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Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
144
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Posted - 2013.11.16 21:16:00 -
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Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Luna Angelo wrote:Why act like one of those weakling mortals? We are not humans. We are Mercenaries. Be strong, Foley Jones, you are not insane, my friend. The insane ones are the ones calling us humans. Hm. The question of whether the clone soldier infomorph is a human being is ultimately the question of what a "human" is. It's rather open to interpretation, but what's really significant is that the question can be reasonably asked in good faith. It's not asked only to undercut or dehumanize us-- it's a real question. The answer may matter less than the question does.
Notice I said "function like a human being."
Ryeon-haani and I have traded thoughts on the question of if we are still human. It's an internal conflict that shreds most of our kind, and for good reason. I've come to find that the actual answer to this question however is irrelevant. Whatever I am, I walk among the living. I feel human, I look human, I think like a human.
The only thing that separates us from a scientific monstrosity and a weapon is how much we can convince ourselves that this mask we wear is our true form. People like Foley, however break the illusion and threaten the one bit of faux security we have in this world.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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Foley Jones
Cassardis
259
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Posted - 2013.11.17 00:09:00 -
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Galm Fae wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Luna Angelo wrote:Why act like one of those weakling mortals? We are not humans. We are Mercenaries. Be strong, Foley Jones, you are not insane, my friend. The insane ones are the ones calling us humans. Hm. The question of whether the clone soldier infomorph is a human being is ultimately the question of what a "human" is. It's rather open to interpretation, but what's really significant is that the question can be reasonably asked in good faith. It's not asked only to undercut or dehumanize us-- it's a real question. The answer may matter less than the question does. Notice I said "function like a human being." Ryeon-haani and I have traded thoughts on the question of if we are still human. It's an internal conflict that shreds most of our kind, and for good reason. I've come to find that the actual answer to this question however is irrelevant. Whatever I am, I walk among the living. I feel human, I look human, I think like a human. The only thing that separates us from a scientific monstrosity and a weapon is how much we can convince ourselves that this mask we wear is our true form. People like Foley, however break the illusion and threaten the one bit of faux security we have in this world.
So what are you saying?
That im the monster here and your a perfect ******* example?
Got dat Murderboner raging on
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Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
144
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Posted - 2013.11.17 00:31:00 -
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Foley Jones wrote:
So what are you saying?
That im the monster here and your a perfect ******* example?
I'm not perfect, but at least I'm trying.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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Foley Jones
Cassardis
259
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Posted - 2013.11.17 00:52:00 -
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Galm Fae wrote:Foley Jones wrote:
So what are you saying?
That im the monster here and your a perfect ******* example?
I'm not perfect, but at least I'm trying.
And im not? Im also trying but you are putting me out for no reason
Got dat Murderboner raging on
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Leithe Askarii
Isuuaya Tactical
Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2013.11.17 01:28:00 -
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Foley Jones wrote:Galm Fae wrote:Foley Jones wrote:
So what are you saying?
That im the monster here and your a perfect ******* example?
I'm not perfect, but at least I'm trying. And im not? Im also trying but you are putting me out for no reason
I dunno you can't change what you are no matter how hard you try.... take it from and Eminent Junkie.... things just aren't that easy. |
Yun Hee Ryeon
Dead Six Initiative
Lokun Listamenn
359
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Posted - 2013.11.17 03:52:00 -
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Mr. Jones,
If you and Fae-haan can stop sparring for a moment, something you may wish to consider.
Sanity, being subjective, is normally judged by distance from base-line normal thought. The more you think like an ordinary, workaday human being, the saner you are judged to be.
By this standard, I, myself, am not particularly sane. I feel little empathy for most people, I'm capable of treating cold-blooded murder with equanimity, most of my moral considerations are focused on ensuring my personal survival, and I'm capable of sacrificing hundreds or thousands of lives to my sense of aesthetics. Like Ms. Askarii suggests, people typically are what they are, and obey the call of their nature; I am no different.
There is another way of judging sanity, however, which is the distance of a person's perception from objective reality. It seems as though that is what you mean when you say that you are more sane than those around you. If you are correct, if you are indeed sane to the point of embracing bitter reality when others wrap themselves in comforting illusion, then you may be aberrant in a way similar to how I am.
Horribly, horribly sane.
I hope that is not the case; it is not a pleasant or maybe even useful (perhaps even particularly enlightened or enlightening) way to be. Worse, it would imply that clone soldiers generally are perhaps subject to the sickness I suffer from. Perhaps I am not unusual. That would be a problem.
I suggest you to avoid this kind of sanity if you can. It is better to be a little mad, but functional, even useful, than sane, and a blight. |
DeadlyAztec11
Gallente Federation
2611
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Posted - 2013.11.17 06:10:00 -
[67] - Quote
Luna Angelo wrote:Galm Fae wrote:Foley Jones wrote:You know what? Whatever you wanna think pal (is it pal?)
Im not here for attention, im here to prove im not insane like everyone who claima I am
I hate being called insane becuase its a ******* lie if anything im agreeing with you
You are getting on my ass about blurting out whatever when here you are ******* opinion jumping from a goddamn pogo stick saying I want attention
And above all else
Who
The
****
Are
You?
I'm Galm Fae. Remember that name, because if I ever show up on the same deployment as you I want you to do me a favor and stay out of my way until you learn to function like a human being. You want to take this personally, fine. I'm just giving you the same run-through any DI in the State War Academy or the Dragonaurs would have to **** down your throat. If anything you should be happy you're getting this from me instead of having some non-com knifehand you into oblivion at a military tribunal. Why act like one of those weakling mortals? We are not humans. We are Mercenaries. Be strong, Foley Jones, you are not insane, my friend. The insane ones are the ones calling us humans.
Yo clone, you got a big head for an "immortal" that depends on the functions of many non mortals to continue to live.
If they decided to keep you from being able to be cloned ever again, your "immortality" would end.
Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened.
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Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
144
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Posted - 2013.11.17 06:19:00 -
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DeadlyAztec11 wrote:
Yo clone, you got a big head for an "immortal" that depends on the functions of many non mortals to continue to live.
If they decided to keep you from being able to be cloned ever again, your "immortality" would end.
That may have been the smartest thing I've ever heard from you Aztec.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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DeadlyAztec11
Gallente Federation
2611
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Posted - 2013.11.17 06:19:00 -
[69] - Quote
Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Mr. Jones,
If you and Fae-haan can stop sparring for a moment, something you may wish to consider.
Sanity, being subjective, is normally judged by distance from base-line normal thought. The more you think like an ordinary, workaday human being, the saner you are judged to be.
By this standard, I, myself, am not particularly sane. I feel little empathy for most people, I'm capable of treating cold-blooded murder with equanimity, most of my moral considerations are focused on ensuring my personal survival, and I'm capable of sacrificing hundreds or thousands of lives to my sense of aesthetics. Like Ms. Askarii suggests, people typically are what they are, and obey the call of their nature; I am no different.
There is another way of judging sanity, however, which is the distance of a person's perception from objective reality. It seems as though that is what you mean when you say that you are more sane than those around you. If you are correct, if you are indeed sane to the point of embracing bitter reality when others wrap themselves in comforting illusion, then you may be aberrant in a way similar to how I am.
Horribly, horribly sane.
I hope that is not the case; it is not a pleasant or maybe even useful (perhaps even particularly enlightened or enlightening) way to be. Worse, it would imply that clone soldiers generally are perhaps subject to the sickness I suffer from. Perhaps I am not unusual. That would be a problem.
I suggest you to avoid this kind of sanity if you can. It is better to be a little mad, but functional, even useful, than sane, and a blight.
You are thinking too much about thought, the very thought of thinking that is too much to even think of.
Anyways, I won't judge you even if you are crazy, not everybody can stay as level headed as myself. Well, not me rather the other me, but he is busy.
Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened.
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Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
144
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Posted - 2013.11.17 06:25:00 -
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DeadlyAztec11 wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Mr. Jones,
If you and Fae-haan can stop sparring for a moment, something you may wish to consider.
Sanity, being subjective, is normally judged by distance from base-line normal thought. The more you think like an ordinary, workaday human being, the saner you are judged to be.
By this standard, I, myself, am not particularly sane. I feel little empathy for most people, I'm capable of treating cold-blooded murder with equanimity, most of my moral considerations are focused on ensuring my personal survival, and I'm capable of sacrificing hundreds or thousands of lives to my sense of aesthetics. Like Ms. Askarii suggests, people typically are what they are, and obey the call of their nature; I am no different.
There is another way of judging sanity, however, which is the distance of a person's perception from objective reality. It seems as though that is what you mean when you say that you are more sane than those around you. If you are correct, if you are indeed sane to the point of embracing bitter reality when others wrap themselves in comforting illusion, then you may be aberrant in a way similar to how I am.
Horribly, horribly sane.
I hope that is not the case; it is not a pleasant or maybe even useful (perhaps even particularly enlightened or enlightening) way to be. Worse, it would imply that clone soldiers generally are perhaps subject to the sickness I suffer from. Perhaps I am not unusual. That would be a problem.
I suggest you to avoid this kind of sanity if you can. It is better to be a little mad, but functional, even useful, than sane, and a blight. You are thinking too much about thought, the very thought of thinking that is too much to even think of. Anyways, I won't judge you even if you are crazy, not everybody can stay as level headed as myself. Well, not me rather the other me, but he is busy.
Annnnnnnnd then you go and disappoint me.
Why kakku? Why you do this?
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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DeadlyAztec11
Gallente Federation
2611
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Posted - 2013.11.17 06:59:00 -
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Galm Fae wrote:DeadlyAztec11 wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Mr. Jones,
If you and Fae-haan can stop sparring for a moment, something you may wish to consider.
Sanity, being subjective, is normally judged by distance from base-line normal thought. The more you think like an ordinary, workaday human being, the saner you are judged to be.
By this standard, I, myself, am not particularly sane. I feel little empathy for most people, I'm capable of treating cold-blooded murder with equanimity, most of my moral considerations are focused on ensuring my personal survival, and I'm capable of sacrificing hundreds or thousands of lives to my sense of aesthetics. Like Ms. Askarii suggests, people typically are what they are, and obey the call of their nature; I am no different.
There is another way of judging sanity, however, which is the distance of a person's perception from objective reality. It seems as though that is what you mean when you say that you are more sane than those around you. If you are correct, if you are indeed sane to the point of embracing bitter reality when others wrap themselves in comforting illusion, then you may be aberrant in a way similar to how I am.
Horribly, horribly sane.
I hope that is not the case; it is not a pleasant or maybe even useful (perhaps even particularly enlightened or enlightening) way to be. Worse, it would imply that clone soldiers generally are perhaps subject to the sickness I suffer from. Perhaps I am not unusual. That would be a problem.
I suggest you to avoid this kind of sanity if you can. It is better to be a little mad, but functional, even useful, than sane, and a blight. You are thinking too much about thought, the very thought of thinking that is too much to even think of. Anyways, I won't judge you even if you are crazy, not everybody can stay as level headed as myself. Well, not me rather the other me, but he is busy. Annnnnnnnd then you go and disappoint me. Why kakku? Why you do this?
Appoint? I didn't know I had pointed you anywhere. I hate myself for not telling me things.
Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened.
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Luna Angelo
We Who Walk Alone
120
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Posted - 2013.11.17 07:02:00 -
[72] - Quote
Galm Fae wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Luna Angelo wrote:Why act like one of those weakling mortals? We are not humans. We are Mercenaries. Be strong, Foley Jones, you are not insane, my friend. The insane ones are the ones calling us humans. Hm. The question of whether the clone soldier infomorph is a human being is ultimately the question of what a "human" is. It's rather open to interpretation, but what's really significant is that the question can be reasonably asked in good faith. It's not asked only to undercut or dehumanize us-- it's a real question. The answer may matter less than the question does. Notice I said "function like a human being." Ryeon-haani and I have traded thoughts on the question of if we are still human. It's an internal conflict that shreds most of our kind, and for good reason. I've come to find that the actual answer to this question however is irrelevant. Whatever I am, I walk among the living. I feel human, I look human, I think like a human. The only thing that separates us from a scientific monstrosity and a weapon is how much we can convince ourselves that this mask we wear is our true form. People like Foley, however break the illusion and threaten the one bit of faux security we have in this world.
Tell me, how do you even marginally think like a mortal? You die, it's a minor inconvenience. They die, it's over.
I am the Horseless Headsman.
Director and COO of We Who Walk Alone
Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.
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Leithe Askarii
Isuuaya Tactical
Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2013.11.17 07:11:00 -
[73] - Quote
Luna Angelo wrote:Galm Fae wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Luna Angelo wrote:Why act like one of those weakling mortals? We are not humans. We are Mercenaries. Be strong, Foley Jones, you are not insane, my friend. The insane ones are the ones calling us humans. Hm. The question of whether the clone soldier infomorph is a human being is ultimately the question of what a "human" is. It's rather open to interpretation, but what's really significant is that the question can be reasonably asked in good faith. It's not asked only to undercut or dehumanize us-- it's a real question. The answer may matter less than the question does. Notice I said "function like a human being." Ryeon-haani and I have traded thoughts on the question of if we are still human. It's an internal conflict that shreds most of our kind, and for good reason. I've come to find that the actual answer to this question however is irrelevant. Whatever I am, I walk among the living. I feel human, I look human, I think like a human. The only thing that separates us from a scientific monstrosity and a weapon is how much we can convince ourselves that this mask we wear is our true form. People like Foley, however break the illusion and threaten the one bit of faux security we have in this world. Tell me, how do you even marginally think like a mortal? You die, it's a minor inconvenience. They die, it's over.
And that is why they should be cherished. |
Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
144
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Posted - 2013.11.17 07:35:00 -
[74] - Quote
Luna Angelo wrote:Galm Fae wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:Luna Angelo wrote:Why act like one of those weakling mortals? We are not humans. We are Mercenaries. Be strong, Foley Jones, you are not insane, my friend. The insane ones are the ones calling us humans. Hm. The question of whether the clone soldier infomorph is a human being is ultimately the question of what a "human" is. It's rather open to interpretation, but what's really significant is that the question can be reasonably asked in good faith. It's not asked only to undercut or dehumanize us-- it's a real question. The answer may matter less than the question does. Notice I said "function like a human being." Ryeon-haani and I have traded thoughts on the question of if we are still human. It's an internal conflict that shreds most of our kind, and for good reason. I've come to find that the actual answer to this question however is irrelevant. Whatever I am, I walk among the living. I feel human, I look human, I think like a human. The only thing that separates us from a scientific monstrosity and a weapon is how much we can convince ourselves that this mask we wear is our true form. People like Foley, however break the illusion and threaten the one bit of faux security we have in this world. Tell me, how do you even marginally think like a mortal? You die, it's a minor inconvenience. They die, it's over.
Arvumaa, death isn't what defines us as human. It's our compassion, our emotions, and our values that makes us human. Before I was a mercenary, death wasn't a threat. It was a promise. One way or another, I'd wind up dead someday. Death was the comfort of knowing that when it is all over you get to finally rest. Now we don't even have that luxury. When you're lying and bleeding out in the field, the only thing you have to look forward to is rising from the ashes and facing the same fate again and again.
I might not have to live with death, but I still feel fear, sadness, joy, and pain. Gods know I can still feel pain.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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Leithe Askarii
Isuuaya Tactical
Caldari State
4
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Posted - 2013.11.17 10:48:00 -
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Hmmmm I haven't met many people who talk like you do Fae.... a couple of Achuran collegues, an Intaki woman I used to see, and a foolish Templar.....
Refreshing outlook to be sure, but do you really think just by wishing ourselves to be something other than what we are makes it so? I have many regrets, I sometimes hate myself, but no matter how hard I try I cannot quit being what I am.
A killer, a Junkie, Caldari..... not that I regret being the latter. |
DeadlyAztec11
Gallente Federation
2614
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Posted - 2013.11.17 14:52:00 -
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You.guys could.just stop cloning yourselves and finally step out. I doubt many would notice, or even care.
Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened.
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Yun Hee Ryeon
Dead Six Initiative
Lokun Listamenn
359
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Posted - 2013.11.18 06:15:00 -
[77] - Quote
DeadlyAztec11 wrote:You.guys could.just stop cloning yourselves and finally step out. I doubt many would notice, or even care.
The Caldari believe that life is a series of trials. Even if Fae-haan looks forward to one day joining his ancestors, he's unlikely to rush the meeting as long as he has a measure of honor to keep (whether he cares to use that word for it or no). To do so is to give up, to admit that you are too weak to survive in a world built to test you.
Disappointing the people whose legacy you represent is a pleasant thought to few. Would you want to spend your afterlife as an embarrassment? |
Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
144
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Posted - 2013.11.18 06:55:00 -
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Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:DeadlyAztec11 wrote:You.guys could.just stop cloning yourselves and finally step out. I doubt many would notice, or even care. The Caldari believe that life is a series of trials. Even if Fae-haan looks forward to one day joining his ancestors, he's unlikely to rush the meeting as long as he has a measure of honor to keep (whether he cares to use that word for it or no). To do so is to give up, to admit that you are too weak to survive in a world built to test you. Disappointing the people whose legacy you represent is a pleasant thought to few. Would you want to spend your afterlife as an embarrassment?
Credit where it is due, that analysis would probably fit just fine for a case study of most of my countrymen. For me however, it isn't just seated in my ancestral roots. I endure this existence because I rather enjoy it sometimes. I'm good at what I do, and it pays well. Certainly a few months ago I would have insisted I only continued down this path because I have no where else to go, but as of recently things just seem... Some much more certain.
There's pain in this existence, but that doesn't devalue the wonders that come with it. Yet at the same time, the power of being immortal doesn't devalue the emotions that make me (at least believe that I'm) human.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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Denak Kalamari
Intaki Liberation Front
Intaki Prosperity Initiative
618
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Posted - 2013.11.18 07:14:00 -
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DeadlyAztec11 wrote:You.guys could.just stop cloning yourselves and finally step out. I doubt many would notice, or even care.
Death leads to rebirth, solution leads to more problems. Cloning is an extension of this belief, ceasing to do that would lead to another rebirth, in another body. You know very little about your heritage as a half-Intaki.
Grahisha of ILF // Writer of Thoughts of a Clone Soldier // Latest entry published 17/11/13
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Leithe Askarii
Isuuaya Tactical
Caldari State
27
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Posted - 2013.11.18 08:05:00 -
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Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:DeadlyAztec11 wrote:You.guys could.just stop cloning yourselves and finally step out. I doubt many would notice, or even care. The Caldari believe that life is a series of trials. Even if Fae-haan looks forward to one day joining his ancestors, he's unlikely to rush the meeting as long as he has a measure of honor to keep (whether he cares to use that word for it or no). To do so is to give up, to admit that you are too weak to survive in a world built to test you. Disappointing the people whose legacy you represent is a pleasant thought to few. Would you want to spend your afterlife as an embarrassment?
The best I can hope for is a noble way to die. If I cared for what the ghosts of our people thought about my life I suppose I would struggle more to live productively....however time and time again, New Eden has proven to me that many things that are are, and cannot be changed.
If I can die nobly then perhaps it would not matter how I lived, only that I died for something more than Crystal Egg and the blissful reprieve it brings from an otherwise bleak existence. |
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DeadlyAztec11
Gallente Federation
2644
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Posted - 2013.11.18 14:23:00 -
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Denak Kalamari wrote:DeadlyAztec11 wrote:You.guys could.just stop cloning yourselves and finally step out. I doubt many would notice, or even care. Death leads to rebirth, solution leads to more problems. Cloning is an extension of this belief, ceasing to do that would lead to another rebirth, in another body. You know very little about your heritage as a half-Intaki.
That's not it, I just don't believe in a lot of it. I pick what is useful and discard what is not. Dead weight is useless.
But I do believe in a type of rebirth. So why not end this life so you may perhaps be placed in a more favorable world. Just a thought.
Madness is the emergency exit. You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened.
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Yun Hee Ryeon
Dead Six Initiative
Lokun Listamenn
359
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Posted - 2013.11.18 14:58:00 -
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Galm Fae wrote:Credit where it is due, that analysis would probably fit just fine for a case study of most of my countrymen. For me however, it isn't just seated in my ancestral roots. I endure this existence because I rather enjoy it sometimes. I'm good at what I do, and it pays well. Certainly a few months ago I would have insisted I only continued down this path because I have no where else to go, but as of recently things just seem... Some much more certain.
There's pain in this existence, but that doesn't devalue the wonders that come with it. Yet at the same time, the power of being immortal doesn't devalue the emotions that make me (at least believe that I'm) human.
Considering the amount of work you put into that temple complex of yours, Fae-haan, I hope you will forgive me for presuming you to be at least a touch religious. Motives are rarely simple, but explanations frequently have to be; mine was never going to be a complete explanation.
Neither, I suspect, is yours?
Leithe Askarii wrote:The best I can hope for is a noble way to die. If I cared for what the ghosts of our people thought about my life I suppose I would struggle more to live productively....however time and time again, New Eden has proven to me that many things that are are, and cannot be changed.
If I can die nobly then perhaps it would not matter how I lived, only that I died for something more than Crystal Egg and the blissful reprieve it brings from an otherwise bleak existence.
A fish is a fish, a bird a bird, but a sick bird might become well again. Many of those who become dependent on boosters of one sort or another find their way back to health, Askarii-haani.
Of course, I do wonder how long it will be before medical-grade combat boosters become part of our arsenal; they're already available to capsuleers. Hm. Perhaps our biotic modules already do that as much as it's likely to be done? |
Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
145
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Posted - 2013.11.19 06:24:00 -
[83] - Quote
Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:
Considering the amount of work you put into that temple complex of yours, Fae-haan, I hope you will forgive me for presuming you to be at least a touch religious. Motives are rarely simple, but explanations frequently have to be; mine was never going to be a complete explanation.
Neither, I suspect, is yours?
Oh no, you weren't wrong. Spirituality is something I value deeply, but I didn't want the record to show "I only carry on this existence because I don't want to be seen as a failure" or some silliness like that.
Leithe Askarii wrote:The best I can hope for is a noble way to die. If I cared for what the ghosts of our people thought about my life I suppose I would struggle more to live productively....however time and time again, New Eden has proven to me that many things that are are, and cannot be changed.
If I can die nobly then perhaps it would not matter how I lived, only that I died for something more than Crystal Egg and the blissful reprieve it brings from an otherwise bleak existence.
A good death is its own reward, as they say. Just remember, it isn't the boosters that define you. You and you alone are responsible for your own actions. Gods, I dare say that you should be getting more done if you are running around on Egg. It's far better than constantly hitting bottles of Frentix or Mindflood, I'll give you that.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then I also love him.
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Leithe Askarii
Isuuaya Tactical
Caldari State
35
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Posted - 2013.11.19 07:32:00 -
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Galm Fae wrote:Yun Hee Ryeon wrote:
Considering the amount of work you put into that temple complex of yours, Fae-haan, I hope you will forgive me for presuming you to be at least a touch religious. Motives are rarely simple, but explanations frequently have to be; mine was never going to be a complete explanation.
Neither, I suspect, is yours?
Oh no, you weren't wrong. Spirituality is something I value deeply, but I didn't want the record to show "I only carry on this existence because I don't want to be seen as a failure" or some silliness like that. Leithe Askarii wrote:The best I can hope for is a noble way to die. If I cared for what the ghosts of our people thought about my life I suppose I would struggle more to live productively....however time and time again, New Eden has proven to me that many things that are are, and cannot be changed.
If I can die nobly then perhaps it would not matter how I lived, only that I died for something more than Crystal Egg and the blissful reprieve it brings from an otherwise bleak existence. A good death is its own reward, as they say. Just remember, it isn't the boosters that define you. You and you alone are responsible for your own actions. Gods, I dare say that you should be getting more done if you are running around on Egg. It's far better than constantly hitting bottles of Frentix or Mindflood, I'll give you that.
Perhaps...but that is only when I bother to hit the battlefield...and these days I find myself lacking reason to do that. |
sir ravenwing
BurgezzE.T.F
Public Disorder.
16
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Posted - 2013.12.05 00:08:00 -
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Foley Jones wrote:DeadlyAztec11 wrote:Don't mind them. They tell me I'm insane too. But I'm not. I'm not!
I'M REALLY REALLY NOT! Finally someone who understand s me! Yeah we are not insane at all! We jusy perhaps do ahnormal things but we are sane!
 i aderp i mean agree and no that is not a turltleman screaming for mercy in the background
a sniper who hides out of sight is doomed but shall he hide in plain sight he shall never die
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Mistaahh Juvenile
Synergy United
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Posted - 2013.12.05 15:39:00 -
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Pff.. Exactly what was achieved with this conversation?
Ain't nothing I need except stone cold ISK.-Mistaahh Juvenile, neutral mercenary.
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Yun Hee Ryeon
Dead Six Initiative
Lokun Listamenn
373
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Posted - 2013.12.06 17:19:00 -
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Mistaahh Juvenile wrote:Pff.. Exactly what was achieved with this conversation?
Well ... really, this was just a beginning.
There's a question that is going to become more pressing on us in the years ahead: should we still try to think and act like "normal human beings"? That's largely the question at stake, here. Once, I would have said no-- that we should act like ourselves, and set the typical clone soldier as our accepted standard of "normality."
Sadly, that does not seem to be a viable approach, at least not for those of us who still have a choice in the matter. It leads to alienation from our societies, which may be acceptable if we have somewhere else to go. Otherwise ... it is likely to lead to being decommissioned early. |
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