generals3 said:
000Ronald said:
generals3 said:
000Ronald said:
So you're going to hunt down and 'neutralize' literally ANYONE with supernatural powers? Even if they don't know they have supernatural powers? Even if their powers functionally harmless? If there's someone who has a super-power that he can blow soap-bubles from his hand EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO SOAP AND WATER THERE, are you going to hunt down and 'neutralize' that person?
Depends on how this mutant thing works. For instance, is it hereditary? (as in, if a parent is a mutant the progeny will too) If yes than the least, for those with "harmless" powers, would be permanent castration. But I guess we could allow those with totally useless "mutations" to live on. Although i'd say "retiring" mutants would be the solution if a "cure" cannot be found. Preferably blood wouldn't be shed but if it's the only viable solution to get the world rid of ultra dangerous people than I wouldn't hesitate.
Is that so? What if it's someone importiant, like a senator or a diplomat? Do they get the axe?
Off course, why would they be spared? If anything i'd consider them even more dangerous. I don't care about positions. You may very well be the president for all i care.
Alrighty. Fell right into it. Let me set up a scenario for you.
You're in the military, you're drafted into this super-duper elite unit that does exactly what you described; you kill people with special powers. You start off with small fries; homeless people, minimum wage children, and so on. But you work your way up to where you're offing senators, diplomats, and you top it off by assassinating THE PRESIDENT. Because he has mind control powers or something.
And then, afterwards, you get back to base, and find yourself FACING COURT MARTIAL. Not only were almost
none of the people you killed actually mutants, but the person in charge had been using you as
his own personal hitman. None of the senators, none of the diplomats you had killed had been anything more than political targets picked out by someone who listened to a bit too much Sean Hannity. And don't tell me that in a world where there is a movement of people who want to kick out The President of the United States because
they don't think his birth certificate is real, including multiple solders who refuse to respect the authority of his office this could never happen.
...do you see the problem with what you're saying? You're creating a problem where
there doesn't need to be one. You're looking at windmills and running them down on the off chance that they could be giants. Not only is it
pointless, but it makes you
incredibly easy to dupe. All someone needs to do is make
you think
someone else is a threat, and you're on a witch-burning crusade. And you kill people. And maybe even the people they're related to; you kind of inferred that[footnote]"Depends on how this mutant thing works. For instance, is it hereditary? (as in, if a parent is a mutant the progeny will too) If yes than the least, for those with "harmless" powers, would be permanent castration. But I guess we could allow those with totally useless "mutations" to live on. Although i'd say "retiring" mutants would be the solution if a "cure" cannot be found. Preferably blood wouldn't be shed but if it's the only viable solution to get the world rid of ultra dangerous people than I wouldn't hesitate." [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.849818-If-mutants-became-real-which-side-would-you-be-on?page=2#20992010][/footnote].
While I'm not a soldier myself, I come from a long line of them; my father was in the army, my uncle is buried in Arlington, my grandfather in the navy, and my great-grandfather endured mustard gas attacks in WWI. So I can tell you with the experience of numerous generations that
killing someone has never, never made the world a better place. Not once. All it does is leave scars that never heal. And you're suggesting that killing Americans-American
civilians, no less, the very people that any decent soldier is
sworn to protect-would help
anyone? No. That is not how it works.
There may be dangerous people walking around. They may even be inclined to violence. But
going out and killing them isn't going to help, it's going to make things worse. It's going to make them
more inclined to violence,
because they know you're going to kill them. Furthermore, by treating them like enemies,
you are going to create the very enemies you are trying to wipe out. And they needn't have been your enemies in the first place.
I just...I can't wrap my head around the
willful ignorance you're spouting. It's like you're completely unaware of how psychology works. It's almost like you want an excuse to go around killing people for no reason. It's like something out of Warhammer 40K. That is not a complement.