Asenza wrote...
2) Wrong. Until Samara chased Morinth to Illium, she had never been outside of Asari space before. Given what officer Dara tells Shepard, "If a Justicar kills one of us, no one questions it... she represents the code, our code" in addition to stating that Samara has authority, it means that in Asari space, it is clear that Samara is one allowed to mete out judgement as she sees fit. You don't have to agree with it, because the Asari do. We can reasonably assume that while Samara was in Asari space, she wasn't put in custody, because again, she had authority.
Samara herself states that usually, once a Justicar is involved, peaceful solutions are no longer a possibility. This of course, is a different situation when the police try to put her into custody. Because Samara is no longer in Asari space. If you go somewhere else, even in space, you are held accountable for the laws of the place, not the laws of the place you came from. "... but if she killed a human? Do you think they would respect her authority?" Even though they are not in Asari space, Detective Anaya is willing to accept the fact that she could die. She doesn't want to die, of course, but just as Samara has her duty to the code, the detective has her duty to uphold orders given to her by her superiors. And that isn't me speculating, or just making things up without any support from the narrative; Anaya states that herself when asked directly by Shepard as to why she doesn't disobey her orders. Detective Anaya serves as a cool kind of foil to Samara in that situation.
Asari society accepts Samara and her ideals. We cannot speculate on the amount of people Samara has killed, but because her society accepts her role of authority, then yes, until Samara left Asari space, every kill she made WAS of a criminal in the eyes of the society in which she lived. So the number of people Samara has killed is completely irrevelant and completely incomparable to Morinth, who isn't any kind of authority figure.
Are you really trying to wave off Samara's actions here? Samara said herself she was involved with a smuggling ring unbeknownst to her (right, but here ymmv). She was a mercenary. She's gone outside Asari space and I have never heard her say she, specifically, sticks to Asari space. It's said that Justicars do, but Samara never says she does and even is able to express an interest in returning to a system (not Asari) that has its own culture to teach the inhabitants whatever. Sounds like a case of sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong. If Samara can express it, the intent is there.
And in any case, what does it matter that the Asari accept it. Those who are killed by her don't like it. Anaya can accept the prospect of death, but she expressly states that she doesn't like it either. They all see it as a bad thing. So how does Samara get a bye here? And especially in Anaya's case where she and her superiors are serving a more noble goal in trying to prevent a diplomatic incident? That's something Samara should be doing herself if her cause is so "just", but she doesn't do that. It takes others who view themselves below her status to try to keep a measure of peace between races/cultures. Right there in that role, regardless of why, Samara is a potential terrorist. She knows it and still carries on. Again, her body count doesn't matter? I'm sorry, but that's just outright nonsense.
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