[Dead Corpse]

No matter who “goes first”, that will be the gauntlet they run. It won’t matter who righteous the cause or how right the action... We aren’t fighting a virtuous or principles enemy here.

And yet we keep treating them as such. As if they’ll play by the rules.

They won’t. They aren’t. And we shouldn’t either.

[OneWingedShark]

No matter who “goes first”, that will be the gauntlet they run. It won’t matter who righteous the cause or how right the action... We aren’t fighting a virtuous or principles enemy here.
And yet we keep treating them as such. As if they’ll play by the rules.
They won’t. They aren’t. And we shouldn’t either.

Oh, just because you play by the rules doesn't mean you can't use dirty, dirty tricks.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “As if they’ll play by the rules.” <<

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They change them more often than their underwear.