Nowhere in the Accord were sanctions for violations of said Accord
explicitly mentioned. For those not following me, a treaty point with a
sanction would be: "Side A agrees to give side B province 1. If side A is
present in province 1 on or after turn 60, then side B has cause for
war".One point stated that the 'Camaris non-aggression pact shall be
extended to Pronvinia'. I would assume that this means Camaris factions
agreed not engage in hostile actions against each on Camaris and now they
are committed to not engaging in hostile actions against each other on
Provinia. However, I do not know if the Camaris non-aggression treaty
contained sactions for violations of the same.
I agree that with you that "the _spirit_ of the Accord was to keep
_outside_ alliances from fighting on Provinnia". However I think you read
this as meaning Camarian alliances can' fight anyone on Provinian soil,
while I read it as Camarian alliances can't fight _each other_ on
Provinian soil. That is, you want total Carmarian non-interference in
Provinian wars, while I merely require that Camarian alliances do not
fight proxy wars on Provinia. You read the clause broadly, I read it
narrowly. The broad vs narrow interpretation question often rocks the US
Supreme Court, why should we be immune? We have no definitively way to
decide, based on the Accord, whether or not PLATO/IC would be breaking the
spirit of the Accord by aiding the fight in the Harn Confederacy. Unless
one subscribes to the "they who have the loudest voices get their way"
school of diplomacy.
Perhaps Harn and LotC were wise to keep their grievances from being
'resolved' in the Accord, considering its vague and inflamatory nature. I
have no doubt that the Seehawk and the other worthies involved in the
drafting of the Accord had the best intentions, but the Yellowleaf war and
the resulting Accord certainly lends credence to the old legal aphorism
"interesting cases make bad laws".
I would suggest the GCoA write up a list of acceptable and unacceptable
reasons for war. That way we can start arguing about the interesting grey
areas instead of engaging in rhetoric that is likely to turn a bush war
into something very bad for everyone's business.
In the end I prefer to bow to the spirit of the Seehawk or the spirit of
Oleg or the spirit of any number of respected Olympians over the "spirit
of the Accord", a mere document.