Intergalactic Summit

Always glad to see efforts for Intaki self-determination.

That was the Popular People's Front. I think he is the People's Popular Front which is an understandable mistake to make.

The Placid waters have a serious problem. It is a pipe, stretching from the Federation. Daily it dumps a lot of sewer and filth from this pump bubbling and gurgling with hedonism, individualism and egalitarianism. They pollute your culture with their indecent and amoral customs, which spread like a brown stinking filth across your water, rising stench in the air.

Maybe it's the time for you to consider to cut this pipe and clean your waters from the humiliation of gallentean influence?

Well, if your intentions are for peaceful collaboration and growth between our peoples, Bataav, then I certainly welcome your contributions here, and as a Delegate to the Villore Assembly. I look forward to talking with you soon.

Regarding your message of "separatism", I feel you will find the situation similar to attempting to cut off your own arm or leg, a futile and harmful endeavor. There is so much to be accomplished together, than apart. Please contact me if you wish to discuss this further.

Regards,

Soter

And if it isn't harmful then steps can be taken to make it so, eh?

It never ceases to amaze me how an organisation supposedly founded on liberty can be funded by armed oppression and so utterly unable to understand the desire of others for self-determination.

The ILF has championed peaceful collaboration since our founding ten years ago and, despite aggression and declarations of war against us by pirate groups and others, we have always adopted the role of bridge builders.

More recently we have adopted a more robust approach to some specific challenges in and around Intaki, but our core principles remain unchanged.

With regards to my position as Delegate to the Villore Assembly, I am honoured to represent my corporation and alliance, and the wider political movement that goes far beyond those organisations. I will be more than happy to discuss Intaki matters with my fellow Delegates, and I hope to bring clarity and understanding to a subject which I feel has been misunderstood and misrepresented by some of our opponents in the past.

However, please understand that, while we congratulate the Villore Assembly on its involvement in the ceasefire on Tei-Su, and other initiatives across New Eden, we in the IPI and ILF do not seek or expect resolutions to be passed and announced by a pro-Federal capsuleer lobby group.

We welcome support from across the political spectrum but, with respect, we do not require your validation.

It may surprise some, but I agree.

However, as I have said elsewhere, when cooperating and working together, when uniting in some way, it is important not to surrender yourself into that union. True partnership can only be achieved by separate and whole beings who retain their separateness even in unity. This applies to personal relationships and business affiairs, and to political and social groups.

This is not so in the Federation.

Intaki must regain its sense of self. It must become separate and whole once more. Only then is a meaningful and honest relationship with the Federation possible, with both partners as equals.

Separatism is not the same thing as isolationism.

It is the taking and accepting of real responsibility and accountability. It is self determination and true freedom. It is the ability to reach for and realise our potential in ways that are currently not available to us as part of the Gallente Federation.

It is my intention to clarify and explain our position on a number of matters, hopefully answering your question on why we believe separatism is the best way forward for the people of Intaki.

And here we are again, the perennial conundrum of supposed discontent proclaimed by the usual suspects.
An interesting turn of phrase.
Should ‘Intaki Nationalism’ ever gain popular support, its advocates will certainly be judged by the company they keep.

I look forward to your contributions in the Assembly.

Yes, because it's always best to be judgmental and pejorative than to actually consider an idea based on its merits, right?

This is why the Tribes are so wary of our 'allies'. For a government so dedicated to freedom, the Federation certainly doesn't see fit to let populations exercise that right when it means they no longer want to be part of it.

Interesting words for thought Bataav.

We've shared several conversations at gatherings over the years however it seems each time we step away from those venues our conversations are lost in memory until the next year.

I look forward to more of your thoughts being shared here in future.

Right. You're not fooling anyone.