Stitcher
Caldari
legion of qui
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.07.04 21:40:00 -
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Edited by: Stitcher on 04/07/2007 21:43:39
I rather imagine that if a spy ever worked his way into the secure fleet command or seniors sections of our forums, they'd find enough dirt on me that at least five people would have actionable cases against me for libel 
Having said that, the thing that mostly keeps me flying with FLA (apart from the people) is the attitude. FLA flies under a concrete code of conduct (which is perma-stickied on our boards, for anyone who wants to go take a look  ) and we have a stated intent to operate with the utmost in moral integrity. This suits me to the core. As somebody here said, when it comes down to it, the only things we truly own in EVE is our reputation. Everything else is technically owned by CCP.
A reputation is a strange thing. a poor reputation is robust and healthy. You can work extremely hard on improving it, but it will take forever and ever to improve. An exemplary reputation is shining and pretty and desirable, but fractures start to appear the moment somebody shoots it with so much as a dirty glance, whether that glance is warranted or not. It's far easier to sling mud at a shining reputation than it is to clean up a dirty one.
We can only ask that the people we have a good relationship with, no matter whether that be a good friendly relationship, or a good hostile relationship, remember that we hold our integrity to be the most valuable thing we have. We will never intentionally embark on a course of action that we feel will damage that integrity. We will never knowingly stab anyone in the back. We will never take any course of action with the intent of profiting off the misfortune of an ally or friend. We will never betray our principles.
And for the record: Infiltrating our alliance with an alt, cutting a quote from our private forums, deleting substantial bits of it, and then posting it out of context on these boards? I can't think of any ways to try and take the moral high ground that would make you look more like a hypocrite than you presently do. Whoever you are, Barry, I think your only hope of restoring any claim to integrity at this point would be to identify yourself so that we can excise your presence from our alliance and forum.
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