Well, such things usually happen in RL too. I would be disappointed for a sort of backstabbing that exploits the game weaknesses (or bugs), such as selling ships to one's partner and then declare war on him, while at the same time changing the ships' default strategy to "kamikaze!" or "don't get hurt", but "mundane" betrayal can actually be enjoyable if played "correctly"...
...also because should no one break any treaty the game would go on forever...
[Edit: typo]
[ June 05, 2003, 22:16: Message edited by: Lisif Deoral ]