War Avoidance Game

Skybreaker wrote: Gragnog wrote: I think you missed the boat again. Before the current SIN vs Shark/ VIC / Unibrow war SIN was a tiny alliance compared to them. David took down Goliath easily. Small alliances and players can totally destroy the big boys. Its not the size that matters but how you use it that makes the difference. While i do agree with this, its also worth mentioning that SIN contains quite a few vets with more experiences that most

i would have said that was Gragnog's point.

so then why is HIGH still at war with BB?  

if youre not in HIGH then who are the members/now member in HIGH?  and why are they/him at war with BB?  its all relevant. 

Hyrdmoth.  Good observation.  It is, as you correctly say, I think, a false dichotomy.  But it is also a matter of probability.  A false dichotomy is false because it does not include all the options.  You correctly showed that it would be possible for their to be a war in which both sides are reluctant.  I'll give you that.  But like all such divisions, each possible outcome has a probability attached to it.  In my opinion the situations where: 1) both sides are pursuing mutually exclusive goals; and 2) neither side is unwilling to compromise enough to satisfy the other and resolve the issue through diplomacy, are a pretty small sub-set of the total conflicts.

Perhaps it is also true that diplomacy is the method by which most wars are avoided.  Thus, to lack the willingness to compromise is to "loose" the "war avoidance" game and be forced therefore, into the "war game."  What I would like to see is a way that those who wish to avoid war can do so without also becoming 2nd class citizens of Illy or having to do things which unnecessarily detour them keep them from achieving their goals.

AJ