Lex Quintus

There's hope, the aid I sent her might just get used to replenish tech to fulfill the debt. Circle of life, etc.

Haiku number two Makes the meaning twice as clear If not twice as good

You may want to think about the level at which you are willing to trade off security/restriction for latitude/responsibility. There's an inherent tension between "...defend me and its members no matter what" and "Allow it's members to enter into combat (at their own risk if necessary)." Different alliances handle that tension in different ways, and the nature of that handling might be a good thing for you to check out as you peruse your options. Put another way, up to what point do people have your back, and after what point are you on your own?

Ferrying items Easier with containers Dirty bags the best

There is only one capable of leading this august assemblage:

Kashmir: Come for the pie, stay for the dirty bags!

I don't think my words mean what you think they mean but you're welcome I guess Quite agree. Careful there! Believe me we are giving the dirty bags question 100% of the attention it is due. Maybe even more!

DoorNail You flatter us by saying we are invincible. And I think even a casual glance at our history shows that we are who we say we are, around whomever happens to be present. Push others around? No. Respond against others when it is in our interest? Yup sure, you betcha. Knowing that actions may have repercussions (e.g. counter-decs) is different from using those actions to provoke said repercussions. I can't control what you or others choose to do in this instance (or most others), but in the nicest possible way I do not care about what you choose to do. HTH

Well, aiding losers would be loser-ish, I wouldn't recommend that to anybody. I'm still trying to wrap my head around dirty bags but I think it's vaguely distasteful and a little unsettling. To me personally, that is, not suggesting you stay away from that imagery if it works for you. As for daring others to come kick the crap out of us, why that would be just un-neighborly.

+1 repute to Revolutionary Rebel It's a lot easier to get us when you remember we eschew the beaten path, treading instead the Kashmir Way. Those who avoid understanding our mystery are doomed to repeat it.

Well yeah as I said, a thorny past leads to a dicey present. You have among your number one with "issues" and so dealings with that worthy will be a bit more, um, involved than they might be with others having less baggage. Still it's relatively early and I bet things will settle back to a low simmer here before long.

You need to realize that you, yourself, can't pre-emptively eliminate possible future actions, especially those pertaining to an individual having the history and proclivities of Stonewall. The history here makes the present somewhat prickly. I would imagine we can all see that. Settle this one and move on, the future will take care of itself.

Lighten up, Francis. Peace has been granted, it's not as big a deal as you would make it, and the hurf-durf can now continue. Tell your boy to quit picking on people and stuff like this needn't happen again.

Kashmir: Now with 20% more MI6!!!

With only 5 degrees of separation here, we still have plenty of room to connect to Kevin Bacon! White chocolate was used to make a sculpture of Conan O'Brien. Conan O'Brien preferred that medium to the bacon that was used to make a sculpture of Kevin Bacon. SOoooo....Kashmir, like everything else in the known universe, is 7 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. Q.E.D. http://republicofbacon.com/2010/10/14/kevin-bacon-bust-sold-for-4000/

This'll be interesting, but... Which 5, would you say?

Even now our crack team of political scientists scours the personals to identify the next link in this chain. It could be YOU!

So, then, are those who may from time to time raid this sphere considered Ass-pirates?

Kashmerica. Colorado and Washington down, 48 more to go.

Kashmir: Dang we're cute

I hear you, ChairmanHal-- it is precisely Meth's history that informs our principled march to the sea, here. Ours be the fury that hell hath no, to mangle a Jack Sparrow-ism.

Resolution is under way, on a pace to be determined but not likely to be unduly swift.

We did some math together so now he's our Pi'd Piper