On 12/5/05, Davdi Silverrock <davdisil at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12/5/05, Ken Koester <kkoester at email.ers.usda.gov> wrote: > > Davdi Silverrock wrote: > > > > >In order to launch a conquest, what you need to do is: > > > > > >(a) convince those that like to fight that there will be plenty of > fighting. > > >(b) convince those that like profit that there will be plenty of loot. > > >(c) convince anyone not in the above that the target of the conquest > > >is a terrible threat. > > >(d) convince everyone that anyone who is skeptical about the venture > > >is a traitor, or just too weak. > > > > > > > > > > > That's what you need to do on Earth. It doesn't necessarily follow that > > that's what you need to do in the Dragaeraverse. > > > > Bah. I'm generalizing from one universe, here. > > Besides, there's nothing to indicate that Dragaerans are somehow > lacking in combatativeness, greed, xenophobia, and vulnerability to > propaganda. > Indeed, rather the opposite. > Perhaps it's as simple as shouting, "Hey, look! A war!" ObSF: "Look! It's the winged victory of Samothrace!" Max Wilson -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.