> However, the spirit of the
> treaty, the spirit of the entire campaign against the New Empire, was to
> make the area around Yellowleaf an area in which newbies may freely
> operate & in which they may begin unfettered their Olympian careers.
Hmm. You aren't a newbie, are you? Weren't _you_ the one making a trade
route and not a newbie?
> If we allow ourselves to be constrained by the letter of the law
> while in so doing we let the spirit of the law die on the vine, we have
> fallen into the fallacy of legalism.
I agree with this.
> That we will not do.
It seems you're protecting your own interests -- your trade routes -- and
not the interests of a new player that is trying to forge a living.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
(But, hey, the LotC isn't the New Empire -- you can take that any way
you wish. ;)
For myself,
--Cendage
Eridanus
>
> I am,
> not yet assuaged,
> Captain Arrrr
>