Camicon wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:
In the OP I tell you what the dictator SAYS to you as you are about to be executed.
I never told you whether or not he will go through with his word or whether or not he will ''keep his promise'' in some twisted way to make sure you get killed while maximising his political gain and your humiliation.
I'm surprised at the large number of posters who just go... ''Hahaha. I'm smarter than the Dictator. I'll just say I ''kneel'' and then betray him later. I'm so Smart.''
No where in the OP did I say that the Dictatorship was stupid. I don't know how people get there and just assume it. Read every word in the OP... very VERY carefully.
I only tell you what the dictator has said to you. Never what he will actually do. The dictator makes a representation to you, it's up to you to interpret his intentions.
I consider it foolhardy to think that you can outsmart him.
So your OP should actually read:
"Do you refuse the dictator's offer, and get executed, or do you accept the dictator's offer, and get executed."
Stop being so disingenuous. There is nothing "honourable" about twisting words to try and make people look foolish. That's the sort of thing Petyr Baelish would do. Eddard Stark would never try to humiliate someone, he would never try to deceive people.
I guess what I'm saying is, fuck off with your bullshit.
I have not twisted any words.
If you read the OP very carefully and clearly (without injecting your own biases) you'll see what the literal words add up to.
In the third sentence, the start of the first major paragraph, it starts with ''You are told that''...
I wrote the OP very very carefully, like a contract. If there are errors and people catch them I make sure to edit them as soon as I can. But when I write the OPs, I do so with a very clear scenario in mind.
I don't know WHY people thought this dilemma was Kneel And Live and Betray The Dictator = I'm Smart vs Don't Kneel and Die.
I never set it out like that. People chose to go there.