I'm a bit concerned

[Jihadjoe]

*Reads thread with ever increacing dispear*

Ok guys. You seem to have missed my point.

Akuma. The problem you are having on the forum and the server is due to an -interpersonal- series of issues you have with other players.

I am in far too many factions, have I ever PvP whored you? Have I ever lied to get anyone canctioned? Does being in a faction make me a bad person somehow?

No I somehow don't think it does. The issue is because people are far too stubborn and inflexible in their ideas. You, a very stubborn and resolutly assured person (in your belief in being right) have been confronted by people within factions, and people who are not in factions, over some of your ideas. Some of those people have been equally self assured in their own ideas. You have flared up and shouted back at them... BAM! epic conflict.

It become very easy for you if you take your veiw far enough out in order not to see the -people- within the factions. Then you can get as angry as you like, as you're noit hurting any one individual, just the faction. But infact people get hurt when you faction-bash. Perople like me. I put time and effort into running the XA, and I take pide in it, however when you just decide that all factions are bad, that they pvpwhore and restrict people needlessly, for powertrip purposes, it kinda hurts.

And the same is true for those -individuals- within factions who just piss on the indies all the time. There is no need for it. Sure, some indy caps have bad RP, but there are some extremely well RP'd indy capships (Laowai for instance) who will get hurt when people start saying "Its all the fault of the indies!". So please, before you go painting whole groups of people, look first at the individuals involved, and remember that by generalising people in a negative light you tar the whole group with the same brush. Treat people as people.

Respect for people's right to be who they are can be given whether you like the individual or not. No one person is any better than any other, its ust some people you will always find difficult.

And the questions Hyung asked Akumabito should be answered by everyone. They are worthwhile.

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