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Questions I've Asked Myself About Conflict

These are all questions I've asked myself about arguing and fighting, and the answers I came up with for them. I'm not saying that I'm right... these are just my answers. Alot of my ideas come from Sun-tzu, some from Machiavelli, and some just from morality.


Question:
Assuming offensive battle is inappropriate, wrong, or impractical; how does one obtain an objective normally available only as spoils?
Answer:
There are 4 possibilities, lested below, not necesarily in order.
A) Assasination: In other words eliminate the possesor of the objective without waging a full battle. Elimination (and assasination) is not necessarily killing, but does not preclude it.
B) Theft. Find a way around the objectives owner(s) and remove the objective from their possesion.
C) Convince the owners or possesors that you have something better and offer a trade.
D) Trick the owner into giving the objective away.

NOTE: I do not encourage or condone killing, as I said in the intro. many of these concepts come from a book called The Art of War by Sun-tzu, which is the oldest extant text of strategy and tactics of war.)

Question:
If the enemy is fighting a battle of misinformation, as well as arms, how should they be handled?
Answer: First, with the truth, second with the forces of those insulted with the misinformation, and lastly with the entirety of one's own forces.

Question:
Where lies the line between reasoning action motivated by fear, and cowardice?
Answer:
A reasoning action is thought out. (When questioned, the person who is afraid can rationally answer the questioner, where as the coward would not wish to answer the question, and could possibly be insulted when asked.)

Question:
When fighting an unknown enemy how should one go about fighting?
Answer:
First: find out who your allies are.
Second: find out who the enemy is.
Third: Seek out nuetral parties and try to bring them over to your cause if necesary.
Fourth: Commense battle as is called for by present conditions.


When fighting multiple opponents who are working together towards the same goal, which one should be nuetralized first?
Answer:
The leader. If it comes to light the leader in name does not truly lead, first elimiminate the de-facto leader before attacking the one who bears the name.

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