Intergalactic Summit

I should watch my tone? Admiral, I am no longer an active duty military officer in the Caldari Navy -- I am free to voice my political opinions as is any other Caldari citizen, with the exception of active duty Caldari military officers. I do not care how many years of service you have had, it is completely inappropriate for a military office to comment on corporate affairs, especially on the actions of specific corporate officers. Your duty is to the chain of command, as you so eloquently put it, and that chain of command ends with the Chief Executive Panel, not with the illegal and unprecedented office of the "Executor".

It is Caldari like you, Admiral, who have led us down the road we now travel. Where Caldari who have committed no crime other than refusing to kowtow to an incompetent thug are being arrested and accused of crimes against the State, when we all know the only "crime" being committed here is the simple declaration that the emperor -- or the Executor, in this case -- has no clothes. Where our leaders cower in fear of a single man who has led our economy to ruin instead of doing their duty and refusing to follow his disastrous policies. Where the market of ideas is not allowed to flourish because it offends the sensibilities of a a narrow-minded forklift operator without a lick of sense. And where that same fool was allowed to place the safety of the entire State at risk, gambling the lives of all Caldari, for the sake of a propaganda victory to sate his ego by a military which ignored their obligations to the long-term well-being of the Caldari State.

There was a time in the State when failure was to be called out and corrected, when leaders were supposed to earn their position based on proven ability, not demagoguery and theatrics, when Caldari remembered the lessons of their forefathers. Tibus Heth claims that his opponents have been corrupted by Gallente ideas, that their culture is an insidious menace creeping into Caldari society and he alone can purge it from our shores. The truth of the matter is that it is Tibus Heth and his Provists that represent all the worst of Gallente society -- the rampant politicization of government and policy, populism, style over substance, an overriding need to meddle in everyone's affairs, a bloated government that promotes a homogeneous mediocrity out of the mistaken belief that eliminating great failure is better than allowing for great success...if you are looking for traitors to our ancestors, Admiral, there is no better example than the Executor and his mob of sycophants. This is not a question of Patriots, Practicals, and Liberals -- this is a question of who has remembered the lessons of our past and who has forgotten it.

The instant it was an executive rather than the shareholders that dictated policy is when everything went **** up. The system in place worked because it was a meritocracy of the best ideas presented to the CEP that decided the future of the State. Now its just a dictatorship where any attempts to have a disagreement brands you a traitor, even if that dictator is an idiot.

I do believe Mr Khross was capable of understanding my transmission.

When you are ready to stop playing revolutionaries like a child in a playground with a loud voice and a wooden sword, and are ready to accept some responsibility, return to the State, and defend your people against the clear and present danger we are presented with, feel free to voice your concerns.

Until then you will be considered the same as all deserters from the State who turn their back on their heritage. Guri. A waste of biomass.

Perhaps your time with the very people who have handed over control of the State to an incompetent madman has clouded your judgement, then. This war effort is bleeding our people dry -- everyone can see this except, evidently, those who are supposed to be leading us. Even the Navy's own assessments have stated that the occupation of Caldari Prime is costing us dearly...of course, we have not seen any of those in more than four years, perhaps because they would be embarrassing to the Executor and his apologists within the Navy command staff. Our State is no better off than it was five years ago, before we handed the reins over this foolhardy regime, and the fact that you can't seem to realize that does not impugn my judgement.

I would rather be a child, Admiral, than an old woman clearly past her prime.

Responsibility? What responsibility do I owe to a State that I didn't interact with until I was an adult, or a pompous ass who sees himself the messiah of the Caldari people?

None.

If we're going to talk about people shirking their responsibilities, I suggest you look in the mirror, Admiral. You, by your own admission, you represent an organization tasked with the safety and well-being of the Caldari people, along with their corporate assets. If that's truly the case, how can you stand by as civilians in corporate freighters get murdered by the Home Guard, and do nothing?

I may be a pirate, and a killer of innumerable thousands, but at least I accept who I am. I live to kill, to sharpen my skills, to acquire power, and I do not pretend to have moral high ground to stand upon. You have the power to change this, to truly protect people from a tyrant, yet you sit on the sidelines, selfishly putting your own personal committment to "duty" above the safety and well-being of our race at-large.

If empowered individuals like yourself are unwilling to take a stand against, to use your words, a clear and present danger we are presented with, what hope do we as a race have for the future?

Allow me to offer you a form of response, Inhonores.

The Caldari do favor organization and hierarchy, we also value prudent silence and wisdom. However, every member of the State may express themselves to a degree based on their station. This is not "freedom of speech" as the Gallente would understand it, nor is it what apparently many express as a positive thing here.

Within the State, there are expectations of every individual. Social expectations, expectations of decorum, duty, sacrifice, obligation and even speech and silence. These expectations may vary from position to position and person to person, but we are raised knowing what the expectations surrounding us are and when our position changes, we are made aware of the expectations that change.

The blathering about you see displayed on these discussions is largely due in part to the lack of immersion capsuleers have with the State and the lack of established expectations on capsuleers in general.