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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6347265" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>In this case "Not ignoring the elephant in the room." Putting that elephant in the room no less than three times on this thread alone means that whether or not you want to talk about it it's a very definite part of your conception of Combat as War.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. Had the Deathstar <em>not</em> blown up a planet and been a clear and present danger to others things would be different. There was, at a Watsonian level, no option that would lead to less collateral damage than blowing up the Deathstar. (Leaving it standing would have lead to the destruction of more planets). If the goal had been to take out Darth Vader and they'd chosen to do it by blowing up the Deathstar that was itself stationary, that would have been a big problem.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As I have said repeatedly, I absolutely do not believe there was any bad faith in your choice of terms. I believe they were mischosen for the reasons I've indicated but expecting perfection of people is far too much.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I honestly don't see what's wrong with that. If you can get the ballista there in the first place and the dragon doesn't spot it.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>This is one of many reasons I love Caverns of Thracia as a dungeon. From memory there's even a magical swamp at the bottom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6347265, member: 87792"] In this case "Not ignoring the elephant in the room." Putting that elephant in the room no less than three times on this thread alone means that whether or not you want to talk about it it's a very definite part of your conception of Combat as War. No. Had the Deathstar [I]not[/I] blown up a planet and been a clear and present danger to others things would be different. There was, at a Watsonian level, no option that would lead to less collateral damage than blowing up the Deathstar. (Leaving it standing would have lead to the destruction of more planets). If the goal had been to take out Darth Vader and they'd chosen to do it by blowing up the Deathstar that was itself stationary, that would have been a big problem. As I have said repeatedly, I absolutely do not believe there was any bad faith in your choice of terms. I believe they were mischosen for the reasons I've indicated but expecting perfection of people is far too much. I honestly don't see what's wrong with that. If you can get the ballista there in the first place and the dragon doesn't spot it. This is one of many reasons I love Caverns of Thracia as a dungeon. From memory there's even a magical swamp at the bottom. [/QUOTE]
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