TheMothman wrote:Also I'm not one to give Defenders, TITO specifically, free reign without asking for transparency, considering how often the answer from that side of the aisle is "Well we have this 'proof' we just can't show it to the public", that just isn't enough for me and really shouldn't be enough for NS at large despite how often we accept it. Part of this is wholly due to them being partisan party with in R/D thus having an agenda and part of this is past and personal experiences with their organization.
Naturally raiding, on the other hand, is entirely impartial and able to operate without controversy.
Hyper aggressive scrutiny from raiders about the use of a liberation has always been weird as heck to me. Presumably native consent was not acquired prior to invading a region and shuttering 3500 embassies, justified only by the raider saying they didn't like this place they didn't even live in. But when defenders are to intervene in an occupation, it must be legally bulletproof, have a pressing desire from vocally and politically minded natives, who repeatedly state their wishes in every visible area, and operating their account at whatever the expectation is at that second.
It's a jarring double-standard.
