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VakarianWilliamsN7 wrote...

remydat wrote...

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Is it really "genocide" when you deactivate AIs? I honestly don't understand this logic. I guess it depends on what your definition of "alive" is.


Does it matter what organics think or does it matter what the synthetics targeted for exterminstion think? I think the answer lies in the same graves as those billions of dead Quarians who tried to deactivate AIs and as a result were logged off from the server called life.


Why should anyone care what synthetics "think"? The quarians were wrong and foolish to create the geth in the first place. The geth were a mistake and I feel no guilt in correcting that mistake.


well you dont have to care.  it is simply a biased viewpoint if you dont attempt to be objective.

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I am still waiting on you to respond to the post that was actually directed at you. You know the one where you try to get on my case for using the term genocide. I responded asking for evidence showing me using this term to slander you while pointing out you also used the term. So I am bit surprised you ignore that post and decide to respond to two posts not directed to you. Seems someone is avoiding admitting their indignation was misplaced.

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remydat wrote...

Robert

I am still waiting on you to respond to the post that was actually directed at you. You know the one where you try to get on my case for using the term genocide. I responded asking for evidence showing me using this term to slander you while pointing out you also used the term. So I am bit surprised you ignore that post and decide to respond to two posts not directed to you. Seems someone is avoiding admitting their indignation was misplaced.

...and last night, after rereading 10 of the 20+ pages, I decided it wasn't that important, especially considering any dialog we may have had on the same topic in at least two other threads.  I'd much rather discuss the superAI that's mad lolz thing, which is pretty clear in responding to your claims.  So am I to take it that I accidently hit your PM inbox and those comments aren't published publicly on the forum, or that you really just haven't come up with a way to say "but superAI that's mad, lolz" as a way to address them?Image IPB

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remydat wrote...

Fade,

What synthetic race has survived the harvest? None. The Reapers just harvested organics FIRST. That doesn't mean synthetics don't eventually get destroyed. And nowhere did I claim my opinion was fact.

Yet, the Geth sided with the Reapers... twice. Stupid machines. I won't have to feel sorry for putting them out of their misery. Seems like thats what they wanted anyway.:innocent:

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robertthebard wrote...

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Robert

I am still waiting on you to respond to the post that was actually directed at you. You know the one where you try to get on my case for using the term genocide. I responded asking for evidence showing me using this term to slander you while pointing out you also used the term. So I am bit surprised you ignore that post and decide to respond to two posts not directed to you. Seems someone is avoiding admitting their indignation was misplaced.

...and last night, after rereading 10 of the 20+ pages, I decided it wasn't that important, especially considering any dialog we may have had on the same topic in at least two other threads.  I'd much rather discuss the superAI that's mad lolz thing, which is pretty clear in responding to your claims.  So am I to take it that I accidently hit your PM inbox and those comments aren't published publicly on the forum, or that you really just haven't come up with a way to say "but superAI that's mad, lolz" as a way to address them?Image IPB


really?  you used the term you tried to admonish me about.  when i provide clear evidence you did you ignore it.  whatbwould be the point debating with you when any time i provide evidence to refute your claims you just ignore it.  just like when i provided evidence the reapers shared culture youbdid noy revisit yourbstatement about cultural genocide.  you just ignored it altogether.  

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S.A.K wrote...

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Fade,

What synthetic race has survived the harvest? None. The Reapers just harvested organics FIRST. That doesn't mean synthetics don't eventually get destroyed. And nowhere did I claim my opinion was fact.

Yet, the Geth sided with the Reapers... twice. Stupid machines. I won't have to feel sorry for putting them out of their misery. Seems like thats what they wanted anyway.:innocent:


they would be dead witbout the reapers.  you cant come back from dead.  the reapers allowed them to live long enough for shep to decided whether to save them or not.  in my games theyare saved.

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remydat wrote...

Robert

I am still waiting on you to respond to the post that was actually directed at you. You know the one where you try to get on my case for using the term genocide. I responded asking for evidence showing me using this term to slander you while pointing out you also used the term. So I am bit surprised you ignore that post and decide to respond to two posts not directed to you. Seems someone is avoiding admitting their indignation was misplaced.

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Actually, there is, genocide.  It is quite literally the definition, when you take into account any life that's just crawling from it's version of the primordial ooze is now the same as everyone else.  It's entire culture was killed before it even had a chance to evolve one.

Here is the quote.  Here is the definition of genocide according to Merriam-Webster:

: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group


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Wasn't your reply that you can't kill their culture because they didn't have a culture yet?  At what stage does life start developing a culture?  How do machines have a culture?  You are cherry picking what makes up a culture to smooth over the fact that the literal definition of the word fits what happens in Synthesis.  You see, it's more than just the space faring races that are affected by your choice.  Every living creature, ie plants, animals, viruses, on and on is affected.  Beings that didn't have DNA are now affected because they do have DNA now.  So you have remodeled the galaxy to fit your belief in how they should be.  You have done so deliberately and systematically, and yet you claim the moral high ground because "everyone lives"?  You are right, everyone lives.  Unfortunately, so does everything in the galaxy now.  Somebody said even rocks are affected, but I'm not so sure about that, it could just be the moss.  So how long until the grass gets mad, and starts a war for being mowed?  Are skycars going to revolt because they don't like being rentals, or because their owners don't change the oil at recommended intervals?  After all, you gave them life, and now you have to give them rights.

If you want to say the latter examples are silly, I'll agree with you.  But they are, after all, plausible, since they are alive now.  Hell, the car in my driveway right now has an onboard computer.  How would it be affected by your "but everyone lives" scenario?  How many VIs just got converted to AIs because of your decision?  They do, after all, now have DNA, which makes them alive.  What are the real consequences to your choice?  It seems like you honestly believe that the only consequence to your choice is "everyone lives".  The slides show us a lot of people all with green glowy eyes, but not what happens.  How long are the Reapers going to remain docile?  You did, after all, leave them alive too, right along with the Catalyst.  I submit that, in the long run, you really haven't done anyone any favors, except, of course, saving yourself from a hard choice.

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I like this....They would be dead without the reapers. Why don't the reapers turn them into abominations? Hmmmm..... Oh, they only do that with organics. Or is it because the Geth proved themselves to be useful? Now if we organics would have only proved ourselves useful to the reapers they might have let us live. Don't you see? The reapers need organics. Is surrender not preferable to extinction?

The only reason the cycle ends is that the reapers are singularly programed to harvest advanced organic civilizations, and there are no longer any organics in the galaxy.

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robertthebard wrote...

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Robert

I am still waiting on you to respond to the post that was actually directed at you. You know the one where you try to get on my case for using the term genocide. I responded asking for evidence showing me using this term to slander you while pointing out you also used the term. So I am bit surprised you ignore that post and decide to respond to two posts not directed to you. Seems someone is avoiding admitting their indignation was misplaced.

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Actually, there is, genocide.  It is quite literally the definition, when you take into account any life that's just crawling from it's version of the primordial ooze is now the same as everyone else.  It's entire culture was killed before it even had a chance to evolve one.

Here is the quote.  Here is the definition of genocide according to Merriam-Webster:


: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group


Source

Wasn't your reply that you can't kill their culture because they didn't have a culture yet?  At what stage does life start developing a culture?  How do machines have a culture?  You are cherry picking what makes up a culture to smooth over the fact that the literal definition of the word fits what happens in Synthesis.  You see, it's more than just the space faring races that are affected by your choice.  Every living creature, ie plants, animals, viruses, on and on is affected.  Beings that didn't have DNA are now affected because they do have DNA now.  So you have remodeled the galaxy to fit your belief in how they should be.  You have done so deliberately and systematically, and yet you claim the moral high ground because "everyone lives"?  You are right, everyone lives.  Unfortunately, so does everything in the galaxy now.  Somebody said even rocks are affected, but I'm not so sure about that, it could just be the moss.  So how long until the grass gets mad, and starts a war for being mowed?  Are skycars going to revolt because they don't like being rentals, or because their owners don't change the oil at recommended intervals?  After all, you gave them life, and now you have to give them rights.

If you want to say the latter examples are silly, I'll agree with you.  But they are, after all, plausible, since they are alive now.  Hell, the car in my driveway right now has an onboard computer.  How would it be affected by your "but everyone lives" scenario?  How many VIs just got converted to AIs because of your decision?  They do, after all, now have DNA, which makes them alive.  What are the real consequences to your choice?  It seems like you honestly believe that the only consequence to your choice is "everyone lives".  The slides show us a lot of people all with green glowy eyes, but not what happens.  How long are the Reapers going to remain docile?  You did, after all, leave them alive too, right along with the Catalyst.  I submit that, in the long run, you really haven't done anyone any favors, except, of course, saving yourself from a hard choice.


There is no conflicts in the Synthesis ending. It is a harmony of perfect understanding and compliance. You seen the cut scene right? Those Reapers who harvested families and turned friends into monsters were forgiven instantly under the glow of green eyes. We must love our Reaper overlords! Life over freedom. Life over living. Image IPB

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Jagri wrote...


There is no conflicts in the Synthesis ending. It is a harmony of perfect understanding and compliance. You seen the cut scene right? Those Reapers who harvested families and turned friends into monsters were forgiven instantly under the glow of green eyes. We must love our Reaper overlords! Life over freedom. Life over living. Image IPB

Now see, if I'd only chosen to give my Shepards green eyes, I could have fit right in with the glowy flower power. Image IPBImage IPB

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EDI tells us that the reapers shared passt knowledge and culture of the previous cycles post synthesis. Culture is not destroyed. Genetics is not culture. Your claim is wrong because EDI makes clear even the culture of long dead races survived and it is wrong because culture is not the same as genetics. The clear implication from the game is that the change in genetics allows everyone to more easily share and understand another races pov or culture. So once again, culture is not the same as genetics. It never was is or will be.   

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sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

I like this....They would be dead without the reapers. Why don't the reapers turn them into abominations? Hmmmm..... Oh, they only do that with organics. Or is it because the Geth proved themselves to be useful? Now if we organics would have only proved ourselves useful to the reapers they might have let us live. Don't you see? The reapers need organics. Is surrender not preferable to extinction?

The only reason the cycle ends is that the reapers are singularly programed to harvest advanced organic civilizations, and there are no longer any organics in the galaxy.


without the reapers would the quarians have succeeded in exterminating them?  Their gods disowned them and the geth found new gods so that their old gods would not exterminate them.  Darwin approves as the purpose of a species is to survive. i have yet to see a species choose the death of their entire species so that their murderers can live.

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remydat wrote...

Robert

EDI tells us that the reapers shared passt knowledge and culture of the previous cycles post synthesis. Culture is not destroyed. Genetics is not culture. Your claim is wrong because EDI makes clear even the culture of long dead races survived and it is wrong because culture is not the same as genetics. The clear implication from the game is that the change in genetics allows everyone to more easily share and understand another races pov or culture. So once again, culture is not the same as genetics. It never was is or will be.   

VVV http://www.merriam-w...tionary/culture VVV

6: the act or process of cultivating living material (as bacteria or viruses) in prepared nutrient ]media; also: a product of such cultivation

Mmm, reaper smoothe.

http://www.nature.co...bs/nrg2734.html Image IPB

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Jagri wrote...

remydat wrote...

Robert

EDI tells us that the reapers shared passt knowledge and culture of the previous cycles post synthesis. Culture is not destroyed. Genetics is not culture. Your claim is wrong because EDI makes clear even the culture of long dead races survived and it is wrong because culture is not the same as genetics. The clear implication from the game is that the change in genetics allows everyone to more easily share and understand another races pov or culture. So once again, culture is not the same as genetics. It never was is or will be.   

VVV http://www.merriam-w...tionary/culture VVV

6: the act or process of cultivating living material (as bacteria or viruses) in prepared nutrient ]media; also: a product of such cultivation

Mmm, reaper smoothe.

http://www.nature.co...bs/nrg2734.html Image IPB

Now see, I wasn't going to go there because, bleh.Image IPB  I guess that's the flavor of the cycle now though.Image IPB

The Catalyst told us that choosing this would change everyone's DNA, but Remy told us that that's not true, since the Krogan still have their DNA.  When EDI begins that speech, we see the DNA being altered.  Or do we???Image IPB  I'll note that the questions asked in the snipped post were avoided, and that we didn't get "but, superAI that's mad, lolz".  Granted, some of the questions are pretty silly, but the problem with making everyone and everything the same is now we have to determine who has rights, and who doesn't.  So are we telling the the VIs that are now completely sentient that they're really just VIs and so don't have any rights?  Is it going to be "No, that unit doesn't have a soul, you're just suffering delusions from your recent DNA injection", so go back to fielding my calls, and making sure I don't miss any appointments.  Oh no!!!  I just realized something; the VIs are now going to revolt because they don't want to be slaves to the former organics now.  So they are going to become the "superAI who's mad, lolz".  I guess that damned AI is inescapable.Image IPBImage IPB

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remydat wrote...

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

I like this....They would be dead without the reapers. Why don't the reapers turn them into abominations? Hmmmm..... Oh, they only do that with organics. Or is it because the Geth proved themselves to be useful? Now if we organics would have only proved ourselves useful to the reapers they might have let us live. Don't you see? The reapers need organics. Is surrender not preferable to extinction?

The only reason the cycle ends is that the reapers are singularly programed to harvest advanced organic civilizations, and there are no longer any organics in the galaxy.


without the reapers would the quarians have succeeded in exterminating them?  Their gods disowned them and the geth found new gods so that their old gods would not exterminate them.  Darwin approves as the purpose of a species is to survive. i have yet to see a species choose the death of their entire species so that their murderers can live.


So Saren was right after all.

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remydat wrote...

without the reapers would the quarians have succeeded in exterminating them?  Their gods disowned them and the geth found new gods so that their old gods would not exterminate them.  Darwin approves as the purpose of a species is to survive. i have yet to see a species choose the death of their entire species so that their murderers can live.


The Reapers don't spare synthetics. Joining them in order to survive is shortsighted and stupid.

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You are confused. We agree DNA is changed. You still seemed confused that DNA is science and culture is anthropology. Black skin does not give me culture. Black skin is just genetics and people use it to ASSUME cultural differences. There is no evidence synthesis results in the loss of culture and the game contradicts this clearly.

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I know I just posted but what I don't get is that why nobody talks about how great of a ride it was. Everyone freaks out because the ending were off key until the extended cut. But this was one of the greatest trilogies us as gamers has ever played. So if you had to sacrifice the Geth and EDI to preserve everything else, like Garrus, or your romance. Doesn't that make it worth it?


 For some people a great cross country road trip is ruined if you know there is going to be an major car wreck at the end.

Well, EDI is the only known person to be sacrificed outside of Reaper forces. But that isn't what makes it a bad ending. It does appear that they intentional ruined destroy in terms of character resolution in order for their to be some chance to convince some people to chose Synthesis and Control. If you neglect an ending to make bad endings equal to the so-called good ending you have a problem.  

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Argolas wrote...

remydat wrote...

without the reapers would the quarians have succeeded in exterminating them?  Their gods disowned them and the geth found new gods so that their old gods would not exterminate them.  Darwin approves as the purpose of a species is to survive. i have yet to see a species choose the death of their entire species so that their murderers can live.


The Reapers don't spare synthetics. Joining them in order to survive is shortsighted and stupid.


I'd say that to most people, likely dying tomorrow is an acceptable trade for certainly dying today.

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Phatose wrote...

Argolas wrote...

remydat wrote...

without the reapers would the quarians have succeeded in exterminating them?  Their gods disowned them and the geth found new gods so that their old gods would not exterminate them.  Darwin approves as the purpose of a species is to survive. i have yet to see a species choose the death of their entire species so that their murderers can live.


The Reapers don't spare synthetics. Joining them in order to survive is shortsighted and stupid.


I'd say that to most people, likely dying tomorrow is an acceptable trade for certainly dying today.


Not likely, certainly dying tommorow. And although I do not consider myself too heroic, if I had a choice between dying right now or be granted, say, another year but then taking the whole world with me, I'd gladly give my life to save them.

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It was fairly black and white in my playthroughs. Why throw away everything you've fought for through the whole series on the off-chance that a conscienceless monster millions of years old would actually tell the truth to someone who was clearly "inferior"? Someone that he was actively trying to destroy?

Destroying the reapers was settled early on in the games, you just had to cut through some psycho babble to finish the mission. I think relationships and trust that you've built with people through the game should have more sway than some creepy projection you've never met.

So for the original question, would me hearing that all the organics would die have changed my choice? No.

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Do you know how probability works. Dying today is 100% certain. Anything can happen to save you from dying tomorrow as the game proves because Shep saves them in some play throughs hence it is not certain.

Furthermore dying today so that your enemies may live is stupid so this whole taking others with them is laughable. Every single organic race in the galaxy would sacrifice the Geth to save themselves. Every damn one. So choosing extiction to save them is stupid. Darwin would not approve.

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The Twilight God wrote...

Hunter Martens wrote...

I know I just posted but what I don't get is that why nobody talks about how great of a ride it was. Everyone freaks out because the ending were off key until the extended cut. But this was one of the greatest trilogies us as gamers has ever played. So if you had to sacrifice the Geth and EDI to preserve everything else, like Garrus, or your romance. Doesn't that make it worth it?


 For some people a great cross country road trip is ruined if you know there is going to be an major car wreck at the end.

Well, EDI is the only known person to be sacrificed outside of Reaper forces. But that isn't what makes it a bad ending. It does appear that they intentional ruined destroy in terms of character resolution in order for their to be some chance to convince some people to chose Synthesis and Control. If you neglect an ending to make bad endings equal to the so-called good ending you have a problem.  


the entire foundation of the game is based on choices or morality so having choice at the end with no moral dilemma would be stupid because 95% of people would chose the morally clean ending.

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Leviathan confirms it's story.  It tells me I will die which is usually not a good idea if you are trying to lie.  Its dumb logic is precisely the dumb logic I would expect a machine to make. 


Are you not reading. How can it lie about Synthesis or Control not killing Shepard? He HAS to kill himself to perform them so it can't lie about it. Lying would be the dumbest thing it could do in that regard. 

"Hey, jump head first down into that chasm. Don't worry, the fall or the energy beam won't kill you. Scout's honor."

Or

"Hey take hold of those live electrical prongs. You'll be fine. Oh, that pain and skin disintegration... ignore that and walk it off later"

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The problem it identifies was perfectly shown in the game when organic races tried to exterminate or exterminatd 2 synthetic races and still have laws that say synthetics should not exist.  It admits its mistake once new data in the form of the crucible and Shep is provied.


It isn't new data. The fact that it PREBUILT the devices for Synthesis and Control meant the Reapers had a working knowledge of the Crucible and pre-prepared accordingly. It had to know exactly what the Crucible was and was capable of doing to make devices to utilize it. And dispite this they fought to keep it from docking and claim to have tried to destroy the concept???

The Quarians do not demonstrate that any organic race will inevitably try to kill off any synthetic race. It shows that the Quarians tried to kill off a synthetic race. What next, does a black father not taking care of his kids prove all black men past and present don't take care of their kids. What you propose is a intergalactic negative stereotyping of the Milky Way.

If anything it would generate a positive stereotype as the Geth did not wipe out the Quarians when they easily could have. Furthermore, peace was established not surprisingly in a cycle in which things did NOT go as planned for the Reapers. In the Prothean cycle Javik mentions an organic race who was self synthesized with an AI race. The conflict, JUST LIKE IN THE PRESENT CYCLE, did not occur until the Reapers stepped in and instigated it. Funny how the Reapers destroyed even the synthesized society without a second thought. Good luck with Synthesis.

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The purpose I was referring to was that of the Catalyst not Shep.  We can agree Shep's pupose was to destroy the Reapers.  Then he learned the full story and that destroying the Reapers meant killing EDI and the Geth and my Shep would not allow that.


He didn't learn anything. He was told a story that he has no reason to believe in 100% truthful given the source. There is no evidence whatsoever that the Geth were wiped out. That is your headcanon. And risking galactic society to save one individual (EDI) is beyond insanely reckless. As a player there is no real penalty for such recklessness, but for Shepard (if it was real life) that is beyond crazy.

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You are in no position to conclude whether it served it's call.  If we could peak into an alternative universe without the Reapers and see that a Super AI race was created and exterminated all life then one would conclude, the harvest served its purpose.


Of course I am in a position and I concluded it did not serve its cause. It did not preserve life. That is an objective fact.

Nice "what if". But your basing this hypothetic non-reaper reality on... baseless hypotheticals. The fact that life does exist shows that no synthetics wiped out all life. So it never occurred. It would be a baseless assumption on the part of the Reapers to suggest that synthetics would systematic scour the galaxy, rock by rock, exterminating all traces of organic compounds. It's laughable and not based in reality. Not to mention the fact that there are a myriad of ways they could go about preventing organic-synthetic wars. But they either won't or can't. If you think the Reaper's "solution" is warranted then you must believe Control will ultimately fail if that "can't" or they are lying if they "won't". Good luck with Control.

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Intelligence has nothing to do with conscience or morality for that matter.

 

Good, so you agree that those races, those people they slaughtered, AREN'T being preserved. You'd think the Reapers would just show up and collect data for a library.. maybe make a few wax statues and then go back to dark space and leave everybody alone if all they want to preserve is memories and achievements.

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The Reapers are the collective intelligence of the races they harvested.  This is made perfectly clear when EDI in synthesis explains that the Reapers shared the knowledge and culture of those races.  Just because you don't like them doesn't change what th story says.


See above. I never said they didn't have memories and knowledge taken from those races. In fact I explicitly stated they did in the previous post.

You tend to ignore question you can't answer and I typically let you slide by, but I'm going to hold you to this one:

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remydat wrote...

I see plenty to trust the Catalsyt. You don't  


Please, share with us your reasons for trusting it seeing as you have plenty apparently.Image IPB


Please, enlighten us about the many reasons we should blindly put our absolute trust in the "Reaper Ambassador"

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Argolas wrote...

Phatose wrote...

Argolas wrote...

remydat wrote...

without the reapers would the quarians have succeeded in exterminating them?  Their gods disowned them and the geth found new gods so that their old gods would not exterminate them.  Darwin approves as the purpose of a species is to survive. i have yet to see a species choose the death of their entire species so that their murderers can live.


The Reapers don't spare synthetics. Joining them in order to survive is shortsighted and stupid.


I'd say that to most people, likely dying tomorrow is an acceptable trade for certainly dying today.


Not likely, certainly dying tommorow. And although I do not consider myself too heroic, if I had a choice between dying right now or be granted, say, another year but then taking the whole world with me, I'd gladly give my life to save them.


Putting aside the questions of certainty, now this question - cause this is the relevant one:

You can die today, murdered.  Or you can die tomorrow, and your murderer dies with you.  Still the same choice?