It's fine to fear the power of someone powerful. But to lock them up or to kill them because you are afraid of what they might do is wrong. We all have the potential for harm. Not on the same level of mages but enough to be somewhat wary of one another in certain situations and to also take comfort in the fact that we have such an effective law enforcement system.
The Templars can be such a system in Thedas. The people (mages+mundanes) can take comfort in the protection of a Templar force that acts in many ways like a police force. Patrols, investigations etc. They have mages in their ranks so it isn't a "us vs them" thing. Everyone working together for the protection of everyone.
Treating mages badly no matter how justified someone may feel about it, will always cause more conflict. It's best to attempt to avoid conflict by trying to find a way to please both parties and getting them to work together.
Well, POTUS has the power to launch nuclear bombs, but instead of locking him up so he doesn't abuse that power we make him the figurehead of the country.
Saying that we need to impinge on someone's freedom just because they are more powerful feels like an empty argument. I mean should we lock people up because they have more money and thus more power? Because they have a sword and thus are more powerful? What about political power? Social power? Or what about someone who has ample food to eat in a town where everyone else is so malnourished they can barely get out of bed. Should that person be locked up because they are more powerful than the malnourished citizens?
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People that were afraid of mages will be afraid of mages, it's a bit like the irrational mage fear of templars. Yes there are some bad ones, there will always be bad eggs but that is no reason to be prejudice against all of them.
