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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2190741" data-attributes="member: 10948">Miera smiled. "It is good that you understand this.  While these two codes are simple words, they encompass the core values of each path.  The Jedi emphasize the light, defensiveness, and peace.  The Sith emphasize the dark, agressiveness, and struggle.  The two are polar opposites, but they have one important thing in common.  That their very code was the key to their downfall.The Jedi would work together, becoming only as powerful as was necessary to maintain the peace of the Republic.  This caused them not only to become weakened through lack of struggle, but complacent in their roles as guardians of peace.The Sith prefer to work alone and seek out struggle, thus the individual becomes more powerful.  But because of this, they turn on one another in a survival of the fittest philosophy.  They will work together to increase their collective power, but individual interests always dominate.Jedi and Sith are both formidable in battle against the mundane, but when facing each other, weaknesses become apparent.  Because of the nature of their paths, a lone Jedi would always be an inferior to a lone Sith in battle.  Simply put, the Jedi are many, but compared to Sith, are also weak.  The Sith are few, but compared to Jedi, also powerful.After many successive conflicts, the Sith became very few, but also, very powerful.  Is it not odd that the Jedi, a conclave of peacekeepers renowned throughout the galaxy, would fear the possibility that a mere two foes would appear to challenge them?You know as well as I do that in the rise and fall of Palpatine's Empire, both were utterly destroyed."Miera paused for a quick drink, clearing her throat before continuing."As with anything, the Force cannot be anything to you that you will not allow it to be.  To the Jedi, it was a divine power to be respected and used in moderation.  A veritable gift to be shared amongst the many who are blessed to be able to feel its presesnce.  To the Sith, the Force is no different than any other controlable thing in existance, no more sacred than physics or other laws of nature.  To them, the Force was a tool, a gateway to power to be used at will. Because of these perceptions, the Jedi became collectively weak and complacent, while the Sith became individually corrupt and arrogant.  Thus did they fall."Miera looked Jorran up and down for a moment.  "My question to you is this.  What do you see the Force to be?"</blockquote>

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