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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 5426417" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p><span style="color: deepskyblue">"We're all tangled in matters of <em>ethics</em>, like a whistlefish in a tuna net," </span>Ezmerelda lamented, even throwing an arm melodramatically over her eyes as she picked a spot to sit down on.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: deepskyblue">"Lets break out the knife of facts to cut ourselves free. Because like a knife, facts are cold, and hard, and they cut to the bone when applied with force."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: deepskyblue">"Fact one; we, the majority at least, want to do what is <em>right.</em> We want to be the heroes of our little edda. Men and women of noble purpose, and the fortitude to follow the path of light even when darkness beckons."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: deepskyblue">"Assumption one; killing bandits who prey on the meek and innocent is good! Killing poor peasants in a doomed popular uprising againt a tyrannical overlord is bad! That's what villains do!"</span> She waggles her fingers menacingly. <span style="color: deepskyblue">"Oooo."</span></p><p></p><p>She let the sarcastic drip in her words peter out, and something like sympathy came into her tone. <span style="color: deepskyblue">"Fact two; assumption one is naive and foolhardy. Poor peasants in an uprising aren't lovely folks who only rob from the rich and give to the poor. They're desperate sods who are hungry, and don't have shelter, and they'll take what they can from who they can, and justify it later however they can, because they must. In short, they're bandits. The fact that the king's a donkey's arse doesn't change a thing. Not everything that hates evil is good."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: deepskyblue">"AND...corollary to fact two!"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: deepskyblue">"Bandits who prey on the meek and innocent bleed and pray like any other man or woman! They fall in love. They have children. They have hopes and dreams, and when you kill them, others mourn them and some will swear revenge."</span></p><p></p><p>Ez spreads her hands. <span style="color: deepskyblue">"And so the conclusion of my little speech, and hang onto the knife, since you may want it for your wrists in a moment. The real fact is just this. There's no good, nor evil, to be found here. Let the boy live, and he grows up to rob and steal. Kill him, and you'll never know if he might have turned out all right. Either way, some are hurt and some saved; either way there's loss and gain. Pick a side and stick to it...and be prepared for the consequences. That's all anyone can do."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue">"So stop with the agonizing and the fretting already. S'giving me a headache."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 5426417, member: 4936"] [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"We're all tangled in matters of [i]ethics[/i], like a whistlefish in a tuna net," [/COLOR]Ezmerelda lamented, even throwing an arm melodramatically over her eyes as she picked a spot to sit down on. [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"Lets break out the knife of facts to cut ourselves free. Because like a knife, facts are cold, and hard, and they cut to the bone when applied with force."[/COLOR] [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"Fact one; we, the majority at least, want to do what is [i]right.[/i] We want to be the heroes of our little edda. Men and women of noble purpose, and the fortitude to follow the path of light even when darkness beckons."[/COLOR] [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"Assumption one; killing bandits who prey on the meek and innocent is good! Killing poor peasants in a doomed popular uprising againt a tyrannical overlord is bad! That's what villains do!"[/COLOR] She waggles her fingers menacingly. [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"Oooo."[/COLOR] She let the sarcastic drip in her words peter out, and something like sympathy came into her tone. [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"Fact two; assumption one is naive and foolhardy. Poor peasants in an uprising aren't lovely folks who only rob from the rich and give to the poor. They're desperate sods who are hungry, and don't have shelter, and they'll take what they can from who they can, and justify it later however they can, because they must. In short, they're bandits. The fact that the king's a donkey's arse doesn't change a thing. Not everything that hates evil is good."[/COLOR] [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"AND...corollary to fact two!"[/COLOR] [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"Bandits who prey on the meek and innocent bleed and pray like any other man or woman! They fall in love. They have children. They have hopes and dreams, and when you kill them, others mourn them and some will swear revenge."[/COLOR] Ez spreads her hands. [COLOR="deepskyblue"]"And so the conclusion of my little speech, and hang onto the knife, since you may want it for your wrists in a moment. The real fact is just this. There's no good, nor evil, to be found here. Let the boy live, and he grows up to rob and steal. Kill him, and you'll never know if he might have turned out all right. Either way, some are hurt and some saved; either way there's loss and gain. Pick a side and stick to it...and be prepared for the consequences. That's all anyone can do."[/COLOR] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]"So stop with the agonizing and the fretting already. S'giving me a headache."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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