Quote Originally Posted by nikvoodoo View Post
I said the War. Not the overall conflict. Burt fired the first shot in the overall conflict between the Tower and the Mallers. The War is accepted as the contents of Chapter 12. Hence why the chapter is called "The War."

The stolen property is what caused the conflict, not Burt's dead eye shot on the mirror. And the shot was taken only after an acceptable trade could not be established for the release of the Tanker. Had Burt killed Latch or Scratch and leaving the other alive to go back to the Mallers would fulfill your scenario of Burt's shot causing the escalation by using only force. Remember, the only part of this story that Durai knows is the theft because Scratch lied to him and pinned it on Charlie. The only thing that matters to Durai (other than wanting the Tower to live in) is the theft.
I stopped reading after you began arguing semantics. The cause of the war is the theft of the tanker. Fact. The first aggressively hostile move is Burt shooting at the mirror. The first shot of the 'war' was taken from the tower. Let's have more semantic arguments.... Bill shot a mirror belonging to the mallers. The mallers shot a few cameras belonging to the tower. Blah blah blah, things happened, tempers flared and Pegs shot a man in cold blood. Whether or not that guy was in the wrong is so massively debatable that it isn't worth arguing any further than this. Facts are facts. The first hostile activity was a direct result of Burt, Saul and whatsername stealing the tanker. Spin it any way you feel like from that point, but you're not going to argue beyond the facts. Even though it's lots of fun.







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