think you're going to persuade me, saying such things, Sinjin?

I'm of mixed blood, too, half of it ethnic Caldari-- Civire, the same as Utari. You're burning credit quickly.

I don't have access to your inner workings, Aria. All I can tell you is what I see from outside, and I see some changes that are all too familiar. There is no need for a several thousand word post in that regard. You can dismiss it however you wish, it really is not any deep concern of mine, other than my ethical and moral duty to give fair warning.

I'm surprised that you thought he still had any credit left to burn at this point, given how the whole "I know everything going on in this book without ever having done anything but glance at the cover" routine's not working out very well for him.

And mixed blood isn't something I really think people ought to be needling others about. There's quite a few people who are openly so (like myself), and for the people who like to point fingers and claim it's an awful thing... if someone were so inclined they could probably turn the tables quite easily.

It (among quite a few other things) is almost an equivalent of the playground "yeah, well, no you!" at this point.

Lost to the dark? Spirits no. I certainly don't think that.

More a candle burning steadily in the heart of the dark. I'm just hoping she might reform some of you by virtue of her example.

Captain Jenneth seems to look deeply and ask the hard questions. I wish we had a few more like her.

Yep! You become False Amarr!

I don't know what to say.

Thank you?

Ah-- the more orthodox (Sarumite, etc.) side of the Amarr faith says that the True Amarr are "chosen" by God.

It gets a little depressing if you happen to be ... well, anyone else.

Edit:

To be clear, if I understand right it's a basic element of the faith that the Amarr are "chosen." The debate is over what's meant by "Amarr."

First, it's not "your deity". God isn't a tribal idol that belongs to any group, especially not the Amarr: Quite the opposite is true, everything belongs to God.
Second, the point I'm making is that SFRIM has probably a higher than average number of mebers that look deeply and ask hard questions compared to other capsuleer corporations.
Third, and that might have to do with the prior point made, if you'd pay any attention you'd know that SFRIM doesn't intend nor try to change anyone by force of arms.

Luckily, with Aria Jenneth we have someone who's an attentive and perceptive observer of others, instead of someone who just sees what they want to see. It's a rare thing: Humans tend to prefer to have their biases confirmed and oftentimes go to great lengths to convince themselves that it's as they already 'knew'.

So, perhaps, you needed a much longer time than us here at SFRIM to figure out that it can be helpful to have someone who provides a new and fresh perspective. After all, we welcomed Aria Jenneth quite some time ago already. So, perhaps, probably, I'd say, you're coming with old news to me, here. And I bet: If you'd be ready to look for one day with the eyes of Aria Jenneth, you'd come to realize that a good bunch of the 'darkness' you percieve when 'looking' at the Amarr is the result of you closing your eyes to a reality that's much more complex. Maybe it'd even suffice if you actually listened to her, take her perspective into consideration (as I guess to ask you to take an Amarrian's perspective into honest consideration would be to ask a bit too much of you).

You frame all this as Aria 'joining the Amarr'. She didn't, really. She joined SFRIM. If you can't even differentiate between the 'the Amarr' and SFRIM, well... you really need some perspective, then.

I apologize for the misunderstanding, Emerita.

First, by saying "very respectfully..." nothing ever got any more respectful. Others might enjoy this deferential tone, but I can live pretty well without it. Either be respectful, then you don't need to verbalize it, or if you aren't respectful, don't say that you are.

Now, it's no coincidence that I have privileged insight on how SFRIM's culture came to be. Suffice to say, it involved a lot of looking deeply and asking hard questions. So, you might not notice it, nor might it have been a reason for joining SFRIM, but that doesn't preclude those 'intellectual qualities' from playing part in why it was recommended to you, thus why you came to SFRIM - and also why you stayed.

Furthermore, your loyalty to the Directix has some relation to who she is and thus what qualities - intellectual amongst others - she does possess. Maybe the ability to look deeply and ask hard questions is amongst those qualities of her, hmn?