Ah, we are at cross purposes then, I wasn’t referring to Stalin. Stalin, whilst a questionable figure in many ways, was actually fairly courageous himself, or at least, he put his money where his mouth was, for example refusing to intercede on his son’s behalf when they became a POW, a very, very complex character indeed, was mister Dzugashvili
Well, fair enough. That’s not what I actually did, nor is it the source I took that from. I may have rounded the figure up, I can’t remember exactly, but it was top end 6,000’s. I am well aware of who Simon Sebag Montefiore is, and own several of his books, I find he is a very reliable source, chap does his homework, and he has a writing style that is not too dry, but makes historical events seem to have a sense of immediacy.
Well, that is hardly surprising now is it? I mean if you read a history book written by an English person about Oliver Cromwell, you are likely to get a very different perspective, than one written by an Irish person. (And rightly so, the man was a monster to the Irish, an absolute disgrace to his country) I don’t quite see why you would regard Russian Wiki as more factual than English Wiki? Personally I find Wikipedia to be a pretty unreliable source for anything, as it can be edited by pretty much anyone, and as such I take what it states with a pinch of salt.
Though to be fair, I don’t really know why we are arguing about Blokhin, when the point I was making was the fact that taking prisoners is a thing, (I mean you mentioned Stalin, his own son was taken prisoner), and that armies do hold parleys. That’s how the fighting stops. Not when you kill every last person, but when one side goes “Yep, that’s enough, we give in” Or just physically retreats. I think we’re essentially making the same point, just from different angles. People who kill POW’s or just Prisoners in general, tend to get remembered for those deeds, not anything else. They are the exception, not the rule. I’m frankly not in the mood for an argument, especially one that has gone off on a bit of a tangent.
Blokhin was one example. One. Out of all the examples from our worlds history, where Prisoners were taken, and Parley’s were held, given what we see of Azeroth’s Wars, also, given the very -existence- of the Horde, which twice over would have been destroyed were that not a thing, I think it is fairly safe to say that just slaughtering prisoners is not common practice, or at best is done by rogue elements of the armed forces.
Either way, lets not talk about Blokhin, we’re on about Prisoners in Campaigns here… Or, that’s what the conversation seems to have mutated into…
Oh now you go too far Sir, to quote the esteemed Professor Elemental, “If you’re tired of Tea, then you’re Tired of Life!”
Me and Aeilmar being history nerds is all, we went off on a jag about a bad dude and it got a bit off topic,
You’re not very good at this trolling business are you? No Horde Roleplay? I’ll be sure to tell my Guild that, and all the guilds we interact with “Sorry, some random Night Elf Alt who no one knows of or has interacted with, has decided, on our behalf, that there is no Horde Roleplay, we must all cease and desist. They’re clearly right, they have spoopy Black Eyes, Are they constantly in Darkshore I wonder? Are they even a Roleplayer, I wonder…Or are they in fact, just stirring up trouble for the fun of it?”
-Think- you’ll find both sides do that. I personally hate memes, and yet there is this weird thing, you keep saying that Horde doesn’t exist, despite the quite obvious evidence to the contrary, so…if that is true, Let us entertain the possibility that it is, then what are you doing? Who are you addressing? Is this basically an angry drunk shouting into an empty bin? There is either no Horde RP or there is Horde RP that you are ranting against, Can you please make up your mind, I feel like Shroedinger’s Horde here…
That thing that has to descend to do anything more than tickle a Kobold. Sure, I have two words for you. “Mana Bomb” There’s a reason the LFD don’t use the Vindicaar in such a way, and that is because they are -smart-.
Thankfully, no one has to. You give a perfect example of how to not make friends and alienate people. I suppose it is a valuable service you fulfil. Must be a fairly bitter life, but hey ho, each to their own.
