Caellach Marellus wrote:There's been a recent spate of threads regarding surrender to the Star Fraction alliance, and while I'm sure someone will disregard my two-isk's worth of opinion as "meaningless" because it disagrees with them, I'll exercise my right to voice it anyway.
I personally don't see the gain in public surrender, it offers little more to civil dispute than to feed the ego of the victor. Such matters were created, discussed, acted upon and negotated behind closed doors. Private affairs should not suddenly be thrust into a public spotlight, as it shows little more to this unaffiliated public eye than "Oh look, another SF ego inflation post from some poor bastards they beat around."
if the entire relationship and creation of this conflict were public, I would understand a public endng. As this was private I see little realistic gain outside of self gratification in it's ending.
Why does an organization make a thread about a new campaign? The production of a capital ship? The adoption of new logo? The beginning of a new initiative? The change of focus? Why does the summit find use for any of these things? It is about publicising a cause pure and simple. For many the cause is profit, for others the cause is simply organizational pride or ego? For us the cause is Radical FreeSpace and our belief that pilots of New Eden should assert their rights and power to travel and conduct business where they please and not bow down to the threats of road-blockers, slumlords and territorial imperialists.
When an NBSI pirate chooses to fire on a neutral starship in open space on the premise the interloper is "invading" their sovereignity that is not a "private" act. It is an act of violence that involves hundreds if not thousands of crewmen and women and may by direct consequence embroil hundreds of thousands more in conflict in the days and weeks to come.
The ending of such disputes (for the Star Fraction) is also not a private act. We see the ideological value in aggressors making apology for the NBSI tendencies and road-blocker practises that led them to hard places and consider such words full and appropriate examples of propaganda of the deed.
Your opinion is noted Caellach Marellus.
But you will grant me leave to disagree.