Intergalactic Summit

Quiet clearly I gave offence although I really didn't claim most of the things you said I claimed. Again.

So, what now? Having tried to beat me with what Diana Kim says, you're now going to try to beat me with what Tibus Heth did? I thought I registered my disagreement with him when I stood with those Caldari Patriots that beat him and his supporters like a drum for months on end and drove him from office.

I don't know who you're mad at. It sure isn't me.

It's now the anniversary of the Empress's historic announcment !


I have given everyone a day off, to wave miniature flags, and do other things that they might want to do. Yaay.

It helps to consider the context of how the war begun. At the onset, while the Republic/Imperial front was a situation of mutual aggression, the northern one was close to a pure State invasion - Tibus Heth made no secret whatsoever of his desire not only to reclaim Caldari Prime, but also to march into Federal space at large as part of a vague "retribution" for what he perceived as the dishonor they had inflicted upon us, and to take whatever he could get (which for a little while, he did). That's why the Patriot bloc was forced to show it's hand when it came to Black Rise; He wanted to use it as a staging point to assault the Federations flank.

The situation has changed since then with Roden as president, of course, with many people in their government enjoying the status quo, but if Foiritan had his way with CONCORD, there wouldn't be a war front at all. That's the reason the war is as confined as it is. With half their signatories wanting peace and the others wanting war, the latter of which goes directly against their mandate, they were forced to create an arrangement which satisfied them without completely abandoning their obligations to the former.

An arrangement which ended up being, in simple terms, "low-population, low-security border systems are fair game", a qualification which Intaki had the misfortune of meeting. It is by no means what everyone wanted at the time.

I can try to dig up the old articles from the time, if you're curious.

Now I understand (or at least I believe that I understand it correctly) partly an idea of slavery in the Empire, and I got idea, that the desire of a proper slave would be to serve the God. Well, it is just my idea, and I will appreciate if you correct me.

However, what I have told before wasn't said about faithful slaves. It was said from a practical understanding of slavery, as at that time never I, nor my teacher were acquainted with your Faith.

You still don't understand, because you're still trying to apply a single all-encompassing viewpoint when there is none.

The desires of slaves are as widespread as any free person.

Yes, I think these systems weren't chosen randomly. I heard, that the war between Federation and State was just because Federation wanted Caldari's Black Rise region for themselves.

That certainly is a tough situation. I can only hope that nobody the likes of Heth comes to power again, as an attempt to invade the Federation on any kind of broad front would have been like trying to use a scalpel to cut rocks. The Federal war machine may react to new situations slowly but when it gets into gear it's probably the pre-eminent military force in the cluster.

Well, at least you're aware of this. I keep telling Caldari hotheads who seem insistent on rattling the sabre that the Federation has never actually been in a situation in which its continued existence is anything approaching being seriously threatened - and that for the good of everyone involved, it's probably best if it stays that way.

I tell everyone who asks the self-same thing. Just because I'm a Patriot doesn't mean I can't count. Moreover the Caldari Navy has been forged for the task of defending the State, not invading the Federation. While we could never break the Federal Navy in a war of aggression, it's worth remembering that it didn't manage to break us in over a century of attrition.

Which suits me fine. I have no interest in stealing Federation systems, my only interest is in defending Caldari ones.

This is the truth, my goodness. I don't mean to be rude, but I'm tired of hearing people talk the talk but not walk the walk. I swear, anti-slavery politics in the war has become more of an excuse to fight than a real moral motivation. The Amarr are "supposed" to be the religious ones, but the hollow holier-than-thou attitudes have been on the Gallente-Minmatar side of the fence.

Take them. Appreciate the gesture. Help them. If you care about those enslaved, that's what you should be doing to those who are released. Not complaining about their politics. Not complaining what a burden they are. Saying they are "unwanted" is, in essence, saying you want them freed only if you don't have to handle the consequences of their freedom afterwards. It's saying that you care about them only when they're politically convenient.