It's called Negligent Homicide. You didn't pull the trigger, but you could have stopped it, and chose not to. To use a less dramatic example, with even less consequence; was putting Pagan symbols on the graves of Pagan soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery so bad? Yet, it was people sticking to their beliefs and convictions which brought the debate to the forefront. They have the right to die for their country, but not to have their religious beliefs recognized on their grave? At what point does "sticking to one's principles" actually equal infringing on someone else's rights? Since one person's rights end where another person's begins, isn't there a line to be walked with this? My mom's response to this query, btw, was that Christians founded this country, and everyone else needs to just shut up.Vortex13 wrote...
AlanC9 wrote...
Vortex13 wrote...
2. Shepard's beliefs and values are not the villian here, its the crazy person with the gun pointed at the galaxy. I've seen many posts concerning Refuse saying that if only Shepard had compromised, if only he/she had not been so idealistic then no one would have died. Now it is true that by not picking Refuse the current cycle will not die but the point I'm getting at here is that its not the beliefs/convictions' faults that everyone died, its the Catalyst and the Reapers.
So Shepard isn't responsible for the forseeable consequences of his own choice? If a man follows some good moral principles that lead to disaster, he's blameless for the disaster?
What if all of the endings except refusal was the Catalyst saying "We are now going to indoctrinate the entire galaxy, even the less advanced species, but we will not kill anyone go doesn't resist." Would Shepard, standing by his/her princibles still be considered the idiot for Refusing?
In real life our courts wouldn't hold a person responsible if some maniac walked up to them and said "Rennounce God or I'll kill this baby!" and the person refused. Granted, refuse is on a much grander scale, and it (like the ending to the game overall) is lacking in many areas, but the notion behind it is still the same: not compromising your beliefs and convictions.
The enitre movie 300 is about refusal, if only the Spartans had compromised and accepted king Xerxes rule then none of then would have had to die, but they refused. I don't see an uproar of people calling them stupid for resisting futilely, against an overwhelming force.
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