Don't put words in my mouth.
Never said he was the sole responsible, I said he was responsible, he was the archtect of the plan to corrupt the templars at Therinfal.
Never said that templars were saints, those who took it willingly are traitors who deserved their fate. And "many" is a stretch, they were few, if you do the templar version of Arbor Wilds, you will come across a note from Calpernia where its stated those red templars attacking you are the last of them, so there aren't many of them.
You've come into this thread and have consistently stated some of your head canon as fact (of which from the horses mouth has shown not to be true). You've denied the actual written word about his character - as stated by the writers and written in the wiki - all for some personal beef you have about your beloved Templars. No one here is disputing he is villain, no one here is disputing his role in the downfall of the Templar order, no one is excusing his behaviour as anything other than that of a misguided fool with intentions that he thought would benefit those left behind by the Chantry ('Fool' is the word Samson uses about himself). He's a villain and a murderer - that actually is fact.
We're only now getting more information about him thanks to the release of the World of Thedas Volume 2. It explains things - it doesn't excuse it, - so I am sitting here mouth agape with yet another assertion by you - that when the actual writer says 'many' you say 'no actually it it's few' many is 'a stretch' SMH.
You don't like the way Jo writes Samson? You'd have him a moustache twirler where everyone should hate him because 'Templar's rull!!!!!111'? Your game, your headcanon, but please, it's headcanon not fact.
In addition to all of this, the timeline is all mussed up and unclear and I'm hoping to see more about that in WOT - especially when did they all start taking lyrium? I can't find any information about it.
I'm grateful, finally, to see a layered portrayal of a villain, one who's not without Compassion (too often portrayed as a weakness) and I personally bristle when Cullen uses that word in judgement, who means well but is just really a F*ck up. He's nuanced and I rather like that he is more than just his evil deeds.
EDIT: in regard to the Saint comment, I wasn't referring to you specifically but an observation on uber Pro-Templar supporters (I can say the same thing about uber Pro-Mage supporters too.) It fits with the extremist viewpoints that either group can do no wrong. That really isn't true now given what we've seen in game.
I think the whole affair was poorly explained in the game. We can only guess based on notes and one or two minimalistic assertions made by Corypheus. It's difficult to be sure of the extension of Samson's role in corrupting the Templar Order without further information. 
Yes but people seem to like to draw long bows given just a skerrit of information. That's fine, just don't insist that they're fact in the face that no, it's actually not (from the developers and writers), and I'm down with talking headcanon and ideas. My own headcanons and ideas could easily be disproved by what the writers do with the characters, so far I haven't been disappointed, but you know what, I'm happy to acknowledge when I have it wrong, it should be fun to discuss this, not made to feel like utter crap by others for having contrary opinions, something this site and some of its users do so well.
This site really isn't worth it sometimes (although I still keep coming back)
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