56 - Principles.

[conductyourself]

A principled man is in danger of losing an ideological war. His opponents' forces outnumber his own and stand ready to defend their beliefs with lethal force. So, he storms their palace at night, steals a number of supplies and takes several innocent hostages. In the days following, he carries out a successful seige campaign against that same

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[antipillar]

[He's not going to respond to this. He's just listening in. It...has a lot of his attention.]

[conductyourself]

[ It's pertinent to a lot of people, for a lot of reasons. ]

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[eagleofautozam]

It is a sad fact that in order to win a war some distasteful things have to be done.

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[conductyourself]

Most definitely. The act of asserting one's will through force necessitates that by its very definition.

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[eagleofautozam]

Perhaps your theoretical principled man feels as I do?

If his objectives are achieved then nothing else really matters. That even if it hurts him or his principals, he has to act for his wish or live with the regret of not fighting for what he believes in.

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[conductyourself]

My theoretical principled man is the product of my admittedly limited power of imagination and, as such, has no feelings because he ceases to exist outside of the allegory I have created for him.

[reed4context]

I imagine that if he's gone to all that trouble, he's going to think of it as a victory.

[conductyourself]

Does it matter what he thinks?

[reed4context]

I thought that was the point. Winning is always subjective.

[conductyourself]

Then shouldn't the individual opinion not necessarily be based on that of the hypothetical leader?