Someone could disqualify my opinions because I'm fairly new to the game and thus to the whole Discovery RP and ignorant of it's history. However I'd like to think that exactly that fact gives me a chance for a clearer view of the situation and maybe a much needed fresh perspective. Being an active member of the Discovery for maybe something over a month there are several highly illogical metters I've noticed so far and as some of them were mentioned in this tread I'd like to comment on them briefly.
First and most obvious to me concerns OC complaints about BSG attacking them in O-Alpha. If I had to find a real life comparison to particular situation it would be like as if Colombian narco cartel apealed to the United Nations and demanded their rights. With the major difference that in this case they are the ones having F-22s and M1-Abramses and are attacked by guys with Kalashnikovs. Furthermore they're not even citizens of any state so in my eyes they have absolutely no rights whatsoever, not even "the right to remain silent etc etc ". If things are supposed to be as believable as possible than any lawful faction or any faction that for any reason holds a grudge against them should be able to attack them at will wherever they are. OC are not Liberty, Kusari, Rhineland or Bretonia fact that some people here tend to forget.
Secondly, I'm completely astonished by the way smugglers are treated. Because they have trader ID it is suggested that they should be left alone by the security forces such as BSG. Let me remind you of the word used for the person smuggling and selling drugs - drug dealer. It's even worse than the person producing it so in my mind they should be treated with even less respect then the OC. Asking the BSG or any other faction to leave them alone is like asking a police force of some country to let through drug traffickers just because their country is not the final destination for the product. How realistic is that. I know some might say that BSG is not the police force, but since there's no official police force operating in the TAUs BSG are something closest to it. And if someone says that lawful security force can't prevent drug trafficking in their ZOI to me that is simply ridiculous.
The third issue I'd like to address is the understanding of alignment. Some people here seem to think that there are only three possible alignments. Well that would be so if we were all NPCs. But since were all human alignment can shift continuously from lawful to unlawful with all the nuances in between and should be understood accordingly. That's one of the reasons all those RP treads exist. To explain where exactly people belong on that scale and what are faction guidelines concerning alignement. So to me it's perfectly understandable how BSG can hate the OC in their role of drug lords so much and not feel any hostility toward the Corsairs as StarButt already explained in his elaborated argument.
In the end I would like to point out that it's not my intention to be a smart ass or to preach as a newbie to more seasoned players. What I would like instead is to offer a fresh look on things and try to use a logical aproach which would imo lead to more fluent more realistic and more believable RP
