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To: NightOwl who wrote (87590)	3/29/2003 10:01:42 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In that regard the Warlord is no different from any other Human. We are all self-centered and conceited, and given the choice we will in fact conduct ourselves in that manner. There are those rare individuals whom upon failure reconsider their strategic mistakes. I suspect even Hitler at some point in time thought that attacking Russia instead sharing the loots of war with them was a mistake. If you read diaries of Napoleon in his later days, you see that he too analyzed and accepted his own shortcomings...and not just as a matter of tactical error. If by "plunder and pillage" you mean getting what you want when you want it, I just don't see any change in the nature of humanity at least since at least 500 B.C. <g> Really?! Last I checked we were willing to surrender our rights to spend our money on a hitman to take care of the competing corner store in exchange for him doing the same. Nor are bodybuilders running around robbing people on the streets. ST