Good lord

I know it's the internet so this statement is redundant, but people are so fucking stupid.
So I'm playing this multiplayer thing, and this dude declares war on some guy in my guild then proceeds to attack him. So this other guy in my guild obviously can't stand the sight of this and proceeds with this lengthy argument as to why there is need for the attacking and the bloodshed and the hitting.
Turns out the dude being attacked is a sneaky bastard (which earns some kudos from me) and joined just to have the protection of all of us after whacking one of their members.

Now wanting to counterattack is a perfectly legitimate reason for attacking, and wanting to protect a guild member is a perfectly legitimate reason for defending him. Only problem is, my guildmates think that counterattacking is completely idiotic and that we should only defend the guy in our guild because the attacker's a dumbass.

What fuck here happen?

I have a couple of points to make. Firstly, sure the guy sounded like a dyslexic 5 year old with braces and a speech impediment but English isn't his native tongue so we can't say anything about that. Secondly, since when was counterattacking a bad idea? The tactic has only existed since, oh i don't know, forever. Even nature thought of it, making animals that secrete poison or plants that have thorns and whatever the hell else you can think of to prevent the result of being eaten.
Thirdly, it's a video game for christ's sake. The amount of shit we should give is about none of the amount they're giving, there's nothing wrong with just popping our troops in to defend and watching the sod suffer.

God, maybe the world will end in 2012 from the sheer amount of stupid it's under stress from.