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Yun Hee Ryeon
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Posted - 2013.08.17 04:30:00 -
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Sgt Kirk wrote:Alright, In all due respect, I don't care.
This thread's purpose was to get other Gallente or aligned players in the chat and role-play around and talk about how to change the Federation.
Instead I'm getting nothing but a bunch of Amarrians and I'm kind of disappointed that no other people commented and the post got hijaked.
Um ... respectfully, soldier, it's one of the minor awkwardnesses of the IGS: anything you post that is of political use to anybody will be immediately pounced on by that faction.
If you will permit a remark by a person loyal to the State, I'm curious how you perceive the present state of affairs as unrepresentative of its population. Are you thinking of the Black Eagles, or is there some other corruptive force you see at play? |
Yun Hee Ryeon
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Posted - 2013.08.17 05:11:00 -
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Sgt Kirk wrote:I'm not sure how to answer that, explain your unity please.
Probably what he's talking about is the relative stability and arguably harmony that typifies the Amarrian Empire-- everybody serving the common cause of building their god's dominion in one way or another. At least, I suspect that's how a templar sees it.
To the rest: if I understand correctly, and please forgive me if I do not, you seem to feel that the undercurrents of xenophobia currently exposing themselves in the Federation are being provoked, that they do not reflect the true spirit of the Federation and the Gallente.
Soldier, respectfully, the Federation has always had this dark streak in it. Similar events brought about the original war between Caldari and Gallente. Similar events provoked the State to invade Caldari Prime once more. Perhaps there is, in all peoples, a broad streak of humanity's old, primal tribalism, the old us-versus-them, protect-what's-mine. If it is shocking when it appears in the Gallente, I would respectfully suggest that this is not because it is alien to your culture, but because you are about the only ones who make any pretense of having let that aspect of your nature go.
We're all a bit clannish, in the end.
That said, it's certainly a predictable enough aspect of human nature to be manipulated, and perhaps that's precisely what is happening here: humans being prodded into acting like the apes we all are. If so, I wish you all possible fortune in locating and stopping the source; it took the State multiple years to work out that our own demagogue was no good for us.
He did get some important reforms in between bouts of embezzlement, er, creative redistribution of corporate funds, mind you. |
Yun Hee Ryeon
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Posted - 2013.08.17 05:16:00 -
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((Folks, can we save the OOC chatter for the in-game OOC channel or the OOC topic in the DUST Fiction section of the forums? This, what I'm doing right now by stepping out of character, is against the rules for the IGS. Let's not get deeper into this extremely bad habit, please?)) |
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Posted - 2013.08.17 15:04:00 -
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Sgt Kirk wrote:I know you're just reacting I was speaking to the Gallentean.
This is not the thread for these matters.
Um, respectfully, soldier, disinviting certain topics or categories of discussion tends rather to summon them than the opposite. The best way to respond to off-topic remarks (however justified or well-intentioned) may be not to respond to them or even recognize their existence. Consistently returning your remarks to the topic at hand usually works well.
One question:
Sgt Kirk wrote:We are branded as terrorist by the State....
By this, do you mean the Federal nation state or the Caldari State? Also, do you think they've ... well, respectfully, really noticed sufficiently to apply that kind of label? Usually, they wait until you're actually done something dramatic before they pull out the "terrorist" label.
Respectfully, soldier, so far you sound more like an arguably-radical dissident than like anything any sane person would be trying to label a "terrorist." |
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