S.A.K wrote...
That's the part these Geth lovers conveniently forget...
This. Right here. This is why this thread shouldn't exist.
See, quarian-supporters turn their real world racist habits to fiction, thus they see things in the same black & white way as tehy do with the real world. They no doubt have absolute hates based in reality, too. The problem with a racist mindset though is that the racist assumes that
everyone is racist. In every respect. They can't actually even begin to wrap their mind around the possibility that someone might not be.
IFor example? I, as a long-time supporter of the geth, do not hate the quarian peoples.
At all. Not even remotely. In fact, I've often said that I dig Koris and Tali. Now, I think that Gerrel and Xen are nasty, egomaniacal, unethical persons whom the world might be better off without. But that's based in the reality of the canon. Gerrel is the kind of person who makes unprovoked bombing runs, and effectively 'straps bombs to hostages and has them run at their enemies.' (Strapping thanix cannons to liveships.)
I'm not fond of Hackett either for pulling similar shenanigans to Gerrel. I'd see them both imprisoned if it was my choice, but that's disliking the
individual for
individual actions. I've often said that the only evil the quarian peoples have tends to stem from their military, not from anywhere else, and that Koris is the absolute proof of this. Ultimately, the quarians are a
good peoples, just suffering under
bad leadership. The further problem is that quarin supporters love bad leadership. It's a kind of black & white propaganda, y'know?
Me am gud, you am bad. Me am destroy all you because you am bad.
A more intellectual mind realises that such a black and white mindset is actually inefficient and unable to fully perceive the reality around them. Look at the quote again, just take a moment and look at it, and try to understand what it means in regards to this debate. Based upon the opening post, S.A.K. is clearly racist in a very black & white way against the geth. He hates all geth. Because he hates all geth, and his mind is prone to racist ways of thinking, he believes that those who support the geth must hate all quarians. All quarians.
Let that sink in for a moment. Realise how incredibly important that is.
This is why this debate is going to go around and around. It's a neverending cycle of:
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I hate the geth."
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Well, yeah. They're not perfect. Some quarians aren't perfect either."
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So you hate every quarian alive?"
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I never said that."
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So the geth are perfect to you with all they've done?"
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I never said that."
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It's people like you who think the quarians are evil that makes me hate the geth!!!"
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But I never said--"
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Yeah, you think quarians are aaall evil. But you just can't see how perfect and flawless they are."
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Hey now, it's not that simple, no one is perfec--"
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Oh, so you're attacking the quarians? You think they're all evil, I know. And you think the geth are so perfect."
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Actually, the geth heretics were a mistake, as was the Morning War, I--"
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The Morning War! Where the geth mercilessly slaughtered everyone!"
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Actually, quarian civilians stood by them, so it wasn't so black & whi--"
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EVERYONE!!!!!!!!"
And so on.
And so on.
And so on.
Ad nauseum.
This thread needs to not exist.
Edit: Here's a question...
Please think on this question.
If the geth were so evil, why did the quarians you love so much side with them in the Morning War?I have an answer:
The quarians are less racist than their fanclub.Does no one else see this? :I
It reminds me of the age old saying about Christianity (and one I subscribe to) "I don't dislike God, I just dislike a lot of their fanclub." This tends to be because there has typically been a non-trivial amount of racism and homophobia in Christianity.
Fact: I do not hate quarians. I just really dislike their overzealous, religious, borderline-crazy fanclub.
Modifié par Auld Wulf, 19 avril 2013 - 01:09 .