I speak on behalf of my friends yes, because they too have no idea what this is about, so I figured I'd poke my head on forums to check it out.
None of us want to merge with AoD, One day we will get our own wings and fly away to different alliances. Or stay in AoV, I know I haven't decided yet.
this was only meant to be a TRAINING alliance, we were never meant to fight wars, we were meant to join AOD once we reached 250k.
Once our mine levels are 35+ metal, 30+ crystal, 25+ deut, and whatnot, we'll move on.
But for now whats the point? All we do is turtle, and very slowly at that.
There are a few of us who CAN fleet, but CANT because of real life, and the timing for fleetsaving is annoying sometimes so its easier to play without one.
Its like...picking on babies? I guess?
We're all small empires slowly building our research and buildings so that in the future if we chose to fleet, we aren't totally crippled and can't support it.
The smack talk? So what. Man up

If creation said what he said, (Which I can see him saying) then yea, he's in VM and has been forever, how long ago was this said?
And you chose to pick on an alliance of newbs (Sorry guys...we are what we are...) who dont even have ANYTHING profittable?
I mean if you want to WAR with us, go ahead, we wont back down, but we wont fight back either.
We'll just sit by and idly wait until you get bored...and we continue turtling...
And the point of the alliance?
Some of us are here for more then who has bigger fleet, or who has more points.
We enjoy each others company and having something to do everyday online.
My standpoint on what was said?
I didnt say it, I dont know who said it, or exactly what was said.
So I don't really have an opinion...Other then this seems really random.
Do we want a war? Not really
Do we care? Not really
So all in all, its up to chrisoh, isnt it?