True Adamance wrote:Dreis ShadowWeaver wrote:Cloak Dog wrote:Minmatar can't let go of the past, therefore screw them.
Can't let go of the past? Almost a third of all Minmatar are still enslaved today. That calls for action.
Does it truly call for action?
A great many slaves within the Amarr Empire practice the Amarrian faith barring a very small minority. Many slaves that have been emancipated have returned to the Republic and continue their worship only to be victimised by the people who claimed to be their kinsmen. Additionally worth consideration is that the Empire has moved into a social phase where slavery is illegal, calls for Reclaimation are at and all time low, and cooler heads prevail in the upper echelons of noble society..
These slaves are dozens of generations old. They are no longer Matari any longer and as such the Minmatar have no claim to them.
These slaves are practising faithful. Many no longer want to go back.
The Amarr Empire is entering a peaceful and arguably more co-operative era. We've made a great many cultural concessions during our time on the cluster wide political stage. These are cultural concessions we've not been forced to make but have done for the sake of cluster wide stability. We are not the ones who have broken inter-empire laws. They are our people now, and we shall take better care of them than their Elder's ever have.
The empress herself has issued a decree that all slaves whose bloodlines can be traced back at least seven generations from their initial point of enslavement are to be emancipated with full rights of citizenship. Amarrian slavery is often much less brutal than a lot of the views of slavery we have today (where we think american colonization, sugar & cotton era), and more often it is closer to classical slavery (greek/roman & egyptian) where it can be harsh and brutal, but there's often
unbelievably, incredibly strict laws that determine how it's practiced.
"Slaves" can in theory rise to great status within the amarrian empire, even moreso after they are 'emancipated' with the full rights of amarrian citizens. The kameira's are slaves, and they are well respected as one of the greatest military forces in new eden.
Really it comes down to the fact where the amarrian society has asked the question of "Is having an 'owner' such a bad thing?" and for most the answer is "No". The Amarr know who owns them. The caldari know what corporation owns them. The gallente claim to be free, but the vast majority fail to understand that they are bought and paid for by corporate interests.
Mikel Arias wrote:Quick question, with little to do with the topic. Sgt Kirk and True Adamance... do they represent the best players of their factions? Ive played with Sgt Kirk once in the same team and remember he did great in that game. True Adamance, if I am not mistaken, I was against him once, trying to destroy his tank without accomplishing it (not sure if it was him, could be wrong) and he was killing everyone.
Anyway, the question. Do they represent the best players of their factions? If not, who is the "best" player of each faction? Also with caldari and minmatar.
Thanks.
No more than I would be the 'best' caldari player. Kirk is apparently pretty good, but I think true and I would be happy to admit we're upper-mid tier scrublords. If you want an honest answer for caldari though, it's kaizuka sniper, he uses whatever gear allows him to stay on top though.