Re: Compromise

From: Julian Lord <julian.lord_at_wanadoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:03:44 +0200


Simon Hibbs:

> The Compromise didn't force the gods to do anything. That's not what a
> compromise is. The gods volunterily chose to make a Compromise.

Quibble:

Not _all_ of the gods voluntarily chose the Compromise. The Devil, for instance, never did ...

Also, any of the gods who weren't in Hell at the time (admittedly that's not many ... ) basically faced a take-it-or-leave-it proposal. Choosing the Compromise wasn't *necessarily* a truly free choice for many of them; the Lords of Terror spring to mind ...


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