Sepewrath wrote...
Well you are putting it in a black and white cubby yourself, saying they should be kept in check, yet treated in a humane fashion, because those seem mutually exclusive. That is what was suppose to be happening in these Circles but is clearly NOT happening. And the likelyhood that it will start to happen, is slim to none.
The grey area isn’t whether they should be kept in check, or that they should be treated humanely. You are right, those are quite black and white issues. The grey area come with what should be done verses what has to be done. That is the grey area to which I believe Dave was referring.
Rifneno wrote…
They weren't being "kept in check" in Kirkwall, they were being horrifically abused in every feasible way and the only way that was going to change was cutting open a lot of templars.
Things in the Kirkwall Circle were falling apart and the circumstances were becoming dire--I think that was the point. I consider the justice system broke, but a necessary infrastructure nonetheless. There is no argument from me that it needed mending. By you saying the only way to change the circumstances was “cutting open a lot of templars” is not so different than the templars who think the only way to stop mages from becoming blood mages or abominations is to cull them all. You’re no better.
Which I did, with glee.
I guess because the situation suits your cause, you were happy to deal some death. Anyone who sees it “gleeful” or maybe the ones who had to kill mages because they were attacking them--is also righteous in dealing the death?
I saw mages killing people without cause. I saw a blood mage kill his wife who loved him and only wanted to help him. I saw a blood mage kill “my” mother and other women just so he could have his true love back. Or the mages that attack Sebastian and myself before Leliana could get there--you know, the ones who were pushing for war? I could go on and on. The templars believed the RoA was the right thing to do. They had seen how many mages were turning to blood magic and consorting with demons. Cullen was sympathetic and wanted to spare the two mages who surrendered and when he saw Meredith stepping over the line, he called her on it. And butchered? Mages were trying to kill me left and right. Also, Orsino kills mages himself, calling them sacrifices. He knew about the blood mages. He certainly knew about the one who was killing women left and right, didn’t he?I'll believe there are a lot of good templars... but not during the Right of Annulment. No. At that point, they had the perfect opportunity to mutiny against their fascist commander. Instead they butchered people at her beck and call. Every single templar involved in it deserves to die. No exceptions at all. Cullen, even Carver if he's one. Every last one deserves to die.
Yeah, because it's not like the templars actions fit expert defintions of the stages of genocide or anything. Oh no wait, they do to a T. Nevermind, templars are ****s.
No. It isn’t at all like that. The RoA happens when blood mages and abominations have corrupted the Circle and the line between mage and abomination is too blurry to recognize. At this point, they are a danger not only to themselves but others. Innocent citizens who haven’t got the training or skills to defend themselves against the onslaught of demons. And as far as I saw, the Circle was teeming with abominations and blood mages.
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