[hrktb]

I wish they were this well intended, or even that it’s actually what’s happening behind the scenes.

More often than not “don’t negociate with terrorists” [0] facades are just a message sent to the world, only enforced when the stakes are low enough and the ‘terrorist’ party has nothing actually valuable.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_negotiation_with_te...

[waihtis]

We place too much value on intention, when focus should be on the outcome