sapphi_snake said:
You only use diplomacy with those whom you consider your equals. |
Couldn't disagree more. Your own examples prove you wrong.
The Pilgrims initially traded with the Native Americans, for food, for land. They did this because they needed food and other things that the Natives could provide. When the settlements began to prosper, then trade was stopped - the colonialists no longer needed anythign from the Natives. The British traded with the Australian Aboriginees, particularly alcohol.
Assuming that the aliens turn up for either colonisation, or for resources (much more likely than simply turning up to wipe us out for the fun of it imo), then they would quite possibly try a diplomatic approach first. Who knows, they may end up attacking later, or they may not.
