You responded to a post of mine where I questioned another user why mages who destroyed towns should be considered scapegoats rather than criminals. Therefore, that implies you also believe that those mages were simply being used as scapegoats and were, thus, innocent.vaire wrote...
Sorry, when did I say that mages who killed people are innocent? Please tell me.
Mages are capable of dragging entire towns into the Fade and there trap them for eternaty while making them relive painful moments over and over again.Let me explain why I deem this argument of yours a strawman. While I can agree on the fact magic is marginally more powerful than a sword
To say that magic is only "marginally" more powerful than a sword is incongruent.
No, what happened to Redcliff was a result of someone being born with magic. The only way that conspirancy against Eamon influenced the outcome was by causing him to be sick and thus making Connor's emotions run wild. However, the death of loved ones is a fact of life and Eamon could have fallen sick for any other reason which would have resulted in the very same result. Connor making a deal with a demon who would then prey on the village. And the applies to every mage out there. Meredith's sister became an Abomination and killed 70.I must point out to you how the Connor incident happened due to the fact people were deliberately mislead in the first place by Isolde and Jowan so no one could do anything for the castle that fell to the undead who could easily, from there, attack the village which ended up being helpless since between the men gone with the army and those sent on the quest for the ashes the only defense left was a poorly armed and small militia. Bottom line is: the village would have fallen even to a well - organized band of rogues (let me remind you how the undead are not magic undead). Had not been special circumstances in play during the crisis in Redcliff the problem wouldn't have been so great.Now you can tell me that a Mage is more powerful (and thus dangerous) than a warrior, true, but don't try to sell me that what happened to Redcliffe is a danger that every village risks since what happened was the result of an orchestrated attack against Eamon.
The fact that it would have taken an army of normal people in order to cause the same tragedy a mage child did without even meaning to only strengthens my point. Mages are far too dangerous to be allowed the same freedoms as normal peopl.
Yes. That way, the chances of them harming others are lessened.Yes magic poses problems but is this a good reason to imprison children that have never harmed anyone?
Everyone who lives in a society sees their freedoms restricted so that we may coexist peacefully. This occurs not because we have given evidence that we're dangerous but because the possibility is always there.
If some people are capable of punching while others can conjure fire, it follows that the latter are more dangerous than the former and the restriction upon their freedoms must be harsher in order to reflect this.
They are not being punished anymore than you or me are everytime we have to wear clothes to step outside. And they are being educated. The Circle provides an education that only the rich in Thedas can afford.people should be educated not punished before they have the opportunity to do evil things on the basis that they could.
How many non-mages in Ferelden had the political power to pull armies together in order to destroy cities? 10? 15?My point is that armies and political power have proved to be far more dangerous than magic for the common man
And how many mage could destroy cities by themselves? Every single one of them. All they have to do is be possessed.
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