[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Cainehill:
Hey! This would explain why he keeps kicking my furry arse when he hosts!

I don't host. I arrange hosting with a third party. I'm mildly concerned with the consequences of leaving a funny app running constantly where everyone knows about it. Somebody else's computer is much safer and more expendable.

Say - speaking of fortresses on top of another, what happens if a fortress is built in a province that turns out to contain a magic site fortress (River Fortress for example, or Firbolg Fortress)?

You keep your built fortress. The magic site fortress only appears if you did not have a previously existing fortress.

Originally posted by Inigo Montoya:
I tend to trust folks who have proven themselves trustworthy in the past and distrust people who have proven themselves to be untrustworthy.

It is paradoxically the case that the untrustworthy are safer than those you feel are trustworthy. The untrustworthy have demonstrated their untrustworthiness to you already, whereas those who appear trustworthy may simply be attempting to gain your trust so as to better betray you in the future. Knowing the motivations behind somebody's allegiance is always better, of course, but I favor the devil I know over the devil I do not.

Originally posted by Inigo Montoya:
For example, I might find someone attractive and want to approach them, but I fear they might reject me.

I find that I'm usually the one doing the rejecting, being that I am a man of exacting standards, but I see the point. Nonetheless, you should always wear body armor.

Rather than having the ultimate defenses and being completely "safe," why not strive to be resilient enough that you would allow yourself to take reasonable risks? Allow yourself to be vulnerable if the benefits outweigh the risk.

An Arab proverb states, "Trust in Allah, but tie your camel." I tried experimenting with that advice once. Just to be on the safe side, I wore body armor. It paid off in very nicely when he proceeded to shoot me in the back. As the saying goes, it is better to be perpetually suspicious than occasionally cheated.

[ April 08, 2004, 05:03: Message edited by: Norfleet ]