billy the squid wrote...
TheRedVipress wrote...
Ziggeh wrote...
DarthLaxian wrote...
yes, it is a very powerfull tool and it should probably not be given to anyone, but it should not be outlawed IMHO (just because of chantry propaganda)
Who decides?
The fundimental problem with the "only a tool" argument is that you don't want crazy people running around with assualt rifles.
You wouldn't go on a spree because you're a responsible person, but the law has to encompass both you and Mr Shooty McLooney.
You could regulate, but how would that work in this case given the ease of access and the very nature of the problem - mind control - making judgement itself fallible?
Very simple really.
The exitance of the templars proves that non-mages are able to cast dispel magics from the spirit-school at least to some degree with enough training.
Build a police force, composed of capable soldiers and investigators trained in the use of dispel magics, recruit some law abiding mages to help them too, and enforce the freaking law.
If you catch a criminal-mage, depends on what he did, give him a slap on his wrist, send him to prison, or take his head off.
People should be considered innocent until proven guilty. (or at least until they did something suspicious)
Yeah, we'll just ignore the logistical problems of keeping track of every mage because the Circle is imprisonment, using a phalactery is oppressive, so well just wait for a body count when one mage decides to go nuts, or his reach exceeds his grasp and he's possessed or opens a veil tear.
Hey, maybe we shouldn't worry about the aspect of blood magic mind control and the temptation to use it for personal gain. Because mages are a noble and opressed minority, and as such would never fall victim to such temptations.
None of that's a concern and they're all being paranoid, right? Right guys?
Keeping track of every mage? There is no need for that.
Instead you do the same work a competent police force is supposed to do, you find ways to detect crimes, and then you find ways to prevent them when you can, and enforce the law when you can't.
But you know what, let's say Mages all lived in self governed circles - which was a solution most mages were willing to accept, but sadly and unsurprisingly the religious fanatic nutjobs were not willing to even consider.
Would that not make the police job alot easier?
Yes, misusing magic is tempting, but like in any other population, most of the mages are regular people who want to live their lives and achive great and good things with their talents, not take over the world and eat little children.
How do you fight against temptation and corruption?
1. You teach your children what it means to do good.
2. You create a strong justice system to handle the occasional psycho.
Oppressing a small number of gifted people, YOUR gifted people (your child can be one of them), who can warp reality, thereby causing alienation and grudges to build up, is one of the stupidest things you can possibly do.
The chantry and templars are just busy reaping what they have sown.
"Right guys?..."
The chant of light says: "Magic exists to serve man, and never to rule over him.".
What the Chantry twisted it into is: "Magic exists to serve the political aspirations of various scheming hags, and bull-headed, fanatic, sex-deprived, zealots."
And on this kind of people the chant says:
"Foul and corrupt are they, who have taken his gift, and turned it against his children, they shall be named maleficar, accursed ones. They shall find no rest in this world or beyond."
(never mind that the Chant is full of ****... If a "Maker" wanted to help men, he would have given magic to all of them. He's probably more interested in watching men squirm. if he even exits that is...)
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