Define Terrorism for me. You can use the U.S. Army Definition if you like, but it's not necessarily true. It's a subjective term.
Terrorism - the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
First thing to come up when I googled.
Pretty much fits what Cerberus is doing.
Vincent Shepard: "upon the stair... look at my sig for the rest"
Victoria Shepard: "there's enough misery out there without me adding to it."
Iris Shepard: "some people who live deserve death -- some who die deserve life. and I don't always get to pick which"
Markus Shepard: "cake or death?"
Katrina Shepard: "more stuff... in the thing... more stuff goes in!"
Jessica Shepard: "just once, I'd like a regular normal Christmas... eggnog, a little turkey, f***ing Christmas tree... but, no. I gotta crawl around in this ************* tin can."
Constance Shepard: " well, it can always get worse. so, be thankful it's not."
Gavin Shepard " i'll take the cake, you can have death"
"Juni" Shepard: "I'm afraid we're fresh out of cake... you get death"
I have others, though I can't recall.
Shepard: Why are you so sure no ones coming to get us?
Alliance Marine: Because we're Marines Sir. We are expendable.
Shepard: Not to me your not.
Thats what I imagine my Shepard saying during the Skylian Blitz when he becomes a war hero.
Terrorism - the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
First thing to come up when I googled.
Pretty much fits what Cerberus is doing.
Would you say the alliance is doing the same? Or the Council? Anybody else?
Terrorism really is very difficult to define. I've fought terrorists before, and I figure I have a good definition, better than most on this forum anyway.
Cerberus does not strike me as terrorists.
Shepard: Why are you so sure no ones coming to get us?
Alliance Marine: Because we're Marines Sir. We are expendable.
Shepard: Not to me your not.
Thats what I imagine my Shepard saying during the Skylian Blitz when he becomes a war hero.
Oh god, I want to blow your Shepard's brains out now.
My Soldiers are expendable, but that does not mean that I will callously throw them to their death.
Just because you are expendable does not mean you can't be useful. You have to learn the difference between spending lives and wasting lives. They're a resource to be exploited, and like any economical person, I don't waste my resources.
Oh god, I want to blow your Shepard's brains out now.
My Soldiers are expendable, but that does not mean that I will callously throw them to their death.
Just because you are expendable does not mean you can't be useful. You have to learn the difference between spending lives and wasting lives. They're a resource to be exploited, and like any economical person, I don't waste my resources.
Thats funny that you say that because he's my Shepard that I never brought over into Mass Effect 2 becuase Cerberus didn't think he had what it took to make hard choices. Also that was when I stopped doing full Paragon characters because they tended to screw up the mission a lot.
When it comes to stuff like that I'm more of a Jedi kind of thinker. "Don't let 1,000 people die just to save 1."
Thats funny that you say that because he's my Shepard that I never brought over into Mass Effect 2 becuase Cerberus didn't think he had what it took to make hard choices. Also that was when I stopped doing full Paragon characters because they tended to screw up the mission a lot.
When it comes to stuff like that I'm more of a Jedi kind of thinker. "Don't let 1,000 people die just to save 1."
If the one has more potential than the 1,000, then he's more important.
Smart though. That's exactly how I feel about the Paragon mindset. They're don't have the same kind of brutality or ruthlessness or cruelty that really is necessary for the job. You can have compassion and empathy, but you also know how to turn it off.
I had that as my signature for the longest time. It's one of the best quotes. Ever.
I found that quote online, and it's just perfect. 
If only my MainShep could use a literal flamethrower more often.
"Don't do what you can't undo, until you've considered what you can't do once you've done it." - Robin Hobb
I got a bit carried away:
"I fought for us, for all of us. Do you really think after Akuze, I wanted to get through this and survive by any means? I couldn't sacrifice what hundreds... maybe thousands of cycles had done to get me there, to the end of the Reapers. I didn't have the right. So yes, I destroyed them because I couldn't risk those sacrifices. Yes, the reason the Geth survived is because some of them were in the enviro-suits of the Quarians and I sure as hell don't get accolades for that. But I did it for them, faith in them and future synthetic life to do more than destroy or be destroyed. We're all unique in flawed ways and stripping the freedom of choice from everyone on the chance we'd all be the same? You know it's wrong, and deep down we both know the Catalyst meant for me to make the Illusive Man's mistake. To one day, have whatever was left of my personality re-commence the cycle and damn the galaxy, the Reapers knowing exactly how to stop resistance happening again with a twisted AI of myself at the helm. I carry EDI's death with me and if I could have died, to save her and destroy the Reapers, I would have. I don't care if you never forgive me, I'll never forgive myself for her death- she was my crewmate, a person under my command... my friend. But don't you ever think I chose my life over hers. I didn't get that choice, I didn't get to keep my honour intact. I have to look all of you in the eye, everyday- to look at Kaidan, be with him knowing the truth. I promised him I'd come back. I have to live with the fact I wish EDI was here instead of me, I'd hurt him, I'd destroy him a second time just to have her here instead. But not for you. She was a person and I want her alive for her."
"Say your prayers" or "Make your peace"------------------------ To those who I can't/won't spare.
'You can stand by side, or get crushed under my heel, but you will not stand in my way.'
This applies to anyone and everyone. Heroes, villains, allies, enemies, innocents, civilians, it doesn't matter. If you get in his way, he will end you.
"You know me, I love punching things."
FemShep quotes, the anthology:
"What have you got?"
Shep says that a lot in ME3. I think it could also be used as a threat or a taunt, as well as a request for info. Maybe quickly followed by, "You got nothin'."
Hey, everyone! This store discriminates against the poor!
"A lot of people need my help, what makes you special?"
Smart though. That's exactly how I feel about the Paragon mindset. They're don't have the same kind of brutality or ruthlessness or cruelty that really is necessary for the job. You can have compassion and empathy, but you also know how to turn it off.
http://www.youtube.c...Z613BRwrJ4#t=71
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=d9gLbrRasMU
Kinda shows :Good is Not Soft
Still pretty weak.
The paragons are too wrapped up in their own self-righteous morality and rules and principles to truly comprehend the actions that they can to win. Take your refusal to choose destroy or pick any endings. You aren't willing to do whatever it takes to win. You really aren't. Your weakness is based on deontological values. Arguably the weakest kind of value system there is.
How far would you go to meet your goals? That's the question the Fettered asks. The Unfettered doesn't ask that question. There is only one possibility for them, and that is for their goal to be reality. And they will achieve that reality no matter what is in their way. A thousand innocents for one guy who they don't even truly hate and might even join if their goals aren't too disparate. Paragons don't have the capacity to be brutal, the capacity to be ruthless, the capacity to be cruel. Not just to the 'bad guys', but to the innocents. The people in the way.
Suffice to say, I believe the ubermensch requires an acceptance of consequentialism, pragmatic ethics, and a slice of virtue ethics.
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