Comments on: Chapter 16 – Page 4

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:57:12 +0000

Oh, and by the way, suck on this : http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-5/chapter-5-page-9/

By: Whipstitch

Whipstitch — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:18:59 +0000

It’s really misguided to bring “politeness” into it even if you eventually hit pay dirt by recognizing that both sides valued the same holiday. Customs change and etiquette is really subjective since it is essentially an informal agreement to honor the same things. Christmas truces don’t so much in warfare largely because warfare has become ideologically driven to the point that first world countries feel they can’t even make a blatant “Because we’re stronger” landgrab anymore without at least ginning up a cover story. If you go to war now, it’s probably going to be with people who have sufficiently different cultures that it becomes hard to even agree upon what the limits should be. If you could agree, you probably wouldn’t even be at war in the first place.

By: Hardcover

Hardcover — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:34:53 +0000

Not sure if you’re going to read this, but what the heck.

Setting aside just about everything you said (because, trust me, we will NOT agree on it). The Christmas truces during WWI (not sure if WWII had them as well, if they were as formalized as during WWI, etc.), really only worked because of the times (let’s face it, people were, by and large, more polite in the early 20th century than they are 100 years later), the fact that the tactical situation was so slow to change, and that the predominant religion in Europe at the time was Christianity.

Besides that, it’s not a recent thing. It became easier for a soldier to fight when the standard infantry weapon went from melee – the pike – to ranged – the longbow, and then the musket. The simple fact of the matter is that the farther away you’re fighting someone from, the easier – psychologically speaking – it is to fight.

By: Shade390

Shade390 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:53:20 +0000

Personally I feel like out of the two sides each has very corrupt officials at their top, but also those who are following their moral compass.
Ex: Ardiac for whatever racism he feels doesnt fight for fighting or money, he fights for his country.
One the other side Tharky and his Avian Aide seem to be doing what they feel is best for their people and see the slaughter of Gastonia’s people as good due to its history.

I see the only real corruption being in the Goblin leader, Iver (but only after the war started, not to say he wasn’t bad before, just that he felt that he was doing what was best), the two gnome professors, and pretty much all of the Gastonia’s Head Houses (and their kids judging from that one brat.)

By: Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:41:15 +0000

Agreed. Anyway, these two still haven’t told me how that all relates to the Guilded Age…
Let’s just say that history is a work in progress and leave it at that.