Elsebeth Rhiannon
Minmatar
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2007.07.14 15:12:00 -
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The moral issue is not really about whether you are NRDS or NBSI. NBSI does not equal isolationist terrotorialism, and NRDS does not equal antpiracy. How you tag the people you shoot is a matter of bureucracy, and different modes suit for different areas of space.
What matters is how you choose who to shoot.
If you control deep space, and control it well, it is relatively easy to make sure that anyone who enters your space knows it is your space and knows who to contact first for blue status. If you are a nice guy, you grant access to anyone who promises to behave, if they just ask. Those who refuse to honor your request to do so -- well, how likely it is they are there in good intentions anyway? NBSI works and is much easier bureaucratically. Especially if you face a threat of invasion, it might the only viable option. On the other hand, going NBSI and roving areas controlled by others is nothing much short of piracy.
On the other hand, if you operate in low-sec, you have no way in hell you can manage to set all neutrals who would not harass you; instead if you want to shoot only people who (or who's corpmates) have no qualms shooting you first, you need to find out who those people are and set them red. NBSI leads to you shooting harmless traders and antipirates and potential new allies. It leads to de facto piracy and ****ing off people who do not need ****ing off. On the other hand, just saying you are NRDS does not mean you are a nice guy -- after all, with suitably active directors you could easily set everyone you spot red and then go pewpew on them, which would again be nothing short of piracy.
So, the question is not whether in general NBSI or NRDS is the right choice. The practical question is how do you use the standings system in your alliance, in your area, in your situation, to avoid shooting people who do not need shooting.
And the moral question is defining who needs to be shot.
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