Intergalactic Summit

Sir, I will match our pattern recognition and prediction algorithms to any you choose, any day of the week. We do quality work, equivalent or better to anything in the Cluster.

Yes, I'm relatively certain the cities of the Homeworld were also full of unarmed civilians, women and children when the Federal fleet engaged in indiscriminate orbital bombardment of those who had no means to defend themselves. The Federation responded to the terrorism of Nouvelle Rouvenor which was carried out by a small group of extremists with a premeditated act of government sanctioned collective punishment, violence and yes, terrorism that was just as barbaric if not more so than that which occurred at Nouvelle Rouvenor.

Any claims to moral legitimacy or a war conducted with dignity, honor or humanity became an impossibility with a Federation that decided neither morality, dignity, honor or humanity were fit for the Caldari people as Senators and President Duvailer reveled in the starvation, destruction and suffering of the innocent as Caldari Prime burned. It was on that day, when all the lies of the Federation became apparent in the death and misery Duvailer had unleashed that the Federation gave the Caldari no other option but to embark on a path of vengeance against those who dared to think we were weak, broken and humiliated at their hands.

Do not balk then, or seek to hide behind the skirts of Mother Justice when Caldari sought to thus collect on the debts in death the Federation had chosen to make, by ensuring payment was made in the blood of Gallente citizens.

There is nothing worse than outstanding debts after all.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

It's true. If I only had an ISK for every time a Chemal Tech support geek told me that random processes were a crucial feature in wetware, not a bug...

Fuzzy exception handling libraries like Logos and Zymat are supposed to be the panacea that solves all those problems. Just include the library in your header, stick a decorator in the heuristic algorithms wherever you use a call to the quantum kernel, use a JIT compiler and you're good. Maybe...right?

I guess it doesn't help that the same company that makes the hardware supports the most effective libraries....

It's an argument in favor of the loud Caldari claims about Federation corruption.

Two wrongs do not make a right. They make more hurt people.

It just amazes me that so many Caldari cannot see outside this box. It is very much a gang-like mentality. Shoot my soldier, I'll shoot your sister's kid. You killed my brother ten years ago, you owe me X lives of my choice. Surprising how so many Caldari from all walks of life absolutely loathe what they call "oppression" by Gallente and then gladly join hands with the Amarr. You'd think the Caldari and Matari would have formed a firm alliance by now, based on all this desire for vengance against "oppressors".

As I said to Gesakaarin-haani on another thread; attempt to collect on your debts as you will - and you will, I'm sure - but remember to skip the involvement of millions of innocent civilians, many of whose peoples were uninvolved in the secession war. Attacking a local system police installation is not equivalent to attacking FDU. Hostile takeover of Intaki space is not equivalent to striking at the political institutions on Villore that so many Caldari hate. It's just oppression of otherwise neutral peoples.

You are right in your first statement, and I would very much like to make more comment on this. I will save it for another time, however, as it deserves more attention than I can give it at the moment. Perhaps later today.

Please, however, don't point your finger at us alone. If you want to be fair, we are all guilty of this, as nations. To find a lasting solution you must be able to set yourself aside from it. This is at the core of effective negotiation.

Palita has a lovely and intelligent staff of their CSIS department, and while we are discouraged from communicating there are naturally some means of doing so. They are pleasant individuals one and all.

It does baffle me, though, how their staff can be so very sensible and how their students can go on to perform the utter foolishness of CreoDron's core decision network. Do they require long term business strategy courses for the degree?

I'm sorry, you're absolutely right - let's leave this conversation for elsewhere. Please feel free to mail me if you want to continue.

Capt. Revenent, you and your organization continue to astound me with your ability to seemingly be everywhere at once.

I am often equally surprised that for all its professions of being the guardians of freedom and liberty the Federation has a proven track record in denying the fundamental right of democracy which is self-determination, the notion that a people should be free to dictate their own destinies as they see fit, on the grounds of separate culture and nationality. The underlying hypocrisy and lie of the Federation is that it presents itself as a colonial political entity that is premised on consensus and democracy, yet any that would seek their own freedoms away from a government they have decided is corrupt and no longer represents their interests find themselves quickly branded as criminals, traitors and terrorists to be persecuted with violence.

Just as with the Caldari, so it is with the Intaki and all those periphery colonies who languish in an economic system whereby the Federation feeds the rich and wealthy of its core worlds who hold the most power, and being prosperous and populous thus the most votes. This, while the concerns and rights of colonial worlds on the Federal periphery find their concerns unheeded while finding little opportunity as they remain in poverty and ghettos.

Recognizing this fact, why would the State hold such people culpable for the crimes of the Federation? The hand of brotherhood and friendship should be extended to them and opportunity for mutual advantage created so that they may find the pride of realizing their own dreams and destinies - for the State was built on the promise of Caldari self-determination and it is a promise that should be given to all those that wish for it.

It stems from a deep sense of respect both of our own culture and that of others that I would say differentiates Caldari philosophy from Gallente. The difference between Caldari dialectics and Gallentean debate. Caldari prefer to approach the world through an appreciation of different perspectives and build constructively through discussion and dialogue whereas the Gallente, as is evident from this communique, prefer to hold that their own views are correct and that everyone else is wrong (A method, I would say that leads only to the peculiar idiocy that is Federal democratic politics where a lot is said, but nothing gets done because there can never be compromise).

That would also lead to the Imperial-State alliance. Yes, aspects of Imperial society and politics are fundamentally at odds with Caldari society and politics, it does not mean that the State should seek to change what it disagrees with for in the end Amarr culture is their own and that should be respected. It is nothing more than the sharing of certain political interests, and as they say after all, there never exists anything as a permanent alliance only permanent interests.

An amusing point though, the Federation did sign the FTA with the Empire at Giran-Fa so am I to take it the Federation remains glad to benefit economically from the Empire yet at the same time harangue slavery to keep the Minmatar on side? It would seem quite at odds, trading openly with an Empire that seems so much opposed to supposed Federal ideals.

Care to defend that hypocrisy?

There is no paradox in a nation that practices democracy at home and imperialism abroad. I would say it is an inevitability for democracy and franchise generally comes about from mercantalism and the middle-class who seek to acquire power from previous power structures such as feudalism or despotism (Such as with Caille). As such, it leads only to a process whereby economic interests and the acquisition of wealth in addition to protecting such interests and wealth becomes the primary occupation of citizens and leaders.

The Federation, as an heir to that legacy is a nation which may have democracy but whose only ideals and principles are economic dominion, colonialism and the preservation of its own interests - that primarily being dictated by its elites who hold wealth and power. That is not to say the majority can be content with their ability to vote once in awhile for party candidates who have their own interests and find happiness in having the freedom to lead empty and mediocre lives with the diversions the Federation offers.

There is nothing wrong with self-scrutiny though. The Caldari Providence Directorate seeks to conduct much the same in the State, but then I suppose the Caldari citizen currently is able to promote change in the State through majority consensus which the average Federal citizen has always seemed unable to emulate.