Age, how can it be a weakness when it gives nothing but experience, because knowledge is power.
Pain, how can it be a weakness if it gives nothing but perspective, because motivation is power.
Loss, how can it make you hurt if you have nothing to lose, because attatchment is a vulnerability.

My brothers and sisters. We cast aside these trivial weakness of mortals and replace them with strengths of our own. I stand before you not as better, not as a lesser, i am a factor. A factor of power, destruction and change.

Like death, the phoenix is eternal. Like my name, Darasuum, its meaning of forever changing. death is eternal, but never the same. When a phoenix dies, it is reborn from its own ashes. Death is a different path, one we will tred as death incarnate, as the Phoenix Federation.

There are those that usd their abilities as a means for their ego. But an ego is an ignorant lie. Ego is a weakness. Do not be weak my brothers and sisters. Be the factor, the factor of death, be the phoenix.

Indeed, Ryeon. The Gallente Federation is the faction from which I hail from. But a great many of my relatives are from any of the four factions. The Phoenix Federation is where my allegiance lies. All four factions of New Eden have their flaws, which is why I do not side with them and chose the life of the mercenary.

At the same time each faction is where it is now because of their unique implimentation of strengths. Though I find your statement, maybe your request, vague. What is it you seek?

Indeed. You claim that ego is a lie, yet what lie would you have us fight for? Honor? Glory? Or some other term that is synonymous with "go die in a hole for the man who owns you."

Indeed, Ryeon. The Gallente Federation is the faction from which I hail from. But a great many of my relatives are from any of the four factions. The Phoenix Federation is where my allegiance lies. All four factions of New Eden have their flaws, which is why I do not side with them and chose the life of the mercenary.

At the same time each faction is where it is now because of their unique implimentation of strengths. Though I find your statement, maybe your request, vague. What is it you seek?

Clarity, Ms. Darasuum. Insight.-á

In this particular case, several of your remarks might be taken as philosophical, if not religious. I am curious whether we are dealing with a seeker of insight, a would-be visionary who believes she has found a shard of insight and wishes to share it, or a marketer.

As you might guess, as someone who seeks clarity, I'm not all that interested in marketers.

Fight for the Gallente and you shall die like the rest. There is no mercy for the heathens, and the corrupt.

As stated Adamance, I have no allegiance toward the Gallente Federation. Such a thing would be unbecoming of a mercenary.

Then what do you stand for? I find it hard to believe a man who stands for nothing, and yet spouts idiocracies about being a factor. A factor? A man who does not stand for even his own race is a man who has not proven himself to be a factor. He only proves himself to be a double-edged knife that cuts both his allies and enemies.

Stand for your race, soldier. Or dont stand at all.

I know I look good but I am no female.

I am not religious, but I am philisophical. My lifestyle has morphed into one where philosophy is symbiotic, and it can sometimes be dangerous for someone who has to take orders from time to time. Haha.

I am not selling my ideas. If I did there would be a copyright symbol flashed after every sentence and a lawyer behind me.

like anyone else, I think my current way is best. But unlike some, I recognize the next way will be even better. It is for that reason that I stay open to new ideas and debate with my corpmates, friends and even rivals so that my introspection can evolve into a better state of being. I believe that if I share these thougts, facts, statements, etc, then people will follow on their own and eventually come around to my way of thinking if not get ahead of me to an even better one.

If an individual or group of individuals do not or will not recognize the insight presented then they are quite frankly ignorant that in some part has to do with their pride and ego. They would be unwilling to change but it is a universal rule that things change. Their ignorance of the universal way of things would be seen as a weskness which would be eventually exploited and potentially removed along with their existance depending on how stubborn they are. Those that don't evolve, die off.-áSounds harsh now that I hear it outside of my head but the truth can be that way.

Firstly Gallente are not a race, in fact none of the factions are just a singular race.

And even if i had allegiance to the Gallente Federation it would not br because of it's composition of genes, but rather their system of government, success, and means as well as intended ends.

Where I come from there is a saying. It goes something like, "nobody cares who your father was, only the father you'll be." i hold that saying to more than just parental meaning.

I fight not for my race. Because that could lead to supremacy and be seen as such. I do fight for myself and my personal desires, but that leads into the subject of desire and most likely greed.

If you were to ask. "why are you giving this information about being a factor" then I would reply with, "because I felt like just giving some insight if not just provoking others such as yourself to get involved on the subject."

Age, how can it be a weakness when it gives nothing but experience, because knowledge is power.
Pain, how can it be a weakness if it gives nothing but perspective, because motivation is power.
Loss, how can it make you hurt if you have nothing to lose, because attachment is a vulnerability.

My brothers and sisters. We cast aside these trivial weakness of mortals and replace them with strengths of our own. I stand before you not as better, not as a lesser, i am a factor. A factor of power, destruction and change.

Like death, the phoenix is eternal. Like my name, Darasuum, its meaning of forever changing. death is eternal, but never the same. When a phoenix dies, it is reborn from its own ashes. Death is a different path, one we will tred as death incarnate, as the Phoenix Federation.

There are those that usd their abilities as a means for their ego. But an ego is an ignorant lie. Ego is a weakness. Do not be weak my brothers and sisters. Be the factor, the factor of death, be the phoenix.

... Race and Supremacy ... where you are from and from whose bossom you have fed ... ancestors ... cannot escape your own blood....

... believe it without a doubt.... Turning your back ... unacceptable.

War is at hand.... Proud ... serving his motherland with his all? Or a coward.... You choose.

Fight for the Gallente and you shall die like the rest. There is no mercy for the heathens, and the corrupt.

And i suppose alleigance to the amarr grants a position of honor? I doubt it..more ikely a cell and duties.

-á... I see. Your philosophical bent has been unwelcome in places?

-áThat was never really the suspicion, Mr. Darasuum. The suspicion was more that you are employing philosophy as a gimmick, rather than a genuine focus.

-áFor that matter, the Blood Raiders as a society cling tight to one very specific insight that they insist encompasses all of reality: the value of power. Miserably, they're close enough to right for their outlook to be a functional one.

Come to think of it, they decorate their views with language similar to yours: the language of survival, advantage, and weakness.

It's perhaps difficult to describe seeing all the glories of the universe in terms of power as a weakness, but it seems an unnecessarily harsh way to weigh the value of, for example, a friendship. Then again, they also focus on ego, where you seem to discard it.

What purpose do you see yourself as serving, if it is not ego?

-áYou mistake ego with pride. Pride is the toxin that invades a mind and drives it to believing it can not possibly fail. Those who survive on the battlefield long enough begin to believe they are invincible. When that happens, you either become a slave to your pride until the day you are met with crushing failure or you abandon that pride and learn to survive without it.-á

Pride, honor, and chivalry is what sets us up for failure.-á

Ego on the other hand is one's sense of self. It is what separates you from the rest of creation. It liberates you, gives you a chance to become something more than you could ever have imagined. It is ego that both sparks wars and makes peace. Ego can let a man soar of send him into the ground based on what he does with his gift of life.

Pride, honor, and chivalry is what sets us up for failure. ... Someone once told me there are three kinds of soldiers. Those who seek strength, those who live for pride, and those who can read the tide of battle. So tell me, which are you?

-áRace is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical, cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious, or social affiliation.

Once born to a bloodline in the Gallente faction, you are already integrated to its race in terms of all the bolded items in the italicized definition of the word Race. Anatomical being the odd one out since all factions have the same anatomical features. On the contrary, you used Race on your fourth paragraph to describe the Gallente, which solidifies my resolution that the Gallente, as a whole, are a Race.

On the subject of Race and Supremacy, it is vital that you consider where you are from and from whose bossom you have fed when you were but a tiny specimen of a Gallente. Your ancestors are Gallente. You are Gallente. You will be Gallente. You cannot escape your own blood. -á

-áSo, what is Pride? Pride is what you make it to be. Selfish Pride? Yes. Selfless Pride? Yes. To be selfless and prideful is to stand up to what is right and true and believe it without a doubt. You race, which has reared you into your existence to this very moment is the most deserving of this. Turning your back on our Nation? That is unacceptable.

A Proud Gallente serving his motherland with his all? Or a coward in search of glory undivine? You choose.

-áDeath and pain might be irrelevant for you, but believe me, they are not. I have witnessed the effects of constant pain and death in myself, it is not pleasant.

-áWherever you go, it seems such people and their arguments are always the same. That said, I wasn't really expecting this tone from a Gallentean. It's usually seemed that Gallentean reactionaries have tended to make their arguments in terms of portraying the Caldari as barbarians who threaten Gallentean freedoms and such, rather than a naked appeal to blood and group identity.

You seem to miss my point. Firstly, I would like to reaffirm that ego is not the same as pride. That isn't a matter of opinion, it is a matter of syntax. The true meaning of ego, when left uncorrupted by people who fail to grasp the concept of individuality, is the simple fact of being. I am Galm Fae, you are Levet, he is Adamance. It is liberation from the we. Rather than hivemind driven insects that squander under logs in the brush we are developed enough to be sentient, individual beings. That is the greatest strength humanity has over every other blasted animal in the cluster.

Ego is liberty free of the corruption of governments or the opportunists of anarchy. Liberty, you will find, is a value that both we Caldari and you Gallente have in common. The really messy bits comes when we ask ourselves how we might achieve this liberty. Nevertheless, I expect even a kakku like you to understand how important ego truly is.

As for the three soldiers, you again fail to grasp this question. I suppose I wlll spare you the effort of having to decode the meaning for yourself and spell it out for you. It is an allegory, not to be taken literally.

The soldier seeking strength is a true mercenary. He fights with brutal aggression and pays no heed to constraints such as honor, dignity, or mercy. He may either see power as a means to an end or an end itself, but it matters little. As long as he can achieve his goals through the destruction of battle, he is at peace with himself.

The soldier that lives for pride is the knight. He is bound to a code of honor that he cannot break. He is seen as a hero to some, and arrogant to others. His pride is sure to kill him one day, but he knows he will die with honor and shall be judged the better man. As long as he keeps to his code, he knows that the goddess of war shall smile upon him.

The soldier who can read the tide of battle is the warrior. He can ascertain a situation in an instant and is capable of making difficult moral calls not based on honor or a lack thereof, but because his decisions can reshaped a battleground. As long as he leaves his mark on history, he is content.

Those are the three. I don't know, maybe only Caldari can understand....

An admirable concept.

However only the weak place their faith in equality when such a concept is entirely implausible.

Which is exactly why liberty is not the same as equality.

Ironic that you should comment on my thoughts, considering I find you a perfect example of the knight.

-áYou seem to miss my point. Firstly, I would like to reaffirm that ego is not the same as pride. That isn't a matter of opinion, it is a matter of syntax. The true meaning of ego, when left uncorrupted by people who fail to grasp the concept of individuality, is the simple fact of being. I am Galm Fae, you are Levet, he is Adamance. It is liberation from the we. Rather than hivemind driven insects that squander under logs in the brush we are developed enough to be sentient, individual beings. That is the greatest strength humanity has over every other blasted animal in the cluster.-á

Ego is liberty free of the corruption of governments or the opportunists of anarchy. Liberty, you will find, is a value that both we Caldari and you Gallente have in common. The really messy bits comes when we ask ourselves how we might achieve this liberty. Nevertheless, I expect even a kakku like you to understand how important ego truly is.

-áAs for the three soldiers, you again fail to grasp this question. I suppose I wlll spare you the effort of having to decode the meaning for yourself and spell it out for you. It is an allegory, not to be taken literally.-á

The soldier seeking strength is a true mercenary. He fights with brutal aggression and pays no heed to constraints such as honor, dignity, or mercy. He may either see power as a means to an end or an end itself, but it matters little. As long as he can achieve his goals through the destruction of battle, he is at peace with himself.

The soldier that lives for pride is the knight. He is bound to a code of honor that he cannot break. He is seen as a hero to some, and arrogant to others. His pride is sure to kill him one day, but he knows he will die with honor and shall be judged the better man. As long as he keeps to his code, he knows that the goddess of war shall smile upon him.-á

The soldier who can read the tide of battle is the warrior. He can ascertain a situation in an instant and is capable of making difficult moral calls not based on honor or a lack thereof, but because his decisions can reshaped a battleground. As long as he leaves his mark on history, he is content.-á

Those are the three. I don't know, maybe only Caldari can understand....

-áI do not live for pride I live for duty.

quite a turn in subjects here. First you speak of factual and literal syntax with regard to ego then you switch to symbolism, allusions and the like with the soldiers. Perhaps there in lies the source of my confusion.

Still, life is not the simple. Nothing is. I do not see it as such. There are not three colors in existence, there are not six. There an an infinite number of colors that are easily mixed. You nore I nore anyone is just yellow, red or blue. Rarely is someone just the soldier of strength, or the one of pride, and perhaps most rare of all is the tactical soldier. Though I already said my peice earlier.

Xanthos-haan, I advocate liberty, not dominance. Personally, I would rather take my own liberty over a secure hivemind of the masses anyway. If you disagree with that than you can by all means blast yourself off to null-sec and see how much you enjoy a world without ego as a part of Sansha's Nation.

I also find it interesting how so many people these days conclude that any man who is capable of holding an aggressive debate must be seeking an emotional responce. Granted, we are immortals. Something could in fact come of this. I could just as easily call you out and command you to suit up and fight if that was what I was seeking, but where would that get both of us? Just slightly more angry with slightly less ISK. I'm not looking to cause a fight, but I figure in our profession hazing is an occupational hazard, so get used to it.