Intergalactic Summit

Thank you for asking. I am relaxing, and have no intention to change that.


Thank you for answering my questions, Nauplius. I cannot argue with you on the base that you are free to do whatever you want with your slaves as far as property rights are concerned. I think I don’t need to remind you of a slave owner’s obligation to aid and abet slaves to redeem for their sins and those of their forefathers? To take them to the path of enlightenment through labour and service? In the end it is God who will judge us. And I believe that in many ways it would be much better if we would restrict slave ownership to holders: many commoners seem to lack in consciousness of tradition. It remains to be seen if your aim—to restore the glory of the past—has been served well. I don’t see any connection between the sacrifice of a million slaves and the glory of a vanished past. But that is your decision and I agree with you that the Empire is nothing but a rotten, decaying corpse lead by illegitimate bodies and entities, in utter need of refertilisation.

I would say that a man that blows up this much of his own property is neither proving conviction nor strength. He is merely proving he is stupid and wasteful.



It is actually quite easy to have people look upon you with fear and horror. One can simple destroy and kill without proper rhyme or reason like you did. It *is* hard to have people look upon you with awe and admiration. That is probably what you desire, but you seem to have confused the concepts somewhere along the way. If you mention Molok the deceiver, you must be familiar with the Sefrim. I would say the people looked upon them with awe, not with fear or horror, don't you?

What many Amarr, like yourself, seem to have forgotten is that we didn't get our lofty position in the universe by wanton destruction, but by millenia of struggle while staying meek and humble. The power you wield in the mortal world has made your forget that such means little to your immortal soul.



I think you are unfamiliar with the meaning of the word 'sacrifice'. It implies giving up something that is dear to you. Were those slaves dear to you or not?

Sir —

Despite our disagreements on this matter, it is nonetheless an honor to be addressed by a living legend such as Merdaneth.




I do not seek admiration. I seek to create Shock and Awe; to reduce the foes of the Chosen to trembling husks.



On the very first page of this thread, I posted death totals for just one of the many battles of the Reclaiming,one from the very height of the empire's power and might, when all the cluster looked upon us with fear and trembling and only the combined power of the Gallente, Minmatar, and Jove could defeat us, and that not without treachery. That death toll dwarfs my little slave sacrifice here — if the Amarr people cannot accept a million dead, they will certainly not accept the billions or trillions that will die in a renewed Reclaiming, and so God will not grant a renewed Reclaiming.



The Scriptures say that Molok the Deceiver was sacrificed on the altar of God — at that moment, he was dear to no one doing the sacrificing.

He's still posting.

Maybe if he keeps going, we'll all be reduced to "trembling husks" in a few more years.

I mean, 700 years of occupation and all managed to make us stop resi... err.

Huh.

What?

I'm just confused as to why the senseless killing of helpless captives is supposed to make warriors tremble in fear?

This is the difference between the righteousness and hubris. The righteous man strikes down his target for a just reason, the man with hubris strikes down his target because he can or because it serves his own ends.

Yes, others might view us with shock and horror because of what we do, but we don't care enough about those people's opinions for it to matter. We do what we do because it is the just and right thing to do. That is the Amarr way.



My apologies, I thought you meant personal sacrifice but I now realize you mean ritual sacrifice. I could not image you meant ritual sacrifice, since as Admiral Lok'ri pointed out ritual sacrifice is not a common Amarr tradition. Personal sacrifice is an common Amarr tradition. I believe you know the scripture about Garum and Zakara? Please do not confuse the two in the future, and do not use phrases as 'one man's sacrifice' in your post if you don't mean personal sacrifice.

I am also shocked the you seem to equate the crimes of your slaves with the crimes of Molok the Deceiver. If your soul was tainted by the wanton destruction of so much property before, then I'm convinced its damned by your statement that your deed was of similar significance to that legendary tale. I am certainly relieved that I never have to stand before God and claim such a thing on judgement day.

Is this some kind of incredibly devious trick by the Amarrians to make their more "liberal" members seem less ridiculous and more personable by comparison?

Because it's working.

Foolish, wasteful, frivolous, sadistic and pointless stupidity, writ large.

God does not smile upon you, or your insanity. Or your Gallente-like desire for attention.

You’re no better, and no more Holy, than the average Blood Raider heretic.

He's worse, actually. The Blooders don't give a damn about race or ethnicity; they're equal opportunity murderers. Nauplius, however, clearly has a "thing" for Minmatar.

Crusader Nauplius, I see within you a mistake common in those who haven't had an intensive religious education but have rarely been in a position to be challenged by a knowledgeable priest. I can't verify the veracity of your Scriptures, but I hardly know all of them. What I can tell you, as an experienced interpreter of The Scriptures, is that you shouldn't take your Scripture that literally. The messages contained in The Scriptures are often subtle and indirect, not blunt and straightforward, and they require study and re-examination by learned men to find the core of their meaning.

The message I get from your text is completely different from your interpretation. From what I see 'Blood' is not meant literally, but used as a metaphor. The Minmatar Republic should indeed be destroyed, but not by killing its people. It should be destroyed by assimilating their genetics, their ancestry (their 'blood') belongs to the Empire, like the Udorians and many that followed them were assimilated.

The Blood of the Brutor shall indeed give us strength, but not by spilling it, but by using the strength inherent in its line. The Blood of the Sebiestor shall indeed contribute to our intellect, but not by killing them, but adding their bloodlines to those of the Empire. The wisdom of the Vherokior can be ours, but not by killing every last member of its line, but by offering them a new home within the Empire.

Once we have done that, the sin of our previous failure to assimilate the Matari people will be washed away. You do understand why it is called 'The Reclaiming' I hope? Solar systems are not reclaimed by blowing up their celestial bodies, and peoples are not reclaimed by killing their members.

See the truth and repent your sins.