Intergalactic Summit

Down with the Gallente! Mercilessly murder all their women and children!

But for Cold Wind's sake don't kill the weapons manufacturers! We need what they're selling!

The CEP is supposed to do what is best for the State. Can you honestly say their actions of the last five years have been to our benefit? The Kaalakiota board is most to blame of course -- if they had just let Tibus Heth linger as the CEO of Caldari Constructions, and not replaced Oiritsuu-haani with that worthless criminal, then none of this would have happened. Instead, they gave him control of what was once the proudest of Caldari corporations, and he has dashed it against the rocks. The CEP did the same -- and neither has offered any reason to their stockholders and citizens for their foolhardy act.

The difference is that the CEP went out of their way to give this man more power than any other in the State, when this was the entire reason the State was set up the way it was after the Secession. Now we have seen what happens when people forget the wisdom of the State's founders. You and I both know that if this whole nonsense had stopped even with Heth as CEO of Kaalakiota, this war, and the millions of dead as a result, the destruction of the Caldari economy, and everything else that has tarnished the State would never have transpired. Instead, they rejected the entire purpose for having the CEP in the first place and placed the State in the hands of a mad despot.

It is not treason to point out when the law is being broken, or when the wrong decisions are being made. It is expected of us -- an idea must survive in the marketplace just as any other product. If it cannot take fierce criticism, then it should not be. That is our way, not blind obedience.

Counterwise, CEP is supposed to do what is best for each of corporations, that enter the State.
The problem is, that after the State becomes unified, CEP automatically loses all powers. And now they cling to their remaining power as hard as they can, because it is slipping through their fingers.
The reforms, that Heth-haan brought us, changed the State greatly, but, unfortunately, touched only middle and lower layers of management, while the topmost remained the same. CEOs of CEP realise this, that according to meritocratic principles their positions are to be reviewed.

This is a question of power and authority, that will show what path the State will continue its way: will it be a road to modernization, unification, real meritocracy and victory over Gallente Federation, or it will be descent back to petty warring corporations, tearing Caldari property between separated entities, and the war will continue for unknown amount of time, because degenerated State won't be able to gather enough force to deal with Federation once and forever.

Unfortunately, Korsavius, Kaalakiota had to sell off the production unit to stay afloat.

So what flavor has Heth selected for his poisoned tea?

I was under the impression that it only came in one flavour.

The vast majority of the bounty on Stitcher's head is from angry, bitter, unattractive, deeply insecure men who are upset that he has more female admirers than they do.

Given that list of traits, you must surely be one of his bounty fund's most generous contributors.

Since when is replying to your pointless blathering and ineffectual **** swinging getting involved with the situation in Haatomo.

I feel sorry for Diana Kim; though she is much maligned in this forum for her views, she at least has some principles and you can at least respect her conviction, but being mentioned in a list with you whenever the Provists vs. anti-Provists comes up must be embarassing.

The concept that there exists a marketplace of ideas may perhaps be an Ishukone way and an Ishukone philosophy; but I was never Ishukone. I was born, raised and trained by the doctrines of the Peace and Order Unit and instructed in a Sukuuvestaa Executive College where I was taught and prescribed to the philosophy that business is not about the free and open exchange of ideas -- Rather, Business is War and War is Business. The merit or value of not only an idea or concept, but also a person, a corporation, a culture, a nation is not determined through debate, discussion or dialectics but through conflict, competition and actions.

What you may assert as blind obedience is simply seeking to knowing ones duty and obligations, fully and totally as required by both formal legal obligations and informal social precepts, that it becomes nothing more than second nature. As such, it seems rather clear to me:

- Heth-haan instigated an illegal labour revolt on Piak in violation of his legal corporate obligations and duty to Kaalakiota. As such, Oiritsuu-haani, as CEO of Kaalakiota corporation was doing her duty in seeking to enforce the legal corporate authority of Kaalakiota corporation against a criminal dissident. Duty demanded that he either be arrested or terminated.

- When Heth-haan was appointed CEO of Kaalakiota by the Board of Directors then Duty demanded that his directives be followed by the employee-citizens of Kaalakiota.

- When Heth-haan was given the position and mandate of the State Executor by the CEP then Duty demanded that all citizens in the State abide by the instructions of the Executor. This included the conduct of armed conflict against the Federation.

If the CEP rescinds Heth-haan's position as Executor and the Kaalakiota Board and shareholders decide upon another leader, then no obligations or Duty exist to follow Tibus Heth and indeed, if such were the situation, and he decided to attack the Federation then he is in fact a terrorist committing an act of insurrection against the Lawful Authority of the CEP.

The irony here is that Tibus Heth, with the New Meritocracy, actually did as you believed in and sought to promote it in this, "Marketplace of ideas" while providing fierce criticisms of the corporate system and the founding principles of the State. I do not need a marketplace of ideas when I have my Duty and am able to divorce my personal desires in prosecuting it. Which is more than can be said for those who abandoned it when the CEP granted Tibus Heth the legal position of Executor or those today who abandon it in supporting Tibus Heth without the apparent legal authority of the CEP.

But I believe a citizen must do what they must according to Duty and the Law. Not what they may wish.

Actually...since much of Caldari Prime is under Caldari jurisdiction, he's actually advocating an invasion of the Caldari State.