Deitra Vess wrote:You know I have to admit, in recent times especially you have apologized for some things. I say "in recent times especially" since those are the ones that stand out in my head strongly. Call it a criticism but you do seem to take liberty in calling what clearly is an opinion to everyone else as some bold faced lie. For instance, that last sentence is my opinion, if people agree with it it's their opinion as well. Is my opinion relevant to anything in the grand scale of things? Is yours or anyone elses? Nope, so why waste your time defending it? You do enough to prove my opinion wrong in your actions, not with addressing it head on since addressing it head on people will see it to be a fact. More people assume guilt in the person who needs to defend themselves in 100 words as opposed to laughing it off.
Opinions, guilts, actions. A lot of things that mean little. I am just a soldier of the State, and if there will be some my guilt, it will be investigated by our personnel, not some trolls in IGS. And if there will be something I will need to defend myself, I will be defending myself in front of lawful authorities, but not random something on GalNet.
What I do care about and what I do defend and will stand for, it is Honor of Caldari Uniform and Names of Caldari Soldiers fallen defending our State from Sansha and Gallente invaders. It is not me, who is important, but They. Names of Heroes, who passed doing their duty, or millions of simple Protectorate soldiers who met their end even defending some Maker-forsaken military outpost in some backwater system. Or standing against Sansha Headquarter invading fleets with small wing. We can't remember and list names of everyone who dedicated their lives to the State, who gave their lives for Caldari, even if protecting just a couple of colonists from Gallente death squad.
But we have this uniform and these colors. Thise simple cloth embodies lives of every brave man and woman, who fought in this war. The State Protectorate was the first of CONCORD-allowed militas to actually win the war and held all the systems secure from gallente presence for several months. We were the first, and we hold the dominance for the longest time. We have something to be proud for. And we have something to be grateful to all perished in this war for, because we wouldn't be able to achieve it without their help and without their sacrifices. We, Caldari, value Honor greater than our lives. Because it means more than just life, just a body. Honor lives even after your death, and now while I defend our collective Honor I know that after I will pass and won't be with you anymore, some other Protectorate soldier will make a stand for our uniform, maybe even without knowing my name, just like I wouldn't know his.
We walk into fight knowing this, and we walk into death knowing this. We rise our banners, knowing that others will take it from our cold hands. We fight and we die for Honor, just like we fight and die for the State. Becasue who are we without it?...
Just shadows and dust.