As the thread is slowly devolving into less of a debate and more of a mud-wrestling match, I just thought I would post that nobody need fear anything, the answer to WarDecs has been found.
Some clever fellow** found a solution guaranteed to make everyone happy. I noticed it here:
The Mother of All War(dec proposal)s
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**Note: Any resemblance to any forum-goers, living or dead, is purely coincidental.