I do understand this, that when somebody disappears or dies you may also lose someone in that person. Such is the way things are with relationships between people, they can hurt, and losing someone in particular that one cares about can be especially painful.
Pardon my rudeness; I realize that while we are much younger than you are and as such reasonably could be considered children in your eyes, saying that you show tolerance and in particular indulgence come off as very patronizing, and that doesn't sit well with most people, even with actual children. It does not exactly help in cultivating mutual respect, which is something that is sorely lacking between both camps at this point in time.
I am not desiring to hold you responsible for the unjust blame or the refusal of trust, nor is the whole of the new members of your community. It is wholly a shared responsibility.
It is not entirely our responsibility. It is also not entirely your responsibility. It is both parties responsibility. I am aware that this is an unwanted situation for you as well as it is for us however if only one side is expected to reach out it will be to the benefit of none, and will only breed further distrust and divide.
Trust is not a one way street. It cannot be born without mutual desire and efforts to make it work from both sides.
Also, if I may be so bold as to say, though I am sure that I am speaking out of turn, but as the leader of this community, is it not most of all your personal responsibility to see that trust is built? From my understanding you don't wish for any discord between us either. It only serves to make your job of managing the heavens more difficult. You are meant to be our leader, as well, are you not? We are not meant to be split into factions of "old" and "new". Even if we change and disappear and the likes, we are still meant to be one unit. As such, simply hiding away in you temple and only meeting us face to face on occasion is not going to build much trust, and this could be detrimental.
The way things are now, with such obvious distrust, it could hardly be considered an ideal situation even with the disorder our arrival has brought to your doorstep naturally would cause. We may not for the most part be clawing at each others throats constantly, but you could perhaps agree that this is hardly the best social climate that we could be in.
The law of retaliation is an easily understood concept, and it is an old way of handling the law. However I would guess that many people don't come from such societies, any more. There was a person who once said, that "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind." He was not referring to this in specific, not by far, but since you did mention it. It has also been spoken against in other areas, even in religious texts.
Redressing your ways of how to dole out punishment may have a need to be reexamined. Times have changed, Lady Amaterasu, and it is something that one should take into consideration. If you were to research various legal systems, you may learn from them. There should be something of value among all the legal systems that exists around the world.
[ Even to you old coots... is something he almost writes. But he's not that suicidal. Even if he's apparently sufficiently suicidal without the comments he wants to add.
He so wants to comment on what a load of crap her advisers are. They're irresponsible buffoons and he wants to give them a load of his mind. Or a boot up their ass. Or both. But that would not sit well with the regime, he's sure. Stubborn old fools.
He is so close to bursting, he should probably end this conversation before he says something really stupid. ]
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Pardon my rudeness; I realize that while we are much younger than you are and as such reasonably could be considered children in your eyes, saying that you show tolerance and in particular indulgence come off as very patronizing, and that doesn't sit well with most people, even with actual children. It does not exactly help in cultivating mutual respect, which is something that is sorely lacking between both camps at this point in time.
I am not desiring to hold you responsible for the unjust blame or the refusal of trust, nor is the whole of the new members of your community. It is wholly a shared responsibility.
It is not entirely our responsibility. It is also not entirely your responsibility. It is both parties responsibility. I am aware that this is an unwanted situation for you as well as it is for us however if only one side is expected to reach out it will be to the benefit of none, and will only breed further distrust and divide.
Trust is not a one way street. It cannot be born without mutual desire and efforts to make it work from both sides.
Also, if I may be so bold as to say, though I am sure that I am speaking out of turn, but as the leader of this community, is it not most of all your personal responsibility to see that trust is built? From my understanding you don't wish for any discord between us either. It only serves to make your job of managing the heavens more difficult. You are meant to be our leader, as well, are you not? We are not meant to be split into factions of "old" and "new". Even if we change and disappear and the likes, we are still meant to be one unit. As such, simply hiding away in you temple and only meeting us face to face on occasion is not going to build much trust, and this could be detrimental.
The way things are now, with such obvious distrust, it could hardly be considered an ideal situation even with the disorder our arrival has brought to your doorstep naturally would cause. We may not for the most part be clawing at each others throats constantly, but you could perhaps agree that this is hardly the best social climate that we could be in.
The law of retaliation is an easily understood concept, and it is an old way of handling the law. However I would guess that many people don't come from such societies, any more. There was a person who once said, that "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind." He was not referring to this in specific, not by far, but since you did mention it. It has also been spoken against in other areas, even in religious texts.
Redressing your ways of how to dole out punishment may have a need to be reexamined. Times have changed, Lady Amaterasu, and it is something that one should take into consideration. If you were to research various legal systems, you may learn from them. There should be something of value among all the legal systems that exists around the world.
[ Even to you old coots... is something he almost writes. But he's not that suicidal. Even if he's apparently sufficiently suicidal without the comments he wants to add.
He so wants to comment on what a load of crap her advisers are. They're irresponsible buffoons and he wants to give them a load of his mind. Or a boot up their ass. Or both. But that would not sit well with the regime, he's sure. Stubborn old fools.
He is so close to bursting, he should probably end this conversation before he says something really stupid. ]