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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6920914" data-attributes="member: 4937">Notice for example the stark contrast between the situation in 'The Train Robbery' and in the original post.&nbsp; It's a very different scene if the PC offers mercy to the bouncer, and rather than accepting or begging for mercy, the bouncer tells the PC that after this, he's going to kill the PC's family.&nbsp; The moral high ground was offering mercy in the first place.&nbsp; But even a Paladin doesn't necessarily have to offer mercy if the offer of mercy is expressly refused, and the person brags about his future crimes in a way that is all too believable.&nbsp; (The fact that Batman refuses to kill the Joker when the joker does this repeatedly is in my opinion a moral failing.)&nbsp; On the other hand, that action comes back to haunt Mal latter on...And again, imagine how the situation changes if once Mal gets his gun trained on the bandits, the bandits say, &quot;You know, as soon as we get back in our ship, we're just going to blast you into space dust.&quot;&nbsp; Mal's moral high ground and mercy is then explicitly refused.&nbsp;&nbsp; He had a choice, and he made a noble one, but once his clemency is refused, the situation is very different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6920914, member: 4937"] Notice for example the stark contrast between the situation in 'The Train Robbery' and in the original post. It's a very different scene if the PC offers mercy to the bouncer, and rather than accepting or begging for mercy, the bouncer tells the PC that after this, he's going to kill the PC's family. The moral high ground was offering mercy in the first place. But even a Paladin doesn't necessarily have to offer mercy if the offer of mercy is expressly refused, and the person brags about his future crimes in a way that is all too believable. (The fact that Batman refuses to kill the Joker when the joker does this repeatedly is in my opinion a moral failing.) On the other hand, that action comes back to haunt Mal latter on... And again, imagine how the situation changes if once Mal gets his gun trained on the bandits, the bandits say, "You know, as soon as we get back in our ship, we're just going to blast you into space dust." Mal's moral high ground and mercy is then explicitly refused. He had a choice, and he made a noble one, but once his clemency is refused, the situation is very different. [/QUOTE]

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