Yes, and in the context of having read his latter explanation, it certainly is easy to understand them and quote/bold cherry-picked parts of the conversation to hilight your argument.
(See, I can make winkyfaces too!)
@SJ
I don't think I was ever unclear on the modding possibilities, but from a "what makes sense in a simulation based on how things
actually work in the real world" (which, by definition, is what a simulation is) then
I think the stock way of encouraging smaller troops to quell unrest is probably not a bad thing.
And I'm pretty sure that's what I've maintained since my first post here.