To Whom It May Concern.

You are missing the point. That was clearly not the intent, but you are welcome to continue believing it.

Lashka wrote: To in ANY way equate a GAME with genocide is offensive. To somehow cast those fighting on one side or the other in the same pantheon of the people who actually sacrificed to try to stop many types of genocide over the past century is offensive, both to their memory and what they accomplished.

Again, no one said they are. You are getting wrapped up in this pretty emotionally. Regardless, I will bite. When the same dude posts Bon Jovi lyrics in one part of a thread and then Niemoller in another, I am not gonna take that dude seriously and start flinging mud about how this guy is a degenerate. I urge you to step back a bit and take stock.

Lashka wrote: If the community can't check its vitriol this much, then that's just depressing, and its going to really make me question whether I, as a new player, really want to be part of this community.  I hope I'm wrong.

No offense here, but no one is making you stay, what reason would you have in voicing that? 

Again, when things go x-Box live in Illyriad, then is the time to check out another game. If it is bothering you this much, I honestly can't understand why you are here reading this tripe then. I honestly don't that. There is a reason you don't see me over on the Hello Kitty forums saying "Hey, this game is lame and so are you forums, until this changes, I am not even sure I can play here"

Lashka wrote: And if there are people who can't deal with their frustration and anger about a perceived injustice or a loss of status IN A GAME without trying to debase and hurt another person, if a person gets enjoyment from inflicting emotional distress on other people, well then I recommend they take a good, hard look at their life and their personal happiness. Sorry, but its true. People want to rail against the mismatch, fine. People want to argue in favor of the Six Armies, fine.

I agree with this....yeah, I know, don't fall out of your chair. At the same time, don't confuse passionate feelings for ideas with sociopathic tendencies.

I was just told by Amroth that it would be a good thing if I committed assisted suicide. Not the end of the world. I won't judge that dude's entire genetic makeup and moral baseline on a moment of frustration. I will however look on him poorly for taking this long to apologise.

Lashka wrote: People can do so without resorting to calling people Nazis, fascists, questioning their sexual identity, their mental health status  or any other aspect of their personhood (by the way, all of the above have happened in the past week, by people on both sides)

It simply took that long for us to come to a decision.  There were lots of voices to be heard.  We didn't rush into it.

You are either not reading what I am saying, or i am communicating for crap.

Let me try and rephrase in case it is the latter.

Why did mCrows not act sooner if they believed VALAR was wrong? The fear I am referring to is, the fear in DECLARING the war sooner. If it was wrong today, it was wrong three weeks ago. Why the delay in saying "It is Wrong! Consequences be damned, we are gonna stand up for the little guy!"