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The fact that slaughter is a horrifying spectacle must make us take war more seriously, but does not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later, someone will come along with a sharper sword and hack off our arms
Clausewitz
the founders didnt set a limit. and it isnt necessarily at 2000. i just thought we would all start shooting at 2000, and see when we drag it down. someone else came up with the plan that we were stopping there.
as for the founders, its far less formal than you think. read the first few Posts of the first cantina, and of this one.
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...the green, sticky spawn of the stars
(with apologies to H.P.L.)