tobito113 wrote...
Are you kidding me? Does the man sound like he would prefer to be dead instead of having a grandchild w/e? How can you possibly say the situation they are now if no better than being MURDERED. This is why we keep talking pass each other, all you guys can use are hyperboles and crazy arguments like this, and i hate that.
The fact that shep is now a legend is enough evidence that what he did was a great thing,and the sacrifice he made was well recieved by many is the galaxy.
I never said I don't understand why they'd appreciate being alive... I was answering the fact that you said they saved their civilization. I pointed out they did in fact NOT save their civilization, you've now moved the goal posts to "being happy to be alive", you've changed your argument. That's why it seems like I'm talking past you, because when you lost the debate you shifted the goal post.
I will however make a punt at your current goalpost move.
First off you're making a strawman argument, of course he's not going to sound as if he'd prefer to be dead... no one would prefer to be dead unless their suicidal. Outside of that context you need to look at the human condition within the Mass Effect lore, we can assume that the epilogue takes place on the planet the Normandy crashes on. This sets us into the same precedent as Battlestar Galactica, a prehistoric period(solidifed by Shepard being a myth instead of an actual historical figure). We would be back to struggling with our environment instead of being able to escape it, we would likely go back to a time where people were dying because of their teeth and a lack of proper healthcare and education. So I'm sure they may be thankful to be alive but the quality of that life would surely be degraded by an unimaginable amount.
Unless you believe that goofy Adam and Eve myth, you should understand the struggle our species has had to endure to simply get to the level of technology we are at today, the untold suffering our ancestors had to go through. It is, honestly, insulting to have a story end up with our species back in that position as if it's a good thing.
Modifié par Militarized, 04 avril 2012 - 11:20 .