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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2014.03.04 11:41:00 -
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There are many powers in New Eden, and Shaktipat Revelators are among the least of them.
Will there be some who will hold our past associations against us? Absolutely - to hell with them. I would rather that some unreasonable people hold our past against us than that many reasonable people hold our present against us.
Will Origin fall to people who find the whole project alarming, and strange? Possibly. But I guarantee that a colony of mildly eccentric transhumanists will be seen as less threatening than an apparently Sansha-friendly colony of transhumanists. In any event, I consider simple capsuleer greed to be a much more likely motive for any eviction attempt we may face moving forward.
Today we have demonstrated flexibility and reason, the ability to compromise and find an appropriate middle ground. Speaking personally, I feel vindicated at this demonstration that our leadership have the courage and balance to engage in serious discourse about our politics and treaties. Adaptibility is a survival trait, and negotiation is a hallmark of civilization.
And the point of Origin is to survive, and to build a civilization. It seems to me that we are succeeding. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3221
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Posted - 2014.03.04 13:47:00 -
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I'm not clear on how "we are now treating TS-F the same way we treat the rest of the universe" constitutes a catastrophic undermining of our political credibility.
In fact you should notice no actual change. You've gone from not entering Origin and not getting shot at, to not entering Origin and not getting shot at.
Clearly this outrageous change in our stance is a calamity which will forever scar the reputation of ALXVP. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
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Posted - 2014.03.05 14:37:00 -
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Pieter Tuulinen wrote:I'm interested in why nobody has congratulated Verin on his political acumen. In a few short months he has diametrically altered the political dynamics of AXLVP's dealings with TSF - as he promised he would. And you all mocked him when he told you that this was exactly the future he wanted to see and was working to bring about.
This is no small accomplishment for a junior member of such an insular organisation - to rise to the point where he has such influence.
Thank you for the kind words, suuolo, but I fear there's enough ego in this thread already without feeding mine. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3233
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Posted - 2014.03.05 23:47:00 -
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You know, over the course of my career, it has been my impression that standings can often be - indeed, should always be - in a state of constant flux, subject to re-evaluation and revision at all times. The political landscape of New Eden is not static: Alliances are forged, alliances end. Friendships blossom and die. Today's corpmates become tomorrow's war targets. This is the way of things, and any corporation which remains slavishly stagnant in its standings and relationships is doomed to be left behind.
No corporation is obligated to remain permanently entrapped in their existing standings, and it's disingenuous in the extreme to attempt to argue that a simple - and transparent - downgrade in standings from light blue to neutral represents a calamitous failing in a corporation's integrity. We have done this transparently, openly, and honestly, without exploitation. All of ALXVP's obligations to political integrity have thus been fulfilled.
If you wish to criticize me personally for placing my principles regarding slavery ahead of my principles regarding adherence to standing orders, that's a different matter, and I could argue the engine nacelles off a Badger as to why I have demonstrated nothing but straightforward trustworthiness in this matter. I said A - I did A. Try as you might, attempting to spin that into dishonesty is just going to leave you looking very foolish indeed.
Please, spare us these desperate attempts at discreditation. If you're going be butthurt I guess that's your prerogative, but at least try to be dignified about it. As things stand, what's happening here is basically a politely-worded temper tantrum.
Call a spade a spade - Valete just doesn't like us, neither does Noh, and TS-F feel rejected. Such honest evaluations of the emotions involved are more admirable than these mendacious assertions that ALXVP have transgressed against some unwritten capsuleer propriety.
Adapt to the world as it is and move on. Corporations which fail to do so get left behind. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3233
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Posted - 2014.03.06 00:13:00 -
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Valerie Valate wrote:Stitcher wrote: Valete just doesn't like us. Oh, it's this again. The purposeful misspelling of my name, and then the throwing of the fit when it is called on. Just like when your CEO was reduced to tears last year, saying it was SO UNFAIR that I called her on her purposeful misspelling, crying and sobbing to the operators of "the summit", that I was "being mean and hateful". At least spare us the spectacle of seeing a square Civire man crying and saying that "it's unfair". It's undignified.
Riiight, because of COURSE I mis-spelled your name out of spite rather than just making a mistake.
I'd apologize if I thought you wouldn't take it as a conspiracy to inveigle myself into your good less bad graces through apparent contrition.
-Yakiya Verin Hakatonne. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3240
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Posted - 2014.03.06 08:50:00 -
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Scherezad wrote:I was entirely unaware that your name was spelled that way, suuolo! I'm sorry for making mistakes in the past and will be sure to maintain a correct form from now on, Yakeya Varied Hasatonne.
- Shareasad
that's very kind of you, Sharedsad my friend.
-Yakmilk Varying Halfatin An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Stitcher
Alexylva Paradox
3242
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Posted - 2014.03.06 17:21:00 -
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hey, I wouldn't be a proper bearded veteran starship captain if I didn't regale the youngsters with long-winded anecdotes in the hopes that they might learn something. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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