Originally
posted by
locket:
Originally
posted by
BILL_DANGER:
WE ARE NOT HERE FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT!
WE ARE HERE TO PLAY THIS GAME, AND WE WILL NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO DICTATE TO US HOW IT SHALL BE PLAYED (WELL, EXCEPT FOR THE WHOLE RULES THING)!
TPA MADE THEIR BED WHEN THEY REJECTED OUR STANDING UNILATERAL NON-EXPLOSION PACT! BELLYACHING AFTER THE FACT WILL NOT CHANGE THAT!
HA!
BILL DANGER
LATE FOR WORK
THE MIGHTY CLAN {DANGER}!
I am curious Bill. Why are others not allowed to dictate how you play but you are dictating how they play?
You have just wasted plenty of peoples time over something that is insignificant even in your books. At this point this is worse than the average Imag war.
That is just pathetic and tbh you guys should feel like idiots for it. Grow up. This war is pathetic and typing in caps to ignore that isnt going to change it. Oh and I dont know a single player in TPA so... yah.
LOCKET, WHILE WE DISAGREE WITH YOUR POSITION, WE DO UNDERSTAND IT. ALLOW US TO ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN WHERE WE BELIEVE YOU HAVE MADE A FAULTY JUMP IN LOGIC.
WE ARE NOT DICTATING THAT ANYONE ELSE LIVE BY THE TENETS OF VIOLENT PACIFISM. WE MERELY SAY THAT WE WILL LIVE BY THEM, AND AS A RESULT, IF PEOPLE LEAVE US ALONE, WE LEAVE THEM ALONE. IF PEOPLE DO NOT LEAVE US ALONE, THEN WE WILL REACT HOWEVER WE SEE FIT, WHENEVER WE SEE FIT. OR MORE ACCURATELY, WE WILL REACT HOWEVER THE BOOK OF EXPLOSIONS SAYS WE SHOULD REACT. THIS OFTEN REQUIRES EXPERT INTERPRETATION, AND NOT ALL EXPERTS ALWAYS AGREE ON WHAT THE BOOK SAYS. IN THOSE CASES, WE DECLARE THAT WE ARE CORRECT.
ALL THAT ASIDE! CAN YOU SEE HOW WE ARE NOT DICTATING PLAY STYLE TO ANYONE? WE MERELY SAY "HELLO, FRIEND! THESE SEVEN COUNTRIES BELONG TO THE COMMITTEE. WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE WISE ENOUGH TO AVOID THEM!" IF OTHERS CHOOSE TO IGNORE OUR PLEAS FOR PEACE... IF THEY CHOOSE TO ATTEMPT TO GAIN POWER OR AFFLUENCE BY COMMITTING UNWANTED AND UNPROVOKED AGGRESSION AGAINST US, THEN THAT IS ON THEM, IS IT NOT? WE ARE DICTATING NOTHING, SAVE THAT WE WILL CHOOSE HOW WE REACT TO AGGRESSION.
NOW ON THE FLIP SIDE, MANY DO FOOLISHLY SEEK TO DICTATE TO US. "THEY ONLY AGGRESSED AGAINST YOU FOUR TIMES! YOU MAY NOT FIGHT THEM!", "YOU HAVE COME OUT AHEAD ON THE EXCHANGE, SO YOU MAY NOT RETALIATE AGAINST US FURTHER", ETC! IS THAT NOT DICTATING? WE CHOOSE TO ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW A PEACEFUL PATH. AS OF YET, WE HAVE ALMOST NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO DO IT. BUT WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF THE AGGRESSOR TO TELL US HOW WE MAY REACT TO HIS UNWELCOME INTRUSIONS.
THERE ARE MANY ACTIVITIES WHICH VIRTUALLY EVERY CLAN ON THIS SERVER ENGAGES IN WHICH WE FIND DISTASTEFUL. BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN US SAY "YOU MAY NOT FARM THE SMALL TAGS, OR WE WILL EXPLODE YOU!"? NO, YOU HAVE NOT! EVEN THOUGH WE CRINGE AT THE SIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENS TO MANY NEW ALLIANCES, AND WISH THAT OTHERS WOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE, WE HAVE NEVER SOUGHT TO TELL OTHERS THAT THEY *MUST* STOP FARMING SMALL TAGS OR UNTAGS.
WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ENLIGHTENED BY THIS.
HA!
SAM
CHAMPION OF THE EUGLAF DIVISION,
THE MIGHTY CLAN [DANGER]!