User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-25109952-20130712112051/@comment-124.176.228.99-20130717092358

Alessia defeated the Ayleids through bloody conquest. One of her closest allies was the Divine Crusader Pelinal who probably rivals Stalin in kill count, except that he was personally doing the killing, and it was elves who were the victims.And I doubt Alessia would have had another choice but violence. Would the proud Ayleids bend to the wills of beings they consider only animals or even less, who they would torture horrificly for casual amusement? If Alessia attempted what Martin Luther King did, she and all her followers would probably have their souls sacrificed to Molag Bal, for his "pleasure".

Humans are inherently violent, and so is the world. Our ancestors had to kill so they and their wives, husbands and children could live. Sometimes, violence is the most preferable solution, but these cases tend to be quite extreme. Sometimes we may be put in situations where the only just thing to do is spill your oppressor's blood, or let them spill yours.

And if you can't keep a debate civil then just don't bother debating and keep to small talk. If one of you can't do that, there's no reason for the other to stoop to their level.