fandomhigh | Diplomacy, Relationships & Tactics: the Art of War [Tuesday, Period 3]

When the students came in this week, there was a passage from the eighth p'ien written on the chalk board.

There are roads which must not be followed,
armies which must be not attacked, towns which must
be besieged, positions which must not be contested,
commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

"Sometimes, we must allow the distasteful thing to happen to make way for a greater victory." Ghanima was leaning against the wall, watching them from behind her glowing eyes. "Sacrifices must be made. This is most easily seen in war; sacking an innocent town for supplies, or killing civilians to prevent your position from being discovered."

"However, it doesn't just apply to physical combat." She pushed off the wall to pace between the various piles of cushions or groups of chairs, looking at each of them. "What do you do when your boss, or 'sovereign' tells you to lie about something that happened at work? Or if reporting a crime implicates someone dear to you? Today, we discuss those choices, and how we know which battles must be fought, and which ones we must let pass us by. Sometimes it is a matter of personal conscience, while other times it is the good of one against well-being of the many."

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As the lesser of two evils.

Astrid Magnussen

Lana Beniko

Shuri

Alara Kitan

Edited 2021-03-10 04:15 (UTC)

Arabella Baylor

Take notes, pass notes, poke the person next to you!

A roving batch of bullies is picking on a homeless man. However, if you stop and intervene, you'll miss the train and be late to work. Normally, this would not be an issue, but today you are closing a merger worth thousands of jobs. If you're late, the deal falls through. Calling law enforcement is not an option for some reason; either you directly intervene or you do not. What do you do? Why?

"If I need to be there to close the merger, that's more important than not inconveniencing one man," Lana said. "If he's still there later, there will be time to help. Unless of course I can simply lightning the bullies on my way past them."

A sovereign of a neighboring kingdom is weak and under attack. They call upon you for aid - and without your help, they will fall - but your spies report that your lands are next on the invading army's list. Do you go to their aid, half-prepared, or do you let them fall to buy time to save yourselves?

"If the neighbouring kingdom stands between us and the army, it makes sense to help them now," Lana said. "Make our own stand within their kingdom, using them as a buffer."

If she's there.

Lana is definitely here! And eminently practical.

She's around!

My morning started off with needing to get a chicken out from under my car. How's your day going?

Diplomacy, Relationships & Tactics: the Art of War [Tuesday, Period 3]

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