Bernardo

It might be useful for a number of people to read the books "Getting to Yes" and "Getting Past No". Or read a short summary: Wikipedia article on Getting to Yes We all know that there will be an agreement to end the war. Some alliances will pay reps to some other alliances. The question is how much reps, in what form. It seems that this is a matter of looking at precedents, data, history, and other details of past wars and their resulting peace agreements and the reps that wee paid. In the "Getting to Yes" book this is refereed to as "Standards". Both sides have their own standards, and it can take time for each side to present their data, logic, argument and to listen to the other side. The important thing in my view is to be open to persuasion. Let's be mutually respectful and let the people who are going to do this negotiating get down to business. By the way, I have been to Bastogne and visited the hotel where the American commander wrote the famous "Nuts" reply. The difference is that Patton was heading up from the south with the Third Army, while on Planet Bob it seems unlikely that a few fresh alliances will jump into this war.

Admin will be the real winner, as people buy $20 donations to rebuild their nations after the war.

I would like to thank the members of the two alliances that accepted our apology. OneBallMan is correct - offering an apology for unacceptable behavior should be the norm in a civilized society, not something which is recognized as an unusual action. I have been known to send my bombers to air-drop chocolates on various nations as a friendship gift, but in the current climate such an operation might be seen as the start of hostilities.

After reading Crymson's comment, my first thought was "Why is he discussing the US House of Representatives in this thread about NpO and \m/?" Then I read it a second time and realized that he was referring to "OWF". Maybe that is the problem: too many CN players watch CSPAN.

Congratulations iFOK! I was going to bring a few cases of beer for your birthday party, but they fell out of the back of my truck: sorry guys, but congratulations, anyway

This post I like.

o/ MFO

Everyone, we must take pity on Athens. There must be a punctuation and capitalization shortage in the alliance, as seen by Londo's post. They clearly need to tech raid to purchase "A"'s, as well as "," and ";". In the interest of peace in the Aqua sphere here are a few "A"'s to help you out, Londo, during your period of need.

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MHA : FAN :: Canadian seal harvester : baby seal

I welcome any alliance that offers free drinks. I'll take a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster. Alcohol > Politics

I very much disagree. A Buddhist or a Hindu teacher would agree with your analysis: But they would say that your analysis is incomplete. By bringing about the defeat of NPO and being in a position to give them surrender terms, Karma (as a coalition) has taken on itself a karmic debt for NPO. The Buddhist teachers would then argue that it is the responsibility of those whom decide on the surrender terms (and in a sense your responsibility and my responsibility through these forums) to create just and fair surrender terms. Those who impose surrender terms on NPO are to some degree responsible for the future actions of NPO. This is why many Buddhist or Hindu teachers do not want to accept new students. Accepting a student means accepting a degree of the responsibility for the actions of the student. So there is a fourth option: not to impose surrender terms, but to have a peace agreement. A peace agreement in which NPO acknowledges that it disturbed the peace of Planet Bob by it's actions, that it wishes to have cordial relations with all nations and alliances on Planet Bob, and that it makes a set of choices - without surrendering - to do a variety of things. (Such as reducing military forces, providing gifts to other nations, ending wars, and so forth). As this is not an act of surrender, there is no karmic debt placed on the alliances and nations of the coalition known as Karma. It is my sense that asking for the members of Hegemony to propose a peace agreement or having the Karma Coalition offer a peace agreement rather than demanding them to accept surrender terms would avoid the karmic entanglements which I personally would prefer to avoid. (At one point in my life I desired to become a Bodhisattva, but then I realized that was just another desire. Now I just cook meals, do grocery shopping, teach and play browser games.)

I voted for a month - but what do I know? I've only played this game for a year and so do not know the depth or complexity of the underlying passions that affect Planet Bob.

I have spent months building up to finally buy in the last few months a SDI and a MP. The first time someone fires a nuke at me, the SDI let it through. I'm willing to bet that when I return fire his SDI will block my glow stick.

Maybe Admin should post "I will remove the cap on GRL if I do not receive 500 $20 donations within the next 72 hours." That help pay for a much better server.

Outstanding work!

socialism? fascism? we might as well be discussing the divine right of kings or the seperation of Church and State in the 15th century. too many people still have their minds stuck in 20th century concepts that do not fit an era of transhumanism and the coming singularity

Lenient surrender terms include airdrops of chocolate truffles once hostilities have ceased.

Once the nukes really start to really fly, Planet Bob will glow green for months.

I agree. It makes a mockery of those who want peace and strive for sanity and neutrality.

The MHA has friendships throughout Planet Bob. It saddens us when a cataclysmic war erupts among alliances with whom we have cordial relationships. We do not desire to go to war - but we will respond if some Alliance attacks us or one of our closely allied alliances as described in the original post in this thread. And then "Harmless" transforms to "Harmful".

Thanks for the gun porn - have some more: