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Diagnostics Report: Caldari Sociology
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Arrendis
TK Corp
#61 - 2016-09-09 06:14:05 UTC
Heh. Only if you left them out!

My impression was more that it didn't feel like anyone had taken the time to find out why she was failing. Place a flower in a dark closet, and no matter how rich the soil, it won't thrive. Sometimes, some people just don't fit into the easily defined boxes all modern societies rely on to run smoothly and efficiently.

But the little bit of inefficiency that it takes to find what path calls to those people, no matter how ill-suited for it they seem... that's where the truly exceptional lies. That's where genius lies. You can't always find that with aptitude testing. Sometimes, it's buried, waiting for the right combination of sparks to trigger the magic.
Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#62 - 2016-09-09 08:20:34 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Since you seem to be juggling multiple actual Caldari, I'll bow out for now, Ms. Arrendis. Three on one is ... just a little unkind, especially since the other two care about this a lot more than I do.

One ... suggestion, though. It's maybe not a good idea to tell a culture that they cannot sincerely believe something they firmly profess to believe, particularly when you're talking about a culture that makes a point of not caring what outsiders think. You might think that Caldari belief in "us" versus "me" is a cloak for unalloyed selfishness, but your belief isn't required.

More cosmopolitan Caldari will shrug your comments off. Less-cosmopolitan ones....

Let's just say the Caldari have gotten a little sensitive about foreigners trying to tell them how wrong they are. They've gotten that from the Gallente for hundreds of years.

If you want your point to be heard, it's maybe a good idea to approach the topic with finesse rather than anger, disbelief, or hyperbole.

Ms. Jenneth, I am afraid Arrendis has been trolling Caldari for quite long time. Thank you for your voice of reason, but I am afraid it fell on deaf ears...

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.