Alright, we all know that DF is NOT the place where you shirk away from killing those puppies. We all know why kittens rhymes with mittens. But how about those things that we DONT own? The lives of goblins.
Currently, siege after siege of my own has been foiled by traps. For those lucky few that attacked while my fortress was still revving up it's defences, they got caught in a formidable field of cage traps. The latter groups found out what it was to be in a blender. However, I still have the surplus of goblins in my animal piles to deal with. They have now hit the 100th gobbo mark. That's right. they are equal to HALF my dwarven population. However, my super mayor, being the genius she is, brought about the small "Execution range" for my marksdwarves to earn their stripes at.
Consquently, 30 of the 100 gobbos have been shot, and killed, with no chance to defend themselves.
I'm begining to worry that this is unethical, AND unhealthy for my dwarven populations cultural growth. It has started to showw up in my engravers work, and I dare say, I am a bit uneasy when I think about the merciless way my dwarves treat these fellow sentiant beings.
Doing some testing, I can effectivly strip these goblins down, and release them, with no ill consequence. They run straight out of my kingdom. However, being the politically minded man I am, I wish to pose the question to the general census.
Continue the slaughter? Or release an army of naked goblins on my neighbors?
Please, be kind, think of the possibilities, and remember, this is a friendly discussion of the fate of an entire civilization.