((a very good read, very inspirational and to the point))
I would like to add something. I have noticed a disturbing trend in some of the organizations and sadly enough in the Mero Organization. To be blunt all this touchy feely "lets walk down the streets hand and hand and sing folk songs" attitude has had me wanting to press the throw up emote in rapid succesion.
I don't mean we all pull out our knives and guns and start going at it, but come on! I remember a time when the only way you would get a Merv to back up a Zionist or Mech was if they paid enough.
Has political correctness infested the Matrix? I don't know, I can say honestly though the last time i checked Merv operatives worked for a crime syndicate. So in simple layman's terms; if you work for a criminal organization, you yourself are a criminal. That means your not the March of Dimes, you don't do for charity and you are always looking to see how you can turn a situation to your advantage.
If you have to kill, steal or burn down your enemies then so be it, whatever it takes but get the job done.
I know many Merv Operatives that would disagree whole heartedly with that sentiment saying that these viewpoints give the Merv Org a bad name. I counter that with "so what's your point?" It isn't like they are going to have a Merovingian Day marked on any calender in Zion, and as far as the Mechs go, well they just see Exiles as something to shoot at.
We have been labeled as (or at least in my case) as "terrorists" "assassins" "anarchists" etc etc and the list goes on.
Big Deal
Funny the only label I ever had for Zion and Mechs was "potential customer".
But I never thought hypocracy would be one of the things I would think of when i thought of Zion. Merovech put out a storyline where for ONCE it wasn't the usual Mech vs Zion vs Merv scenario. Instead we wanted to do a Merv vs Merv scenario which the last time i checked was done remotely during the Lupine/Vampire uprising. Part of the storyline was that Merovech began killing bluepills in retaliation to our then foes.
Needless to say when we put out the stories we had alot of backlash from it, surprisingly from a few operatives that were Zion affiliated and most surprisingly from Merv's!
"Oh how could you kill the poor Blue Pills! They didn't do anything to you!"
and the jaw dropper was "you are making the game not fun for us $15 a month paying customers" (like I'm playing the game for free).
Only two things I can respond to that . To the Zionists, you got one heck of a nerve judging us for killing blue pills! Like your "Messiah", Neo didn't take out a whole lobby full of Blue Pills in the Federal Building, Like Morpheus NEVER intended to destroy the 7 billion + Blue Pills still connected to the Matrix. Me and my faction take out a few blue pills and all of a sudden we are the monsters, yeah right.
To the Mervs in particular the ones that PM'd me about the storyline. I will fight to the death to defend any of you. I can disagree with you completely but as Mervs we are out to defend each other. Yes it is true no Organization is perfect and there are going to be instances of in-fighting but when it comes to us against them, we back each other up. Just understand that there are times you have to get your hands bloody if you want to get the job done.
*sorry if the post was too long and i know it was half RP/OOC but I wanted to get a few points in .
