Vaun Erryk
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.10.08 17:55:00 -
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Seriphyn Inhonores wrote:Of note, I'm not too sure how a twelve-year-old actress-singer-dancer can fit into a gambling-oriented entertainment culture. The Gallenteans define entertainment as artistic self-expression, which is what Anette does. Besides, much of NOH's products cater to illegal or otherwise borderline legal elements. You want to put a preteen in that? I'd rather she remains self-employed, and not sellout to a corrupt corporation. What she going to do anyway? Participate in the latest piece of State propaganda, playing the role of a Gallente imperialist in the CDS back during the early years of contact?
Hello there. I have little to contribute to the greater topic at hand, but this paragraph did manage to draw my attention.
Although Mr. "Stitcher" Hakatain touched upon some elements of the point I wish to make here, for which he has my thanks, the Nugoeihuvi Corporation seems rather underrepresented amongst the capsule pilots who use this venue. It would be unfair for me, the long-term employee, not to offer some input, eh?
Gambling is extremely popular in the State, but to call its entertainment synoptically "gambling-oriented" does it a disservice; as already mentioned, there exist more media that do not involve gambling than I could name. It is the comments regarding legality and corruption that I wish to address myself.
I do not fulfill the Nugoeihuvi stereotype of the immoral media mogul, and perhaps this is an advantage in this context. Having worked in the megacorporation's chemical industry, it may well be that the products to which you refer include certain pharmaceuticals - it is my understanding that Nugoeihuvi's synthetic variant of the well-known Blue Pill booster has achieved particular prominence in some circles, and some reading may well have used it themselves. The unfortunate truth is that yes, boosters and more traditional drugs do often have an association with the criminal underworld; however, can you deny the legitimate utility of stimulants, nootropics, sleeping aids, and similar? The "illegal or otherwise border-legal elements" that you mention may well enjoy our products, but I am unsure how that is any more of an indictment than the airing of, for instance, an Impetus-produced programme in Serpentis territories.
As for the remarks on wishing to involve a preteen with Nugoeihuvi's media divisions, I would ask you to recall a piece of corporate history. Initially, Nugoeihuvi was little more than a conglomerate of luxury goods companies; it was only in the aftermath of the secession from your Federation that it ascended to megacorporate status in its own right. More specifically, it was well situated to fill the voids in the market left by the withdrawal of Federal media, and has of course developed since that point. It would not have achieved such success were it neurotically focused exclusively on the illicit, the propagandistic, and the illicitly propagandistic.
Of course, if you wish to view Nugoeihuvi's products, media and otherwise, as the illegal innovations of a corrupt corporation with no interest beyond profit and propaganda, then so be it - I am not here to change your mind. It is, however, something of an insult to the State, when it is Nugoeihuvi that is the main manufacturer and distributor of such goods. |