Intergalactic Summit

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Hi Mista Nauply! How's things going??

I hope you're still practicing the smiling thing 'cause you're sounding all morbid again.

Achuran hell reminds me of mornings at home when we only had one bathroom for the girls. Wow Mista Nauply it was violent sometimes. Kinda fun too.

Fine, fine, fine *grumbles*



1. Yes.
1A. No.
2. No.
3. No.
4. Yes.
5. I was unaware of any serious hostility until now.

God will provide enough bathrooms in Upper Hell; there shall be no God-caused — that is, external — causes of suffering in Upper Hell.

However, God will not prevent the people of Upper Hell from fighting amongst each other. If the Achurans wish to carry on a war against the other Caldari bloodlines, they will be permitted to do that. Or if they wish to fight over bathrooms, even though there will be enough bathrooms for everyone, they will be permitted to do that.

I find it a bit of a logical paradox, Diana. You're saying that in order for our culture to be accepted within the State, we would have to build a corporation around Achuran values, and have it thrive considerably. But because it is not already accepted, how would we even get off the ground? The State, at a legislative level, is fundamentally built to accomodate organizations of Caldari culture before all others. How could we possibly thrive in that environment to the point where we'd even be able to make that stop being true?

The game, frankly, is a bit rigged in the favour of the house.



As are the Federals who ordered the bombing of the Caldari Homeworld. And yet, neither of us would shy from still passing judgement on their successors for those same actions, and wishing some degree of compensation for them.

If there is one principle of the Caldari Way for which I am close to being in uttermost agreement with, is that all of us, both ourselves and others, must, and will, ultimately pay the debts of our ancestors - Whether it is convenient for us or not.

We are not in hostile relations, no. And I do not wish us to be. But the fact remains that the core Achuran culture, and it's home nation, is slowly fading further and further into obscurity as the Caldari Way, whether intentionally or not, blocks it's ability to grow and thrive as itself. We are given only the choice to either take it up if we wish to reach the heavens, or else, remain on our scarred home - A home that grows ever smaller in this endlessly expanding world.

Tell me, Diana; If the way of life you loved beyond all others seemed to be growing weaker and weaker, to the point you could soon imagine it vanishing from the world... Would you not wish for anything in the world to reverse it's course?

That is my only endeavour.

And, are WE not losing something through this withering process? Achurans are one of our bloodlines - sure they are smaller and weaker than the other two, but we saw something in them long ago when we chose them, didn't we?

Having made the choice - why not embrace it?

Sentimentality is a pretty major part of what makes us human, miss Ueshiba. If we lived exclusively by the rules of nature, there'd be no cultures at all.

And as I already said to mister Kraid on the last page, either of these options would be a vast improvement on the status quo, in my opinion - I don't even really have a preference. As I have said repeatedly, the Faith teaches us of the transience inherent in all things. I'm not afraid of flux, only termination.

Though I will comment that it appears you are creating a false dichotomy between the two options by suggesting "evolution" would only come to us in the latter. No one wishes for a stagnant society, and Achuran culture unfused with that of the mainstream State would evolve just as much. Just not in the same direction.

Diana,

I don't understand your reasoning. If we are truly Caldari, as you and so many others say - If I am truly Caldari - Should it not only be my responsibility, but the States in turn, to help us, as well as help itself? It's actions up until this point are the main reasons for these concerns to begin with, after all. The State has often compromised it's own system of purely corpotate government in order to protect it's way of life, the Caldari Providence Directorate being only the most recent of many examples. If we are part of it, shouldn't it be happpy to make a few small concessions in order to stop itself from deliberately stifling our own evolution?

I do not suggest asking for much. But the reason this has gone unaddressed as long as it has is that, up until recently, most cultural Achur have been content to remain quietly in our ancient home. But as Pieter has already said, the status quo has begun to change.

Since the raiding of our planet and the theft of the Rod of the Creator close to a decade ago (which some still blame on SuVee, for the record), our people have been begun to become more and more interested in the prospect of expanding off-world. For now, it is only relatively small groups and even sole individuals, but there will come a time - Probably not for some years, but sooner or later - When our society at large turns it's eyes to the heavens. When that day comes, if the State still denies us any place in it, our people may well begin to ask: What connection do we have to the State?

Do we share a common origin? We do not.
Do we speak the same language? We do not.
Do we have the same culture and values? We do not.
Do we have the same religion? We do not.
Do we have the same preferred system of government? We do not.
But most importantly, does it accept us in spite of the above? ...Well, no, it doesn't.

What do you call an entity which stole from you and never apologized, with which you have close to nothing in common with, which fails or doesn't care to protect you adequately - Evidently, since it allowed the planet to be raided and our most important artifacts taken, and has still not bothered to find them - Restricts your development within it, and seemingly wants nothing to do with you at all, beyond collecting taxes?

I do not want myself, nor the rest of the people under the local government, to ever have to ask these questions. I want to believe in the unity of our people. That this is my State as well, and that I am Caldari. I want to believe that it will recognize my concerns, once it becomes more aware of them.

Because the alternatives are considerably troubling.

We don't know yet who stole it, but I believe the Navy has sent quite a lot of resources to help Achura.

As for CPD, in less than two of six years while they were active they managed to practically remove nepotism from the State and to cleanse us from humiliating gallentean influence. If Achura could form sort of Achura Providence Directorate, or Achura Culture Preservation society of the sort, then something could be done. Otherwise, words would be just shake of the air.

There are two basically groups of Achura people, one, who join the State as citizens, and second, who stay in the client state, maintaining Achura culture. And Achura world becomes smaller, because regular people decide to leave it for conditions that the State offers. And, as you can understand, the State can't talk with client state on equal grounds. To bring Achura culture into Caldari world, Achura must present a corporation in the CEP. If the client state will evolve into new Megacorporation and will will join the CEP, it will talk on equal ground with other Megas and will represent Achura culture as an equal player. Otherwise... you will just see more and more people slipping away into megacorporations and forgetting Achura culture.