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Quarantine is not imprisonment, or enslavement. Your logic is non-existent.
Healthy, harmless people are often trapped inside quarantine zones by force.
So, yes, we do imprison people for what they might do.
Weapons are a danger, how come they aren't banned?
Everyone is a danger. We all possess the power to kill. We do not imprison people for what they might do.
Not everyone has the power to burn down buildings with a tought. A mundane with a sword is dangerous but much more easily containable than a blood mage.
It's completely relevant.
Non-mages are also susceptible to demonic possession. Why are they not held to the same standards of responsibility?
Because possessed mundanes do not become Abominations which is also the main reason why most demons tend to go after the mages.
So, mundanes who are possessed are very rare and nowhere near as dangerous as a possessed mage whose magical power will not at a demon's disposal.
A completely garbage comparison, as per usual. A mage sitting at home, minding their own business is not at all similar to someone shooting you, either accidentally or on purpose.
Not all mages choose to just mind their own business and even those who do are at the risk of turning into an Abomination.
According to the codex, even the smallest of Abominations tend to kill hundreds before they are slain.
Yes, it's a flawed system where the many suffer for the crimes of a few but there really is no other solution.
"The constant threat of rape means we care!"
Mage supporters warp on how we focus on the extremes but you are doing the same here.
Most templars are rigid zealots and this could use a change but templars like Ser Alrik are an extreme minority. Most Circle mages are not under the constant threat of rape.
How is the death toll minimised? Prove that it would be higher if mages were free.
Connor, one small, measly powerful mage child summoned a demon and almost turned the entirety of Redcliff to ash and cinders. It wouldn't have happened had he received proper training on the Circle and been under a templar's watch.
And this was a simple accident caused by a child who didn't know better. Should we simply trust mages with freedom and don't expect them to become another Uldred?
Where the hell does religion come into it?
In your previous post, you claimed the Chantry is to blame because it preaches hate and fear. However, atheistic societies like the Qunari still fear mages and they are far more extreme than Andrastian societies.
What evidence do you have to support any of the nonsense you've been spouting? At least I'm not making baseless, sweeping judgements about how a massive subset of humans are going to behave..
Elites tend to opress the less fortunate people. Mages are and will always be an elite even more than a king because they have actual power to cause untold level of destruction whereas a king only has the power his subjects attribute to him.
The Circle system has existed for a millenium, that's established lore. It is inherently abusive, and that's a fact. Anyone who looks at it and doesn't see abuse is blind. The only way it could cease to be abusive is if the core principles on which it was founded were fundamentally changed and the Chantry was removed from power.
The Core principles of the Circle are just fine. Mages are dangerous to both mundanes and themselves, willingly or not. We should keep them in a contained location where they can be taught to control their powers and we can ensure these powers are not abused.
Somethings do need to change like the public's view towards magic; it needs to be seen as both dangerous and wonderous; and maybe social visits from mundane families could be made possible but the Circle is not inherently abusive. In fact, mages live better than most peasants. Sure, they don't have as many freedoms but they live in a safe, comfy tower where they receive an education usually reserved only for noble families.
Like I said before, Andrastian society is far more tolerant in their views towards magic than, say, Qunari and there is now an intelligent, compassionate DIvine in power.
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. One side feels so backed into a corner thanks to Anders and his act of terrorism that they resort to magic that turned my Mother into the walking dead, THE other solves it's problems using mass genocide and 'brain washing' techniques.
