Intergalactic Summit

There is a difference between what is claimed and what is actually the case. I believe Silas is talking about the latter.

Constant references? I hardly think so. I refer to those of you who don't hold slaves simply as 'imperials'. Believe it or not I was making an ironic statement with the generational slavery remark.

Does the empire practice slavery? Is your entire 'reclaiming' built upon slavery? Does your entire economic system depend on slave labor in order to function? Yes, yes and yes. Therefore I think you protest too much.

I still think it's barbaric to attempt to hold an entire family/house/generation responsible for the acts of a single person. Explain it and attempt to justify it any way you care to, in all other societies but yours guilt by blood or association is viewed as abhorrent.

I think you may perhaps simply not understand the point of the Amarr Empire. In the Amarr Empire, we are all in this together. The reason generations can be held to account for their parents' reputation is because so much of who we are is derived from our parentage. We've kept excellent generational records throughout the years and if there is one thing that can be gleaned as almost universal, like father like son. Unless someone is removed from the environment that spawned their parents, there is no reason to think they will have grown up any differently. Thus, unless a family scion removes himself from power, it is only to be assumed that the rest of the family will continue to follow his example.

Glaring differentiation in family lines isn't particularly common, and we actually do have records that follow lines of slaves over generations that prove that not only do violent, rebellious, or seditious slaves produce similar children even in another Holder's house, but that the children of Holders who produce more violent, rebellious, and seditious slaves also tend to produce them in greater numbers. It's why I've always been interested in the Caldari tube birth program as a means of making the state the "parents" in this regard and thus perhaps over time generating markedly better performance. Time will tell if it is successful.

Regardless, especially among the higher castes, one can only owe their positions to the idea that one's forebearers had excellent parentage and teaching, and thus they are entrusted with that position thinking they will continue in the same honorable vein. It's also assumed that if the line has become corrupted, infected, or otherwise ineffectual, they've taught their family and children similarly. So we rise and fall together, in larger units, because our combined behavior and education is important to everyone. It isn't every-man-for-himself out here.

It's no more abhorrent than saying, "he's just like his father." Amarrian society is built on the idea that problems aren't localizes and that a drop of bad behavior has a ripple effect. Every failure is a systematic failure that has to be addressed to the root. It may be functionally different than Matari society, with its healthy reliance on individual accountability, but I don't think it's relatively incomprehensible. If you know someone was a criminal, a liar, and a cheat, and his children disprove that they've learned his habits, then it is fine to trust them. But it isn't necessarily illogical to assume the apples didn't fall far from the tree, for good or ill.

To Whom it May Concern:

I, Synthia 1, Imperial Queen of the Glorious progressive Theocratic City-state of Kaztropolis, Empress of the Wombat People Territories, Divine Empress of Greater Kaztropol Planet, Interpreter of Scripture, Diviner of Truth, Guardian of the Faithful, Observer of Unusual Facts, Inquisitor of Heretics, Missionary to the Heathens, Speaker of Profundities, Paragon of Virtue and Angel of Compassion, am Pleased to be in a Position to Offer Odelya, Lady d'Hanguest, conditional Refuge within the Kaztrpol Court.

Conditions would Include:
1. The promise not to Plot against Morija, Duchess of Palas.
2. Conversion from the Heretical Khanid Church to the Righteous Belief of the True Believers.
3. Not acting in Holo-Films featuring Extreme Personal Interaction.

And other Conditions that May be Required as Time Passes.

Sincerely:

Synthia 1. Queen of Kaztropol.

You define the firmament of compassion, Synthia, darling. If only you had more clones!

What happens on Kaztropol stays on Kaztropol.

A good decision.

May I ask whether the new Duchess D'Hansguest, born in the purple, with all best high honors, ect. ect. will chart a new and less anti-imperial course in the future?

Just to be absolutely clear:

The Praetoria does not claim represent the Empire in any capacity. We work to support the Empire and especially the Empress, but are not representatives of either.

I believe this was clarified in some of the responses earlier, but it deserves an unequivocal statement.

This is a good gesture. Thank you.

The Khanid kingdom is indeed a sovereign Kingdom. We have no quarrel with those who support King Khanid II, only those who actively work to attack the Amarrian Empire.

Due to her personal actions in the last month, PIE inc cannot foresee a future in which it renounces hostility towards the person of Odelya. However, given the recent events we will not consider her actions to be representative of House d'Hanguest.

If this is an acceptable state of affairs for you, Duchess Morijah, then PIE inc will consider its disagreement with House d'Hanguest to be resolved.

May God be with all of those who are righteous,
Lord Admiral Gaven Lok'ri