Violence Is the Only Option: Difference between revisions

** More importantly, there are some people with whom diplomacy will '''not''' work. [[Blood Knight]]s, [[Knight Templar]]s, and the like are [[Captain Obvious|unlikely to be talked down.]] The main use of diplomacy with such is, as one definition of diplomacy puts it, as the fine art of saying "Nice doggy" while you find a suitable rock.

** And the Roman adage/grammatical mnemonic: ''Vis vim vi vincit'', force beats force with (more) force.

* In [[Real Life]], [[Realpolitik]]—thankfully—doesn't work this way. After some fiasco involving missiles in Cuba, the USA and USSR decided to wise up and open a direct phone line between Washington and Moscow, so they can always talk things up instead of torching the world in nucular flame and hoping that only your side survive.

** The phone line presumed the existence of the missiles. That protection did not exist in [[The Killing Fields|Cambodia.]]