I'm confused, sir. It's a feeling I'm well used to, so it doesn't worry me very much. Still, however, I have to ask.

Why do you continually insult the people you are trying to engage? Every time you speak of the Caldari, you use insulting terminology: "colorblind", "grey", "soulless", "'butch' Caldari women", Every time you speak of your own people, you are "bombastic", "attractive", "taste[ful]". You consistently use words describing us as bad, wrong, heartless. You consistently use words describing yourselves as good, attractive, soulful. Are you actually interested in talking with us, or are you only interested in insults?

If the former, please consider using fewer adjectives! You will find that the reactions you get will be more positive. Also, the distance will give you a new, clearer perspective.

If it is the latter, then you should be unsurprised by the reaction, and it overall reveals a great deal about your character.

I did not initiate this topic just to be picked on by a bunch of collectivists and zealots.

Try looking harder. Even the example station you gave has one.

It will be difficult for you to have any interaction worth having, Captain Paul Oliver, if your first reaction to any Caldari is to call them ugly and tell them they are stupid, emotionless robots.

Given the content of your own thoughts here and elsewhere, I would venture the purpose of this, "Discussion", was not to engage in a debate but in political self-aggrandizement out of patriotic spirit to the Federation.

I guess I have to say this one more time because I just keep saying it and it doesn't seem to sink in. I DID NOT ESTABLISH THIS FEED TO HAVE PERSONAL INTERACTIONS WITH ANYONE, I established it to watch discourse among other members of the Federation and citizens of the other factions, particularly the State, so that I might gather a better understanding of the relations between each...

How can I put this any more bluntly than I already have. I did not establish this feed just to hear the words of a bunch of State collectivists. Your opinions and thoughts are well documented in a variety of other feeds. So no, I am NOT interested in talking to you, I have been talking to you in many other feeds and I feel like I have jack poo to show for it. What I AM interested in is a dialogue between State and Federation that I might gain some insight from. And as for any perceived attack on my credibility is concerned, lady I'm a feckin student! I really doubt I'm the first overly idealistic FNA cadet to speak at this summit, and I doubt I'll be the last. I will readily concede that I never had any credibility to be attacked in the first place so why the hell would I take such allegations seriously? Oh and as far as my use of a thesaurus is concerned I rather fancy peppering my submissions with different words of similar meaning when they're called for multiple times.

With that said I'm going to refrain from posting to this feed for the time being in the hopes that it might blossom into what it was intended for, and if it doesn't may it quickly fade into obscurity.

Well someone recommended I start a thread for talking about the differences between the Caldari State and the Gallente Federation, and I think that's a dandy idea. So let's have at it folks, share with us what you think are some of the key differences between the colorblind Caldari and the bombastic Gallente (or the Intaki, Jin-Mei, and Achurians for that matter).

lol oh and to clarify the colorblind remark, has anyone ever seen a colorful Caldari structure because I sure as snot haven't.

"Mr. Bombastic" will now shut up again.

lol oh and to clarify the colorblind remark, has anyone ever seen a colorful Caldari structure because I sure as snot haven't.

"Mr. Bombastic" will now shut up again.

If you want to speak insults, expect us to reply. Be glad we choose to use words alone at this juncture.

Man I just can't help it lol, same goes for you lil missy, make insults against the Federation and expect me to reply (really do need to stop being trolled so easily).

Oh and as far as your words alone threat lol you really think I'm afraid of a cog with a butch haircut? Get over yourself cause I sure as hek have.

Man I just can't help it lol, same goes for you lil missy, make insults against the Federation and expect me to reply (really do need to stop being trolled so easily).

Oh and as far as your words alone threat lol you really think I'm afraid of a cog with a butch haircut? Get over yourself cause I sure as hek have.

Miss Scherezad,

While I admire your conviction and the principles you choose to stand upon, I feel perhaps it is my turn to offer you some counsel as you have generously and gently offered to me in the past. While Mister Oliver's adjectives and statements illicit a natural desire to respond, the exact opposite is the more effective retaliation.

When someone refuses to be reasonable and seeks only to continue to instigate as Mister Oliver has chosen to display, the single greatest weapon you have against them is the block function on these communication threads and the block function in your NeoCom. Please do not let yourself be provoked by him further, you are far too kind and thoughtful for it.

Why would you need to shave your head for neurological surgery? Just yesterday I had some implant work done and their was no need to shave my head. Anyways as for my previous statements concerning blasters and drones I think we've already covered that was a response to you calling me a cog, and arguing with me after I told you I was offended. Also you may want to check my words again because I seem to recall that I stated there MAY come a day such an event would take place, not that there WILL come a day said event would take place. At this point in time were I to make the mistake of commiting to unauthorized combat against an unsanctioned target I imagine I would probably lose my capsuleer status and be expelled from the Academy. With that said I really think we should both take Amith's advise, because I really feel like we're both wasting each other's time at this point. It seems pretty obvious at this point that ANYTHING I say in this feed will be taken as an attack by someone or another, and yet I can not help but reiterate that for some time now what has seemed to be instigating to others I have considered reacting to the reactions of instigations I admit to commiting in the past, which were themselves reactions to even older instigations from others, which were in turn further reactions towards instigations I also commited in the past. I've come to realize such is the nature of IGS "arguments", and honestly something that becomes very tedious and counterproductive quickly.

I find it somewhat reassuring that the young Gallentean speaks alone in this thread; it suggests that the Federates who are not apathetic about the topic entirely are sticking to their ideals about allowing freedom of speech and opinion. However I can see how he might find that somewhat discomfiting.

Hence the attempt at rebooting this feed here in a more civil manner, with hopes that the spirit of this feed might actually be realized given a clean slate of sorts.

And as to your quoted comment, yes it is a bit discomforting to realize that when a young Caldari misspeaks I imagine there are many right there willing to enlighten him or her so that he or she may grow in their knowledge and awarenes, but apparently when a young Gallentean misspeaks he stands alone, his peers are nowhere to be found, no words of encouragement or correction are to be had.

And that's a real bad blow moral wise because it's never fun to realize that in a confrontational situation you stand alone and nobody else has your back. It's enough to make a man wonder if perhaps his loyaltys haven't been misplaced.

Is this an admission that you misspoke? Are we going to hear apologies soon as well?

In general, Caldari are all about surviving in extreme conditions and they design with the assumption that horrible things will happen and the most important thing is keeping safe and functional.