Here is his response"

Originally Posted by longair

Hi there. Attacks on tuoplis have stopped (last attack was April 20) and please know that this conflict between tuoply and me started before he joined your alliance. He was the first one who attacked me without provocation. He attacked me in March quite a few times and stole a lot of goods from me. All I did was counter-attacked to take back what he stole from me.

After I have stopped attacking him, he sent his ships to blockade my harbor and a sea battle ensued. He won that time and then he attacked me again through another sea battle. I was prepared for the second sea battle and my city was defended (that was today).

I don't know when exactly he came to your alliance but I can definitely assure you he wasn't in your alliance when I attacked last.

I don't want any conflict with your alliance. I did what I had to do to protect my city at the time and take back what was taken from me. Perhaps you could also see the logic/justice in what I did. I was the one attacked first; I merely fought back.

I will say it again. I don't want problems with your alliance. But since I was trying to get back what was stolen from me in his initial attacks, I am also not prepared to send any of the loot back. Will I stop attacking? Yes, I have already stopped as I have mentioned. But in this ceasefire, I would also appreciate it if there were no more attacks on my city.

I know you said diplomacy is wasted on you but I have cited all that has happened so that you could understand where I was coming from. I hope there is a way we could resolve this without military force.
Thanks!

So I guess this wasn't as one sided as it seemed? I need to write my SOPs for diplomacy TGA style...