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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 1256594" data-attributes="member: 704">For precisely the same reasons that basically decent people get into violent and bloody arguements.1)  Disagreement on whether act X is a sin.  Abortion vs non-abortion is a prime example.  A more applicable one is humans wanting to convert forests to farmland, and the local elves having an issue with it.2)  Religion:  Muslim vs Catholocism, Judasim vs Muslim, Protestant vs Catholic.  Two lawful good cultures could easily come into conflict if the laws are conflicting.3)  Infidelity:  The Trojan war was fought over a woman.  Perhaps the two rulers had their eye on the same woman, and the one that did not get chosen held a grudge.4)  Manipulation:  Someone else who profits from a conflict keeps stoking the conflict to keep it current.5)  Conflict over resources / money:  A gold mine was found directly on the border.  Whose is it?6)  Honor / loss of face:  If two people walking down the street bump into one another, most of the time, someone apologises, or nothing is said of it.  But if both sides feel obligated to an apology, and both sides demand it, things can escalate pretty damn fast.  Death before dishonor can easily mean "You will die before I suffer dishonor".END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>