[TwoBits]

My thoughts:

I learned to hate NAPs early on. Way too restricting. I still make deals all the time, but I never get into anything binding if I can help it, in fact, I will straighten out anyone who misapprehends my intentions ("I said I didn't want a war right now, but that does not mean I agreed to a NAP though", for example). And of course, I keep all that kind of discussion in-game, or at least in-thread (as said elsewhere, every game is unique, and these kind of discussions have no place outside the specific game).

Above all, in every game I've ever played (and that includes games with my RL friends), I've never trusted anyone any more than I had to (not having ever played, nor being interested in playing, a game where the rules state diplomacy is set in stone - how boring is that!?). If I get caught with my pants down and get spanked, well, that's just my own damn fault, isn't it?