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It's an oversimplified way of lookibg at the Sontarans, admittedly, but not totally wrong. The Sontarans have taken on other enemies, even while still fighting the Rutans. They haven't, though, set out to start a second full-scale, long-term war while still engaged against the Rutans. They've miscalculated a few times -- and pulled out when it became clear they'd taken on too much. However, the discussion was meant to be about whether or not the Sontarans would really destroy the Rutans, if they got the chance. The consensus so far seems to be: If they did get the chance, the prospect of being left with nobody to fight wouldn't stop them, because they could find someone else to fight and, even if they didn't set out to get themselves a replacement enemy, their normal behaviour would probably get them into a war with somebody before too long, anyway. --[[Special:Contributions/89.241.77.125|89.241.77.125]]<sup>[[User talk:89.241.77.125#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:24, January 23, 2012 (UTC) | It's an oversimplified way of lookibg at the Sontarans, admittedly, but not totally wrong. The Sontarans have taken on other enemies, even while still fighting the Rutans. They haven't, though, set out to start a second full-scale, long-term war while still engaged against the Rutans. They've miscalculated a few times -- and pulled out when it became clear they'd taken on too much. However, the discussion was meant to be about whether or not the Sontarans would really destroy the Rutans, if they got the chance. The consensus so far seems to be: If they did get the chance, the prospect of being left with nobody to fight wouldn't stop them, because they could find someone else to fight and, even if they didn't set out to get themselves a replacement enemy, their normal behaviour would probably get them into a war with somebody before too long, anyway. --[[Special:Contributions/89.241.77.125|89.241.77.125]]<sup>[[User talk:89.241.77.125#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:24, January 23, 2012 (UTC) | ||
On the possible diversity of Sontaran society, Boblipton compared it with the US. The trouble (in both cases) is that the internal diversity doesn't matter too much to others. If the only Sontarans (or Americans) other people ever encounter are soldiers who don't seem to care who they slaughter, that's how the Sontarans (or the Americans) will be perceived. They'll be perceived that way even if it's not a fair assessment of the soldiers, never mind the unseen civilians back home. The military itself doesn't actually have to '''be '''uncaringly trigger-happy, they only need to '''look '''uncaringly trigger-happy -- or be vulnerable to being portrayed that way by those with their own axes to grind. All we've seen of the Sontarans is the military; if they have their pacifists back home, we know nothing of them. Potential enemies will almost certainly be in the same position. --[[Special:Contributions/89.241.77.125|89.241.77.125]]<sup>[[User talk:89.241.77.125#top|talk to me]]</sup> 07:52, January 23, 2012 (UTC) | |||
