I am not even sure what you are talking about now. If you're saying "Good luck getting me removed from my CEOship", it would be a fallacy because I am not actively going to do anything to do that. I am merely hoping that your comrades have more sense than you have exhibited, but if Mixed Metaphor wants to continue to employ you as a CEO, well...

Never stop your enemy when he is making a mistake, I guess. I just wish that no one had seen fit to put you in charge of a plasma spewing death machine.

So very intrigueing, isn't he?

Pardon me for interjecting, but I was curious if this degree of disconnection and focused insanity might be of use in battle.
Evidently it's of no use there, at least after our own observations.

Here's a note - I'm well aware of the possibility of corporate infiltrators, particularly Sansha ones, as such a thing has occured at least once in the past. That's why I own 99% of Mixed Metaphor's shares. The guy who owns the remaining 1%? One of my oldest friends, who feels just about as much revulsion towards the the Sansha as I do.

Like I said, good luck unseating me.


That's pretty rich, coming from a Sansha.

Gotcha. Paranoia as well.

I do believe you might be schizophrenic, Mr. Ixiris

Seems to me that you lose a lot more ships than I do.

There's that thing, Ixiris, it's called digging your own grave.

Your over the top and failed attempt at casual dismissal says all that ever needs be said.

You are a loudmouth, a craven and your entire achievements in this conflict consist of hooking up with a group of pilots benevolent enough to let you tag along. You were boasting about your prowess, but after getting spanked a couple of times you've tugged your tail between your legs and ran, never to be seen again.

Fair enough.
Then you've finally grown tired of playing at soldiers?

I returned to this conversation to hope that our to-that-point constructive conversation might be continued. Instead, I am saddened to see this ... outburst. The previous few pages have been an entirely different sort of conversation from the one which preceded it. I've attempted to encapsulate it, below. I was sadly unable to continue to the end of the conversation, however - I apologize. I can only take so much misery at once.

A demonstration of comparative humanity:

Compassion to the Desires of Others:

Ixiris: Honestly it's to the point where I couldn't give a damn about your homeworld. If there can't be peace on any terms, much less the Federation's (and at this rate, there won't be) I don't see why the hell you should be allowed to have it.

Nikulainen: It falls on the Federation for there to be peace between our people. We are simply trying to exist without your Federation imposing their freedom upon us.

Consideration of First-Order Morality:

Ixiris: If that's what it takes to ensure the survival of the Federation. History has shown us that our enemies will have no such qualms - why should we?

Shahzu: Because the very existence of your Federation depends upon it. It champions the ideals of freedom and liberty while seeking the moral high ground in nearly every instance.

Dehumanization of Other Peoples:

Ixiris: Sorry, can't answer your question. Don't talk to subhumans.

Ixiris: ... the subhuman hordes of the Sansha, the junkie genetrash of the Serpentis, the megacorporate sheep of the State or the morally bankrupt rapists of the Empire.

Ixiris: But then again, Sansha aren't people anyway.

Compassion:

Polevhia: Use whatever decency is left in your twisted and shattered minds, Capsuleers. Save the innocents. Do not fight for the mad rulers who would burn worlds to prove a point.

Polevhia: I am sure that this is not the end of civilized (as much as it is) society. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't do everything we can to minimize death and destruction

Ixiris: The Sansha. *Andreus is clearly having severe difficulty holding back laughter* They think they're people! It's adorable.

Thessalonia: You know, we can fix this level of psychosis, Andreus.

Thessalonia: (expression of concern towards...) you, and your cause, and your loved ones, and absolute strangers on planets you have never visited.

Ixiris: No, but seriously, it's only a genocide if there are people getting hurt.

I leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine who in this conversation has demonstrated the better aspects of humanity, and who has not.

No, you're just flagrantly misrepresenting the facts, and I think you're aware of this.

You understand the way Sansha "fix" mental health issues, right, Scherezad?

You're clearly not very bright, but you can't be that stupid.

You assume that I am going to implant you and make you part of my network.

For the record, there are plenty of reasonable, compassionate people in Nation.

You understand the way Sansha "fix" mental health issues, right, Scherezad?

You're clearly not very bright, but you can't be that stupid.

Whoa now, are you actually saying Sansha loyalists...those that help upliftings, steal crew, and so on and so forth are companionate and this isn't some cheap propaganda plot? I swear, you capsuleers might be powerful but you all aren't the best and brightest by any stretch....a few choice words and manipulated like everyone else.

Solarienne, you are truly gifted in the area of making statements that, like an Amarrian priest and a child in an elevator, are wrong on so many levels.

The three replies, prior to Tiberious', made my day.

For the record, there are plenty of reasonable, compassionate people in Nation. It is also a well known fact I am not one of them. Suffice to say that Scherezad was likely keeping her argument short for the benefit of those having trouble seeing past their own noses.

All in all though, that positive deluge of testosterone seasons your complete impotence quite delightfully, Ixiris. See you in space.

Until your master flips a switch, calls forth an Incursion into High-Sec space and BAM compassion gone.

The point I was making was that, despite the things that Nation does, the Nationals in this thread have been speaking with more concern for the well-being of others.

Even if their view of compassion is not the same as your own, they have been speaking with that compassion more firmly seated in their minds.