Intergalactic Summit

I oppose this Petition.

if anything, factional standing requirements should be increased.

Maybe someone should be happy such "savages" let you fight for them in the first place.

I fully oppose this petition. If you wish to do right for our people being seen in decent standing should be a given.

CONCORD's pendulum wars are proof in and of itself that CONCORD is the most debased, devoid of compassion and Godless political entity in the Galaxy. Bloodraiders like you and Mercs like PYRE are small-time opportunists compared with the swaggering inhuman monstrosity that is CONCORD.

And people say I have a criminal background...

Besides providing endless entertainment?

I've never wanted to set the whole cluster on fire, I just want to start a fire inside the internal bulkheads of another vessel.

Yes, CONCORD permits a merchant of death like myself to operate freely and with little consequence to the lives I take. That you may have moral objections to the current status quo will do little to change it I think. And I quite enjoy being small-time. It lets me focus on the ultraviolence without requirements of nebulous relevancy.

Oh I could just read that line over and over again. Wait! I have!

To the OP:

Nuts!

Fit a Svipul and do it solo. It's not hard, just irritatingly tedious.

Also, sod all these petitions. All it ever does is make somebody feel good about pressing a button that ultimately amounts to nothing. I do not sign these things because I observed nobody ever takes action from having those petitions rubbed into their noses. In fact, I doubt these petitions even go any further than the PR head's desk.

I believe that if one actually attempts to effect change, one organises an army that is willing to sweat and bleed for the cause and the means to take effective action and go effect said change. Doesn't have to be an army with guns, but it definitely needs an army of resolve, will and a plan that can actually hurt whoever it was the protest is targeted at, financially and politically.

What I'm seeing here instead is an attempt to raise an army of button-clickers and signature-givers, both of which are meaningless actions unless acting as follow ups to further action. In my experience, such petitions do not come with follow-up actions. Besides, when's the last time one sees a Galnet petition effect anything?

Words and signatures without action amounts to nothing.

Also, you are not entirely right about my skeptical attitude. The only persons I do believe in are my staff and my crew, the people who allow me to stay in space. I also believe in my ships and their ability to get the job done, and the Machine Spirit's will to see anything they set out to do through. In their case, I seek to earn their confidence as an operator who will use them to the upmost of their capabilities.

The language you use is militaristic, but the sentiment is one I can accept. However, it is restrictive. It is perfectly possible to mobilise opinion peacefully and effect change by argument, debate and consensus. The idea of a petition is to begin the debate, to judge whether such an 'army' might even exist. In the State for example, your view might be prevalent - one's opinion is given to you and if you defer, perhaps one only has the militray option. In a democracy, one must build consensus. One does not achieve much by 'hurting' one's opponents, at least in peace. Offering something they desire, for their benefit, is a much better strategy.



This particular petition is, in my own view, misguided. Nonetheless, many petitions gather people of like mind together for later action. For example, Doctor Priano's laudable attempt to highlight CONCORD's lack of transparency. There is a groundswell of support for her petition, one that CONCORD will not take lightly. We may not see them give in, but I feel sure the Councill will take note and something good will come of the initiative. The actions of IKAME and its partners are at the heart of the petition and form its moral authority - just the attributes that bring political change. One cannot force CONCORD, nor the Minmatar Republic - one can persuade.

Words are in fact, our greatest weapons. Signatures indicate our personal dedciation to an idea. Both are powerful.



I do not condemn your personal motivations. In a way, they have a certain nobility.