[quote]humes spork wrote...
You wanna bring just war theory into this? Okay![/quote]I want to bring basic Western moral standards into this. That said though, you got alot right, but you made some critical errors.
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Quarians were the aggressors. [/quote]The "quarian side", I think you mean. If so, you are correct.
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They initiated the war because they feared geth would revolt and out of fear of Citadel Council sanctions. [/quote]Correct. There were many other factors in their thinking, but that was indeed a big one.
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They had no reason to believe geth would prove hostile, nor proof the geth
had been hostile. There were no damages incurred against the quarians by the get.[/quote]You're half right. The quarians were threatened with a severe damage, ie the potential of losing their labor force.
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War was their
first recourse. [/quote]No. Genocide was their first recourse. The war only happend when the genocide attempt failed.
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Their probability of success was exceedingly low. [/quote]But they didn't know that. And by the time they found out, it was too late.
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There was no anticipated benefit of waging war with the geth.[/quote]Yes there was. You said it yourself: to avoid incuring the Council's wrath.
[quote]humes spork wrote...
The quarians made no distinction between geth combatants and noncombatants. Moreover, there was no attempt to take prisoners, provide due process, nor fair treatment. Lastly, there was no distinction between
quarian sympathizer combatants and noncombatants -- if indeed there
were geth-sympathetic combatants. There was no exposited attempt to take quarian prisoners or provide fair treatment. Military actions were conducted with no sense of proportionality or necessity. Assuming quarians engaged in electronic warfare, that would constitute
malum in se against artificial intelligences.
Quarians did not wage their war in accordance with
just in bello.[/quote]That's all true. Irrelevent to either my point and the the larger issue... but still true. You see, it doesn't matter how all around awful the quarian side in general may have conducted itself, it still doesn't justify the wholesale extermination of billions of people.
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Jus post bellumThere was no formal termination of the war. [/quote]And, as I'm sure you know, the primary onus for imposing terms and thus terminating a war falls on the winning side.
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Quarians, as the aggressor, made no exposited attempts to ensure fair treatment and the welfare of their own citizens who may have been left behind or captured. [/quote]This is utter nonsense. The quarians, as the defeated side, did not have the
ability to do so whether they wanted to or not.
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Quarians, as the aggressor, made no attempt at truth and reconciliation or rehabilitation.[/quote]When you have a conflict where oneside still believes the war is ongoing and the other burns to ashes any olive branch that
anyone sends their way, "reconciliation or rehabilitation" just ain't gonna happen. Suffice to say: it takes two to tango.
[quote]humes spork wrote...
Meanwhile, the geth due to their (at the time) limited comprehension of mortality and morality, and for their extremely limited processing power, cannot be reasonably held culpable for events occurring after termination of the war. Culpability requires competency and intent, in neither case the geth at the time of cessation of hostilities qualify.[/quote]Culpability is one thing. My point was rather that, all during and after the "Morning War", the geth were in a situation where they had a number of obligations that they failed to meet. Their limited, child-like nature may make those failures understandable, even forgivable, but it does not change what the geth are nor the threat they pose to those around them.
[quote]humes spork wrote...
SummationThe quarians did not
start war justfully. [/quote]Correct.
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They did not
wage war justfully. [/quote]Correct. Can also be said of the geth.
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They did not
end war justfully. [/quote]Correct(ish). A big part of the problem was that, for the quarians, the war didn't really end
at all until Shepard took a hand on Rannoch.
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They were competent
and had intent. [/quote]Correct.
[quote]humes spork wrote...
They are, unilaterally and in every case, the culpable party for the execution and resolution of the war to the near-extinction of their own people.[/quote]Again, it's only culpability is a sense, and quarians who were simply not involved in the War have zero culpability in any sense.
Modifié par General User, 02 mai 2012 - 03:02 .