Ignoring the last 20 pages of discussion for my sanity.
In response to OP:
Having a lot of credits I have recently come up with a personal rule. If I get interdicted in a trade/mining/exploration CG I will fight the interdiction but if they pull me out of SC I will stop and drop up to 25% of my cargo. If they demand more I will haggle since I gots to make a profit
If I am destroyed for no clear reason and/or without communication I will spend the entire rest of the CG time in private group or solo. Less interesting, less exciting, no random conversations and games whilst waiting for a landing pad but also no 5 hours earning my insurance buffer back. 2 Losses eliminates your entire bonus for a CG.
Basically I will honour the "true" pirates but if silly folk are around I don't see the point in becoming someone else's pretty explosion.
I'd like a Mobius equivalent that allowed piracy but not ship destruction. They can interdict you, shoot your drives out etc but destruction of ships is not allowed since that costs crazy money to replace. Could be interesting.
And if anyone argues with the above I honestly don't care, you can kill people, I can avoid people
Oh, I do not think this means we should boycott CG's, simply boycott the silly people (For lack of a better word).
Responding to the last few comments:
Blockade.. Ok fair enough but you can't call yourselves pirates in that case. Pirates by definition are sea-robbers after plunder. They don't fight for causes or beliefs because that would make them soldiers, the only time they'd ever consider fighting for anything other than their own wealth would be to defend themselves against attack (pre-emptively or otherwise)..
In any case It's a mug. Surely another rare good is good for pirates especially one with such high supply, it definitely isn't a bad thing in any case.
All in all this entire mess really shows how terrible the police and bounty mechanics are. It also highlights to me how much people were enjoying the co-operation and fun at Hutton before a few spoilt it for everyone which in theory shouldn't be possible. This isn't really an opinion either, check out the threads, in 48 hours the many threads have gone from "Hutton CG is the best ever" to "Boycott community events" and for all its worth: Congratulations for being that guy that spoils everyone elses fun.
Edit: Realised I started with "Having lots of credits" without finishing what I meant to say. I meant that in the way that I can afford to loose a ship. People with less credits stored that are pushing for a more expensive ship may be impacted more by a loss.
