(08-22-2012, 22:39)bvcxzmn Wrote: ((Just so you know, I do not plan to greif any towns that I may capture in war. I would most likely keep them, maybe change them around a little bit, and use them for my own nation. In fact, if I do conquer any other nations, my hope is that the normal citizens would continue life as normal, just under someone else's rule. Frankly, if you wish to grief a town that you may capture in battle, shame on you!))
((Umm.... No. If I am at war, I have every right on earth to ensure my people's safety, and to ensure that a threat from an enemy never re-surfaces. Nations can be destroyed, cities demolished, and regimes usurped - but ideals never die. And if someone is staunchly against me, and they continue to persist in their opposing ideals, I can and will demolish them and all they posess. The Romans did it to Carthage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Punic_War ), everyone in WWII did it to everyone else - although it isn't right, it has proven to be lethal, memorable, and generally keeps enemies from coming back.
Granted, if the people were submissive, or at least content, I wouldn't have a problem. It's staunch enemies that I think should be destroyed in every manner conceivable.))
"One can concentrate so closely on the words of a sentence that one thereby misses the meaning. As can happen in any area of life. You must never lose focus on the larger landscape."
A sign posted at every nations capital.
