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Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.20 10:35:00 -
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Good work.
Also a good reminder to all those with a superiority complex that no, we are not immortal. And actions have consequences. |
Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.21 01:38:00 -
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I think it is quite amusing how capsuleers react to the death of another capsuleer.
We have no issues killing thousands of people every day. Millions die in this war. No one bothers, no one cares. But when a single capsuleer dies, people cry about cold hearts and about how the killers have shown their "true form".
Are we a bit shocked to be reminded of our own weakness? |
Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.22 16:41:00 -
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Members of Gradient are reminded that, while we are free to express our opinions in public and debates can lead to high emotions, we do try to avoid smack talk.
Arkady Sadik
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Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.23 08:09:00 -
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The use rights for the name of the nameless God have always been highly contested. |
Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.23 14:53:00 -
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Valerie Valate wrote:Andreus believes in genociding those whose opinions he doesn't like. His opinion is invalid. Don't you think that's a bit simplified? He does not like all of my opinions, and he so far hasn't expressed an intent to kill me.
The Amarr have shown repeatedly that they intend to subjugate the rest of the cluster, and the only reason they aren't working more strongly on that is because they currently simply are too weak. The fear that the Amarr will, should they become stronger, simply return to their oppressive imperialism, is quite justified based on historical evidence. Sadly, I do not see the Amarr putting a lot of effort into working against those fears.
I do hope that genocide is not the only answer to the Amarrian question, but I can certainly see why some people would think that it might be necessary. |
Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.23 16:54:00 -
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Abdas Raad wrote:Andreus Ixiris wrote:
She thought for herself.
You say this as if it's something that should be encouraged. The Word says differently: Be Watchful. Free Thought is the Begetter of Disorder.- Book I, The Code of Demeanor Yes, that is exactly his point.
Blind obedience to the Scriptures has been used to justify a lot of atrocities the Amarr have committed. It is important to the other cultures to believe that the Amarr are not a ticking timebomb anymore, but can be trusted even if they might at some point not be as weak anymore as they currently are. One way to achieve that is to show that the Amarr show that they are capable of laying aside their blind obedience to the Scriptures when the blind obedience would ask them to commit what other cultures consider atrocities.
Hence why Ms. Underking has done - in the eyes of the other cultures, at least - a lot more for the Amarrian culture than all the combatants in the Crusade together. |
Arkady Sadik
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Posted - 2011.12.24 19:40:00 -
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Raphael Saint wrote:Right now, I'm quite apathetic. I'd have more concern about a box of fertilizer switching it's loyalties than I've been able to muster for your case. I don't think you actually meant "apathetic" there, as you do express your opinion on the topic (repeatedly, even). You probably meant "unconcerned", as you think that this defection will not really affect that which you care for. You argue for that by citing ... I'm not even sure what it is, but I suspect kill counts. I doubt you have, say, historical victory point values.
Do you really think this war will be won or lost by the side with the better killboard stats? I doubt it. But I would agree that Ms. Underking's defection is unlikely to affect the war effort itself in any major way. Even Mr. Mintor's defection merely set back the Republic's war effort temporarily, and he was a key contributor there.
What Ms. Underking's defection - the defection of a Believer of the Amarrian Faith, a (former) firm loyalist - does show, though, is that there is hope for an end of this war that does not require the complete extermination of either side of the conflict.
And that Hope is very precious these days. |
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