Stormfury,
I don't suppose that your quote went something like this;
"...When First Lord Cameron renounced the tenets of the Ares Convention in 2579, his enemies followed suit. The most common horror was the massacre of civilians on many Periphery worlds and the wholesale destruction of their farmland and their industries..." Star League Sourcebook, Horrors of War, pg.49
The following paragraph talks about periphery tactics, in the context of 'periphery troops'.
Here comes your armed women and children;
"...On Maia, women and children lined the thoroughfares leading to the planet's capital, blocking the advance of the 28th Diomede Regulars while a savage artillery barrage rained down on the confused attackers." The Periphery Sourcebook, Debacle, pg.30
And here is SLDF Retribution;
"...Despite Franklin's victory, the hundreds of casualties prompted the Admiral to commit a rash act of retribution. Her orbital bombardment of Robsart's capital killed over 30 thousand civilians..." The Periphery Sourcebook, Debacle, pg.30
The following paragraph;
"In July 2581, the Fourth Corps, advancing on Brussart, learned how hard the Taurians had taken the destruction on Robsart. Though the 16th and 19th Tamara Regulars were expecting a costly encounter on the plains of Abraham, they found the area empty as they reached the cities Malachi and Remington. The Taurians [not Taurian military] had seemingly abandoned the cities, presumably to hide in the hills. Within a week after their unopposed occupation of the cities, over three-fourths of the invasion force died from massive doses of slow acting poison that had been introduced into their supplies..." The Periphery Sourcebook, Debacle, pg.30
I think that pretty much clears up the perception deficit on Taurian war atrocities during the Reunification War. I hope you can learn from this. One with such great convictions should have those convictions based on facts, and not false hopes. Least thy strength be squandered on untenable position.
Fret not my student, for I am only human just as you. As you learn and grow, I become senile and forgetful. You will one day surpass me, just not today.
I can only wish that when that day comes, I have the graces to admit defeat and move on. Now, that is a lesson we all can learn from.