Talk:The Free South Times/Issue:4

Pesky Riombarians. I told you they were trouble. Not that I fancy your new realm that much more, but Riombara was an honorless Plague then--and continues to be now. Lady Doc's Biatch

Ah, an old friend...excellent! Riombara being an honourless Plague? Last time I checked it was Luz not keeping their treaties...but we could discuss this for hours and not get anywhere. The difference being that Luz /thinks/ they keep their treaties, the problem is that said treaties keep changing their meanings...or are only valid if they favor Luz, while the same treaty is invalid as long as it favors Riombara...grin. Its a bit difficult to know in advance what Luz considers 'keeping treaties'. I think that stems part from your assumption that Luz (or Eno Chia beforehand) was perfectly in their rights telling all surrounding realms to hand them their regions or face destruction, defining unwillingness to comply as 'illegal' and resistance as 'resisting the perfect peace that would come into existence once Luz had control of (insert whatever regions are necessary) and thus warmongery (- which of course needed to be exterminated - all in the name of peace naturally. Personally I very much prefer to be attacked by someone who states 'I want your land!', then fight it out. Someone saying 'I want your land, but I am the good one because reason 1-3'...ah well. All that propaganda spouted does nothing but try to keep the selfimage of the one spouting it shiny...it usually has little effect on anyone else. The current war between Luz and Riombara was sparked as usual by Luz wanting Riombaran lands, all else is little more than byplay - and leading nowhere. It should be possible to come to a peaceagreement with Luz soon and that should (hopefully) end this age's conflict between them...until the next age...grin TanSerrai