If you live in the US, that is exactly how our rule of law works. You can't imprison someone because of something they might do. You can only convict someone who has commited a crime, and with evidence. In fact, this is exactly what Anders was trying to do. He wanted to find Ser Alrik and gain evidence that Meredith and the templars had this plan for the "Tranquil Solution", then show it to the Divine. What they found instead was Ser Alrik acted alone. The Divine and Meredith already knew, and rejected it flatly. There was no need for anyone to take any further action, because Hawke already eliminated Ser Alrik.
Who is talking about imprisoning anyone. I am not saying that for proposing the Tranquil Solution Alrik should have been arrested ro killed. I am saying that for holding the belief that all mages should be made Tranquil, he should not have been in a position to make people Tranquil as it is more than likely he is going to abuse that power. I am saying that if he wasn't fired, he should have been given different responsibilities. I'm saying that at the very least Meredith should have taken his plan as a warning sign and had someone look into whether or not he was abusing his power. If she had, she would have seen him making mages Tranquil who had passed their Harrowing and raping mages. THAT is a crime.
Ser Alrik's Tranquil Solution plan was in response to a blood mage plot to implant demons inside templars. Your example falls flat here. Mages are not innocent, helpless children. Neither are Templars supposed to be their wards. They are supposed to work together.
Did it say that? I don't think it did. This is a conjecture about why Alrik proposed it. My example was not meant to liken mages to innocent helpless children. It was to point out that IRL it is not considered extremism to fire someone for 'just an idea' if that idea involves something like harming the people under their care. The templars are supposed to guard the mages. Their job is to keep non-mages safe from mages, mages safe from non-mages, and mages safe from each other and demons.
Meredith did not accept Ser Alrik's solution. Period. You can't say she is a monster for something she didn't do, or conjecture that she's a monster because she could have done it. Of course she would have been a monster if she supported Ser Alrik. She did not.
Are you deliberatly twisting my words? I said SAY SHE HAD. I did not say "I think she would have in Act 3" or anything like that. You said that if Meredith chose to spare a mage with noble relations a harsh treatment for political reasons, it would not make her a monster. I say that if she only held back for political reasons then it does not prove anything. THAT is why I used the Tranquil Solution as an example.
Let me try again. Orsino bitterly wonders why they don't just drown all mages at birth. Say that it was possible to detect mages at birth. Keep in mind that it is not actually possible to do so. Say Meredith instituted a policy that said that all mages were to be drowned at birth. Keep in mind that I am not saying that Meredith has done this or would do this. This is just a hypothetical. In fact, if using Meredith's name makes the fact that I am not saying Meredith would do this too difficult to accept then let's talk about Knight-Commander Bob. If Knight-Commander Bob decided to have all mages drowned at birth but agreed to spare the mage-babies of powerful nobles, Bob would still be a monster. Bob would only be sparing the babies for political reasons and is also murdering many other innocent babies. Please also note that I am not comparing grown-up mages to innocent babies. It's just an example of how making exceptions to monstrous acts for political reasons still makes you a monster.
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Meredith did not know. 
