If we could be talked out of enforcing the Code someone would have accomplished it several hundred thousand posts ago.
It can’t be done because we don’t care WHY you aren’t following it, only that you aren’t. And for that, you must be reformed.
I remember, at GP has mentioned, when we just bumped into people. Just bumped, no shooting, no explosions, no expanding debris field. Intact ship, careening through space admittedly, but miners didn’t have to go buy anything new. You would have thought we were raping their girlfriends (as if)… Oh the discussions and forum threads we had. Millions of letters spent in furious combat against our right to bump. We explained, we justified, we persisted. We converted thousands to our position but there always remained the “too dumb to understand” resisters who just couldn’t understand why AFK, bot aspirant behavior was bad for highsec AND for the miners themselves.
So, James said, fine. Everyone has had sufficient time to understand the Code. They have had sufficient demonstrations of our resolve. They have had their chance to comply. He unleashed the Knights of the New Order. Almost 287,000 ships later. Over 76 Trillion ISK in confiscated illegal PvE equipment so far. Alliances destroyed, corporations broken, structures eradicated, anti-gankers driven to despair and worse…
You can insult us. We don’t care…
You can call us bullies. We don’t care…
You can call on CCP to reign us in. We don’t care…
You can attempt to mock our dedication. You can try to interfere with our fleets. You can call for a boycott on providing materials to the markets. Guess what?
We don’t care…
Those who do not accept James 315 as the Savior of Highsec, who don’t follow the Code, who mine in OUR systems without a permit, will join the hundreds of thousands who did the same in the past. In futile, powerless and unsatisfactory rage. Because highsec WILL be saved.
I suppose I should close with my usual.
Highsec is worth fighting for.
