You have something to this effect several times now; your amazement at the 'Moot not attacking Aurvandil, at the 'Moot "hiding behind walls" all the time, and not having the honor to come out and fight Aurvandil, all the while Aurvandil has been just so "forced" to come attack the 'Moot.
....is it finally dawning on you yet that that is because Aurvandil is the aggressor in this war and the 'Moot is on defense just like we have all been saying since Day 1? Because, yeah, that's generally how things go when a stronger, militaristic realm attacks some weaker, peaceful realms: the stronger realm launches attacks against the smaller realms who hide behind walls because they are, you know, weaker... and, you know, defending.
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In other news.... Aurvandil is back to calling Barca uncivilized... their General declaring Barca the "Farmer Republic" needing to be put in their place.
The Moot started this war, the Moot refused peace, the Moot is therefore the aggressor, they are also, however, on the back foot in the war.
And how is that calling the Barca uncivilised? They're a Republic of farmers, unless you seem to think that being a republic is uncivilised, or being a farmer is equally uncivilised, in and of itself it's not calling them uncivilised, and if you did think so then that's your own bizarre perception on things that makes you believe it is a slight on their civilisation. They are a Republic by the grace of Haktoo who does so on the provision that they farm for her, thus they are a farmer Republic... a Republic which exists so long as they farm at the whims of another. Which is nothing to do with civilisation and if you paid attention for just one second and stretched your mental wherewithal, what it actually is, is a concise repudiation of Barca's statehood and legitimacy, not their civilisation. I do tire of people constantly getting the wrong impression of things. People were upset when Allomere mentally referred to the peasants as poorly dressed, not because he sharpened his sword on their senate house stones, the greatest insult imaginable to us. You're bothered because we referred to them as farmers, a derogatory remark upon the means by which they exist at all in the service of another, and not an attack upon their level of civilisation.
Christ if we wanted to call Barca uncivilised we would outright say it, we wouldn't be coy about it. Some people are determined however to sit there and think we're calling them barbarians so they can then ostracise Aurvandil for saying such a thing.
Honestly.
Also, to Chenier.
If we were struggling to replace our losses, don't you think we would do something about it? Evidently it's not an issue as we feel free to march north every other week, if it was a genuine problem well then we'd retire the armies to their barracks until such a time as their strength is restored. You can tout how we aren't recovering as much, as if that actually matters, we have gold and soldiers lying around waiting for use if they're needed, it's just not economical or
efficient to spend it all at once so the statistics chart can be our electronic penis, and Aurvandil has a mild obsession with efficiency. That, and as we face enemies innumerable, we sort of have to keep our resources for the rainy day when you inevitably form your horde again and march on us, we're not exactly idiots.
