justicereigns: (leaning on jitte)
Smoker ([personal profile] justicereigns) wrote in [community profile] piratejournal2013-12-07 09:06 am
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[Voice]

All Shepherds, meet on deck for tea time and discussions.

Keimi check in as soon as you can.

And yes, we're getting low on coffee, and cigars. I'll survive, [No, he won't.] but I still refuse to switch to tea.

For all you pirates out there, what did you lot do before you came here? Occupations, careers, whatever. I need to know what freedom you're fighting for, let's just say.
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yatteyanyo: (the happiest days of our lives)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2013-12-11 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. In order to properly rule Japan in the true Way, it was necessary for Taishi-sama to become immortal.
justicereigns: (I'm listening)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2013-12-11 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
True Way?

[Parrot mode continues...]
yatteyanyo: (end of the day)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2013-12-12 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Taoism. It's a religion.
justicereigns: (?)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2013-12-15 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
I see. May I ask about about the tenets of it?
yatteyanyo: (never gonna leave)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2013-12-16 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Unlike Buddhism or Shintoism, or any modern faith really, Taoism cannot be summed up in simple tenets or even informal dogma. It is simply following the Way, but even that is misleading. If you are serious about it, I suggest speaking to my colleague, Mononobe no Futo.
justicereigns: (Thinking)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2013-12-30 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
All right, I'll keep that name in mind. Is she also a pirate now, or not really except in label?
yatteyanyo: (If I should fall from the grace of God)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2013-12-31 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
She and I are of the same crew.
justicereigns: (serious)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2014-01-01 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
All right, I'll keep that in mind. I guess piracy doesn't go against Taoism?
yatteyanyo: (buried in antiquity)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-01-01 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
We are not a faith that deludes itself in wordly morals.
justicereigns: looking over shoulder in the dark, heading up the stairs, justice on the jacket clearly visible (justice in the darkness)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2014-01-02 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Right.

Tch. Most of the major philosophies of my world deal with the government. That law and order must be preserved for the continuation of a stable life.
yatteyanyo: (possessions never meant anything to me)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-01-03 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Taoism believes in a firm balance of order and chaos. That one cannot exist without the other, and those who seek the divinity of hermitage find themselves in a state beyond both.
justicereigns: (Let it all slip away)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2014-01-09 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunately my only occupation is with justice.
yatteyanyo: (buried in antiquity)

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[personal profile] yatteyanyo 2014-01-09 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Is Justice not executive of Order?
justicereigns: looking over shoulder in the dark, heading up the stairs, justice on the jacket clearly visible (justice in the darkness)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2014-02-16 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
True Justice doesn't seek to eliminate all chaos, that'd be impossible. And impractical.

True justice is about making tough sacrifices for what is right.

You're familiar with the yin-yang symbol in black and white?
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