+iny ©at people

edit: also the anti-war approach we had is still an excellent idea, that was us operating at our absolute best. "war is bad and i refuse to participate by sending others to die even if it means suicide" is literally our only admirable stance. i don't fuckin' care if there's "not" a third option, first of all, duh of course they'd say that that's the whole point of secret third options you figure out for yourself, second of all, if the situation is "kill or be killed" the morally-correct thing is to be killed

Except we never needed to kill. That is an assumption you have been making about my attempts to 'wage war' and 'demand blood'.

It is possible to win using non-lethal methods to force the opponent's units to defect. We know this. This is not a question. There was a time when this would have been the best course of action. Sadly, the knife-makers threw that option out when we were just starting to actually get our act together.

Further, we should consider if winning is truly what is best for the TCPs. If we win, our cats will go with us to whatever world these people come from. Not only will they be exposed to all of this drama between people like Grind and Rein on far more real terms, they will be further subjected to our proven incompetence.

At this point the most morally correct course of action is to stay with Wax, turtle down, and wait out the fight between Grind and Rein, while letting Wax do... whatever Wax does. Ultimate objective being protect our cats from dying.

Then, when one side has won, tell all our cats to go Rogue. This will mean we lose, we die, and the cats get to go live in Cat Paradise when the game ends.

This is the most selfless choice, for those who actually care about the TCPs more than their victory.

For those that actually intend to fight injustice and make a difference, our TCPs will need to fight for it. It is simply a fact that if you want to get anything done that you will need to take action to do so, and the TCPs are our only means of taking action. Keeping up with this hippy-dippy 'be Sweden' junk will only lead to more failure, because surprise surprise, the same action provides the same result.

This is the most effective choice, for those who care about victory more than the TCPs.