Intergalactic Summit

Indeed, I have grown accustomed to DnG psyops tactics and have chosen to take a few pages from their book. While they are mostly insane, the pilots are rather upbeat and bring a bit of laughter to the grim work we do, injecting some much needed ironic comedic relief to my flagging spirit when I see the sad state of the warzone and humanity at large. I have even taken to posting Scriptures, Imperial propaganda, and a lovely little video file my 4-year-old son made of me blowing up the Minmatar symbol in a Coercer in local channels to class up the usual inundation of gibberish they fill them with.

When you've spent seven years in the Bleak Lands you have to take solace in the little things, no?

Well I don't particularly mind seeing Aldiboo degenerate into the addictive and corrosive loquaciousness of the howling apes that surround the Empire loyalists more thoroughly than anything our forces ever could. Nothing could serve us much better in that regard. I merely pity even my enemies the fate of having to suffer through such things.

As I've said before, I would rather lose standing tall and with principles intact rather than win a hollow and empty victory borne only through sacrifice of ideals, principle and example. This proxy war bloodsport is not worth selling what little remains of one's spirit, when I can instead set an example for my people and serve them in that manner.

Dying on one's feet is preferential to living on one's knees. Taking a knee just to gain a hollow victory? Beyond disgusting.

Technically salt's a spice.

What do salt and spices have in common? They both season food.

I've already explained my bitterness before in this thread. You know first hand how it is to have your own side infested by certain undesirables. I'm just less willing than you to embrace such creatures as Sansha and Sabik. Principles are a pain in the arse, but I'm not sacrificing them over a proxy war, as I've already said.

I'll leave that to PIE and the rest of the TLF.

Mizzy, I do believe you have lost sight of what we should be fighting for. We are not fighting for our own principles and dignity, but for the people who live in the warzone. Namely, to protect them. If you actually thought you'd matter in the grand scheme of national politics and policy, I can see why you'd be embittered. But no, the militias are not the nation they are supposed to represent. The only effect we have is on the lives in the warzone itself, specifically the poor souls who have no choice but to live and work there. I fight to protect Amarrians from Minmatar terrorism and occupation. I will use any cudgel I have on hand to defeat my enemy and achieve that end, unless it is a greater detriment to the total cause, such as the Butcher.

Meanwhile, you should be fighting to protect Minmatar from Amarrian enslavement and oppression, and likewise be using every tool at your disposal to do so. In fact, I do believe you have done so in the past, with terror operations and psyops being conducted by you and your own peers. As far as DnG go, I'd say most of them are less disagreeable than some of the things you have done personally. They may be irritating, but they are not cruel. Well, except edeity's lot, but they'll get theirs soon enough.

So really, stop with this moral high horse bit. That is our schitck, not yours. Just admit you are on the backfoot because you cannot beat DnG and get on with it. Fight harder, not whine harder.

You really don't get the moral high ground either, you all are after all slavers, something inherently immoral, but, I am sure you can justify it to yourselves, I know I did long enough so I won't lecture you because it won't help. We are on the backfoot because, well we don't have anywhere close to the amount of pilots your side has.

There isn't much to entice people to enlist over here either, the rewards aren't very good, and haven't been for a long time due to market saturation, there isn't very much structure or leadership, and what is around is largely divided into two groups who seem to have some mutual frustrations with one another. Add to it, the drama of being decried as traitor for attacking Amarrians in providence, or procuring resources outside of the TLF for our people; and that sort of thing scares off lots of recruits who might otherwise want to protect the people of the Republic.

But I will certainly see you around in space Aldrith, For what it is worth, I like you, I felt like you fought for me when I was trying to find my place, but that won't make me go easy on you.

Same can be said from me to you on the few occasions we've met and you've treated myself and Satja well considering your stance on the morality of our culture and complexities of our relationship.

I somewhat understand why you fight but at times I wish you wouldn't so adamantly.... and you should know better than anyonewhy that is.

Always sad to see people resorting to ad personam when their argument fails.

It was almost Aldipoo, but I think the average reading comprehension of the IGS would lead to the belief it was scatological in nature.