User blog comment:Longdead97/Ulfric's war effort & gaining support. Smart move or no?/@comment-173.189.226.12-20130327014421/@comment-173.189.226.12-20130330021726

I never said Reachmen culture was peaceful, just that the reason they are so violent now is retaliation for what the Nords did and are doing to them. Since it is obvious we aren't going to get anywhere I'm just going to go ahead and say from where I stand the Nords started it.

That kind of stereotyping is what leads to extreme prejudice and narrow mindedness, there are plenty of Reachmen who are co-coexisting with the "local" Nords.

Violence has its place, war drives technology and all, but to have along side it petty concepts like honor, WHILE encouraging it all the time. Just get in the way and cause technology and culture to stagnate. All it has done so far is create superstitions and an irrational fear and hate for things they don't understand.

But in the end does that really excuse their culture? I might have an incredibly bad chemical imbalance resulting in me shooting up a store, but that (shouldn't) excuse the fact that I killed a not too small number of people. Should Nords be excused of their culture because of the environment? I say no.

That's my point, theologically Nord afterlife is just ridiculous, the only guaranteed way to go to that particular place is eerily reminiscent of Islam's afterlife, and we know what's going on over in those places, nuff said.

And F.Y.I, I am using most first world societies particularly Europe's as "civilized". You know, places where you can't just kill someone, let alone a high standing politician, and expect to be let off free.

Pacifism like violence has its place, if there are people who practice complete pacifism, then I am at a loss, but your example was and is terrible. Of course you can't reason with a giant, malevolent, world eating monster. It is much more likely to succeed with reasonable, sentient creatures.