Well as it is still going on it lends credence to the often used statement "The Empire moves slowly".
As for Veik's post and point, Veik can write what they choose, "poking at the fourth wall", because :Eve:. A moderator from CCP can be referred to the post, and they will read it as in character, and state it violates nothing.
In truth, everything every capsuleer in EVE does is in character; this is why MECHANICS = CANON gets inscribed everywhere. When it comes to the generation of histories and little worlds - whether they matter or not, whether they're validated or not, well, welcome to a world of not 100 people, but 100,000 people who play EVE and have to decide if it is worth paying attention to.
What's more dangerous, that character A is a this or that and can bend the ear of people who may or may not be officially aligned with Theology Council and/or Megacorps or the Tribal Councils or that - whatever it is the Gallente have - the friggin hippies
, this excluding you from IC interactions (no tea parties for you :/) but everyone still has 'no issues' with you OOC...
... or that character B can command a fleet/alliance that can wardec you / force you into an eternal state of 'docked' - also has no issues with you, mind you, nothing against you in real life - but your boat shall indeed be Violenced?
As much as I like to RP, I would have a hard time choosing who it was more important to be nice to, and likely would choose the latter when I think about losing spaceships that, in essence, cost about fourty USD apiece.
Point being - the 'biggest threat' one person chooses based on how they play the game. I do like to undock, so, a powerful alliance/corporation being hostile is as powerful if not moreso than, say, Pieter deciding he wants to snap Ari's neck in an RPfite.