[ncmncm]

More than likely, expansionists aren't welcome in the galaxy, and are curtailed by non-expansionists when they begin to become a nuisance.

[slothtrop]

The capability of "curtailing" another race from expanding is contingent on having expanded into the galaxy.

[ncmncm]

It is contingent on having the physical capacity to have expanded, had they cared to.

[slothtrop]

Not going to curtail jack shit if you haven't left your homeworld. There's a large Universe out there, it's absurd to imagine muscling other races out without a wide-reaching presence, and that demands colonization.

[ncmncm]

So says the reflexive expansionist, too big for its britches, about to be taken down a peg via novas induced on the suns of its homeworlds by unidentified offended parties.

It is a dangerous galaxy, out there. Step carefully.

[slothtrop]

That is the dumbest thing I've ever read.