KnightofPhoenix wrote...
Addai67 wrote...
She's a terrorist, plain and simple.
Meeh, terrorism generally implies doing acts of terror for a political goal / agenda (unless you want to extend the definition, which would include probably most acts of war and other things not normally covered by the modern definition).
Her primary motive here seems to be about saving her sister, rather than serving a political purpose. It could be that she was also waging her private war aginast humans at the same time, in which case the wording might be more pertinent.
That being said, she isn't bright no. Way too stuborn and narrow minded for her own good. And almost bordering on being crazy (which I sometimes find cute...). So I can understand perfectly those who kill her / not like her.
In my experience, intelligence and being broad-minded are two entirely separate things. There have been entire movements built on illogical presumptions, but were capable of pursuing them in very intelligent, sophisticated ways. (The clash of communist economic theory, which was a large part of the basis of Soveit ideology, vis a vis their military/scientific advancements in a number of fields. One was bunk, the other was not.)
I wouldn't in the least deny that Velanna is narrow-minded, or at the very least not self-critical, but unlike many others (even those far more broad minded), she isn't reactionary when these presumptions are changed, doesn't deny them and refuse to accept them when pointed out. She might not ask the right questions herself, but when they are asked of her she's honest enough not to ignore them.
She can change her views, unpleasant as it may be, and she doesn't do so grudgingly. It's far more than a lot of people ever do.
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