Vikarion
Caldari Blackened Steel
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Posted - 2010.11.19 06:07:00 -
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Edited by: Vikarion on 19/11/2010 06:07:18 Mr. Octirant...
Do you practice this sophistry, evasion, and emotional misdirection? Or does it come to you naturally? It's definitely a gift.
Well. Let me qualify that.
It's a gift unless your readers have a smidgen of intelligence. I suppose this does make you quite talented indeed in the Federation. However, as they say, a "protip" for you - some capsuleers are smarter than that. - - -
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Vikarion
Caldari Blackened Steel
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Posted - 2010.11.19 09:34:00 -
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Edited by: Vikarion on 19/11/2010 09:35:23 Edited by: Vikarion on 19/11/2010 09:34:42
Originally by: Vendrin What else were we Aria when we removed ourselves from the State's jurisdiction? When we became more concerned with our own ideas and ideals then the State's laws? When we decided that my... that our decisions were more valid then the State that raised and provided us for us?
We were traitors to the State the moment we left it's fold. And long since proven that in our attacks against State assets, among others.
I'm sorry I'm not the man you looked up to, but he died a long time ago, probably before you even met him.
Oh, that's hardly true. By that standard, a Caldari trading in Amarr space becomes a traitor.
Loyalty isn't just blindly following and agreeing with an institution. It is trying to do what is best for that institution. And loyalty is not necessarily a categorical value - one can take actions in one's own interest without being disloyal. If one could not, then the logical conclusion for loyal older Caldari would be to turn over their pension investments to the megacorps before taking their own lives, which, while it might considered oddly noble by some, would also be considered silly by all.
One need not be a Hethite to be loyal, or a Provist to be Caldari. One need not serve a specific megacorporation to serve the Caldari people. One can choose to walk a general road or a specific one in service to the State, or to anyone. A desire to not show loyalty to a specific component of a multi-faceted institution does not mean one must abandon all. Nothing is perfect, and not all promises can be kept, but the Caldari State is worth preserving. We may be, by your reckoning, stumbling through the darkness half-blind with a dim candle, but that does not mean that you should blow the candle out.
And even if one does not have loyalty, one is not necessarily a traitor. Aria may be a bit...naughty...at times, but she has never sought the destruction of the State. It is well known that even criminals, in prison, given the opportunity, will beat a betrayer. There is a difference. And Aria has fought for the State, and has refused to take up arms against it. What standard of loyalty do you hold her to, and by what right? Is she a traitor for not running missions in Motsu? For not taking a plex a day in the combat zones? Two plexes a day? Tell us, oh arbiter of what we must do to be loyal capsuleers, how many and what manner of sacrifices must we make to be considered "loyal enough"?
But I digress.
Don't try to justify your actions by reducing the values of others to warped caricatures. If you are empty of compassion, drained of loyalty, inhuman and self-interested...admit it. If you have stripped away all other human characteristics, why do you still hold ego sacrosanct? And if not, consider that perhaps ego has overwhelmed the better angels of your nature, and that you are too ashamed to admit that, even to yourself.
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