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Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3877	Posted - 2014.07.25 14:07:00 - [1] - Quote Jinari Otsito wrote: They weren't the Empire's people to take either. Didn't stop them, so why should it stop Ushra'Khan? Can't say I mind seeing a bit of steel finally being bared from the side of the bedoodled ones. Been a while. As I count no Minmatar as enemies, I can only wish them good luck and I certainly won't stand in their way. Given that my State is still allied with the Empire, nor will I actively aid them I'm afraid, no matter my personal convictions in this matter. Of course, everyone is welcome as customers. Actively aiding the Minmatar doesn't have to be detrimental to the State, you know. Just look at Insorum. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3878	Posted - 2014.07.25 15:41:00 - [2] - Quote Agreed completely. When Re-Awakened was considering joining the TLF, I made it known that their doing so would result in my leaving the corporation for that exact reason. But yes, supplying the market, making contacts, fostering better relations... all stuff that benefits the Minmatar but also, I think, they benefit the Caldari as well. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3897	Posted - 2014.08.05 15:20:00 - [3] - Quote If the Caldari are ever going to contribute to bringing about the end of slavery in New Eden - setting aside for a second our justified ethical discomfort over uninvited meddling in the affairs of other nations - I prefer to think we'll do it our way. We can prove with advanced economic theory and experience that widespread slavery is an inefficient and poor way to run an economy. We can demonstrate by example the benefits of a culture of meritocratic freedom. We have the wealth and political clout to go looking for alternative partnerships and deals. We can - indeed, do - invest in the Empire by way of corporate enclaves and Caldari stations where slavery does not exist, all of which have proven to be successful and profitable for their parent corporations. We have all sorts of gentle, cold pressure we can apply. I sympathize with Ushra'Khan, but I've always felt that their "get angry and break stuff" strategy only serves to convince the Amarrians that they (the Amarrians) are doing the right thing. The important part from our perspective should be that whatever change we are willing to effect shouldn't come at the expense of our own values, nor at the expense of making us hypocrites. We're not cultural crusaders. Slavery must end, but the Caldari can't be the ones to end it. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3898	Posted - 2014.08.05 15:45:00 - [4] - Quote I'm not speaking for all Caldari any more than you're speaking for all Amarr. Besides, I can't argue the theology with you. Theology is by definition outside of the realms of rational motive and argument, hence why I omitted it. I've encountered that fedo dung of an argument far too many times to even bother addressing it nowadays. If you're capable of believing that the infinitely wise creator of the universe is so stupid as to think that slavery of all things is the best way to win hearts, minds and faith then you have a much lower opinion of your maker's intellect than I would in your position, and are clearly unlikely to be persuaded away from that opinion. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3898	Posted - 2014.08.05 16:00:00 - [5] - Quote Yyyyeah, if you think that slavery is about bringing people closer to God, then I invite you to recall that time an entire ethnic group from among your slaves staged a successful rebellion and went on to found the foreign power that is most intractibly hostile towards the Empire. Quoting masochistic scripture doesn't make for a convincing argument when your nation is presently at war with a living, vibrant and very angry demonstration of why conversion-through-hardship just plain doesn't work. But, you have Faith. And like I said: Faith lies outside of rationality. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3912	Posted - 2014.08.08 10:08:00 - [6] - Quote Pieter Tuulinen wrote: Ironically enough, it's my old Suvee ID tattoo that should give the game away. Verin didn't get one - at least not one on his forehead. RFID chips. Twelve of them in various places around the body in case of dismemberment. They were removed alongside all of my SWAT augmentations when Tanto Team #35 was disbanded. The corporation never did deny the barracks speculation that those things also doubled as tracking devices and neutralization options. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Stitcher Alexylva Paradox Low-Class 3940	Posted - 2014.08.14 11:35:00 - [7] - Quote The trick isn't to play the bad odds and get lucky. The trick is to improve the odds in your favour. An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738

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