Perhaps obvious to you; by the time something is subject to the edict of an Imperial Sword Marshal, I do not view it as collateral in the least.
In fact notably in accord with #1, neither of the other two you postulated really apply.
No, at that point, itâs an act of war outside of the scope of the CEWMPA, since planetary assaults donât actually involve Capsuleers at all.
Which, letâs face it, is why CONCORDâs spent almost two years arguing about it now.
You are suggesting that two years of deadlock indicates a clear and unmitigated act of war? Unlikely but fascinating, please continue constructing whatever this is.
No, Iâm suggesting that a clear and unmitigated act of war can cause two years of deadlocked squabbling. Itâs a subtle difference, but I trust you can understand it.
I think I can keep up, but for the benefit of those watching; with it being by your reckoning, such a clear unmitigated act of war, why might it be that CONCORD have made no assertions to that effect? Indeed, if CONCORDâs response is so unsatisfactory, do you have any theories why the Republic has persevered within that framework in preference to action outside it?
If itâs such a clear and unmitigated act of war, why would a peacekeeping organization dependent on the four empires for its funding, with both Amarr and Caldari members on the Inner Circle, not make a clear assertiontion about it?
Gosh, I donât know, letâs think of possible reasonsâŚ
Maybe 2/5 of the Inner Circle can keep the others talking about it all under the pretext of âlooking for a solutionâ? Maybe those two can use procedural means to prevent a final determination? Maybe they can just straight up veto any kind of declaration?
I mean, unless youâve got a copy of all of the rules and procedures of the CONCORD Inner Circle laying around, we really canât rule any of those out, now can we?
Or maybe CONCORD just doesnât want to piss off two of its major funding sources by denouncing the actions of the Empire?
AS for âtheories why the Republic has persevered within that framework in preference to action outside itâ⌠I mean, I could point out that the Republic wouldnât win an unlimited war with the Empire, and the Tribal Councilâs got a responsibility to the nation as a cosmopolitical entity, as well as one to the people in it. Or maybe âgosh, Shakor doesnât want to risk his power by losing a warâ.
After all, for all we know, the Republic is just staying engaged in the political process as a cover for their efforts to build up the stockpiles in location for a cataclysmic terrorist strike that leaves trillions dead on a hundred or more worlds.
Absolute certainty? No, of course not. But we can look at the context. We can look at what was happening in the cluster just beforehand: capsuleers coordinating with groups like the 24IC and Defiants to engage in much, much larger-scale warfare, including campaigns that saw the destruction of infrastructure with sizeable non-combatant populations.
Sure, itâs a case of post hoc ergo propter hoc, but there werenât a whole lot of events in that era that provided impetus for a formalized faction warfare structure that didnât include pretty horrific, and frankly escalating, atrocities on all sides. So while itâs not documented in anything we can see as âthis is whyâ⌠itâs also not exactly wild speculation or an unreasonable conclusion to draw.
Sure. Unless, you know, they all just assumed âeveryone knows why weâre here, we donât need to spell that outâ. And letâs face it, every clause you add to something like that means itâs going to take longer, because that clause has to get argued about, too. And they do seem to have been trying to act quickly. And acting quickly, especially in politics, means cutting corners.
No, we canât. We donât have the text of it. We donât have the text of any of the documents that actually define what we are and arenât allowed to do. None of them. Letâs face it, if they wanted to keep us bickering pointlessly among ourselves, what theyâve already done is pretty hard to top.
CONCORD is just as riddled with corruption as the empires. I frankly donât expect them to ever announce a final decision on this matter. Instead, theyâll just wait until something else has everyoneâs attention, then quietly table the issue.
But, just for the sake of argument, what would you do if they did say âthe Empire did something wrongâ, since doctrinally, the Empress expresses the will of God, and sheâs certainly ok with this. What happens if CONCORD says the will of God is a criminal act?
I think the Imperial seal adequately answers your question, for any right-thinking Amarr.
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See, I really love this kind of peer pressure here, where you clearly donât trust one another enough to even wait to let someone else answer for themselves. Instead, you have to drop the intimidating reminder of âyou support the Empire or else.â
That mistrust is specific, and has not been a secret of late.
Oh, I know. But that doesnât make it any less funny. After all, your mistrust and intimidation only have the weight she gives them. So, in effect, for your expressions of mistrust to have any impact, you have to trust her to care.
Itâs not about the weight of my opinion, but elucidating the nature of the question you asked; there is a correct answer or there is heresy.
There are no mitigations for those of weak conviction to grasp.
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Except, of course, that coming from you, that position represents your position. So in order to give it weight coming from you, sheâd need to care about your opinion. Anything you say has the same problem.
The covenant by which Holy Amarr observes Godâs law above the laws of man; quite the distortion even by your standards to frame it as opinion.
Well until you can prove he exists, thatâs all it is.
Third rate, and not even interesting.
Yeah, thatâs how the delusional often react to the truth.
It also adequately illustrates what an opinion looks like.
For contrast.
They come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors, in fact. The fact that trillions of you mindlessly regurgitate something doesnât make it a fact, just a widely-held opinion.