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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 1208157" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Thanks Tsyr!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I'd love to game with you, too! Feel free to e-mail me anytime, and we can exchange ideas!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I don't understand what the whole emphasis on "subduing" the evil children is for. What's the merit? They have slaughtered entire villages; they have long since wallowed in the bosom of evil, and they have drank deeply from the wine of rebellion; for their crimes, they should be executed. "Subduing" these evil, vile creatures seems pointless. The paladin is charged with defending society from evil; these creatures are evil, and thus should be destroyed. What's the point in subduing them, when they need to be destroyed? It is good to destroy evil creatures. Slacking in this prime responsibility seems negligent. There seems remote chance of these creatures converting to righteousness, and even if they had some small chance of doing so, such would be irrelevant; they must die for their horrid and wicked crimes against the community, and thus, even by putting them to the sword is a form of mercy, and it also satisfies justice; such creatures, if repentent in their hearts, may spend eternity serving the good deities in the Afterworld; still, they must suffer the just and righteous judgment for their crimes, and such, as judged by the righteous paladin, is death. Thus, the paladin can sleep soundly, knowing that his actions have not only saved the community from further evil, but also has meted out a righteous and holy wrath upon those who have prostrated themselves to the dominion of evil. Weighing what little or greater amount of "goodness" that may reside in their soul's as they seek repentance even as they die, would be more fitting for the deities that recieve them into the afterlife to judge, and certainly not for the paladin to worry about.When confronted with such a circumstance, the paladin must also seek to satisfy the demands of justice, and never forget that those who do evil must pay the awful and terrible price for their rebellion to all that is righteous and holy. When such a paladin serves as the hand of judgment and wrath against such forces of evil, the paladin's actions also serve as a testimony to good creatures that evil shall not escape judgment for their deeds, that the blood of innocents shall be avenged, and that those who have fallen in past battles and struggles have not died in vain; and also as testimony to other evil creatures that the forces of righteousness shall carry the war to them, wherever they are found, and shall never surrender.The issues at stake for a paladin and the society at large, are profound and demanding. The paladin must steel himself to the hard task at hand, and be fully prepared to hear the call to war, and to armour their heart to the need to bring fire and steel to the forces of darkness, no matter where they are, or what form they may take.Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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