EDIT: Poll didn't go through for some reason. Sorry, guys. Yeah, I didn't title my thread with Poll: at the beginning, there was one attached that for some reason won't show up.
TL;DR: Scroll down to the next heading in bold.
As many of you may know, Watchmen is seen often as the pinnacle of comicbook storytelling and political, moral, ethical, and human intrigue that has transcended itself as one of the greatest graphic novels every made. At the end of the book, Watchmen introduced a scenario, a scene and question that played a major part in garnering the book's fame.
I have a bit of a variation on this scenario.
If you haven't read Watchmen or don't want the ultimate end of the story, consider this the warning.
In Watchmen, Adrian Veidt takes on the near impossible task of ostensibly creating world peace and averting an imminent nuclear disaster. The only way he can see a concrete way of uniting the world in peace is with a common enemy, causing mass destruction around the world and vilifying a specific entity. The result is a perfect success, however, resulting in all warring nations to drop arms and support humanity as opposed to a single race, nation, or belief.
Now, the way it's done in Watchmen, there's a lot of underlying factors and variables which grays the lines to the point of nonexistence. Although there is a serious leap in realism to the story, it still holds up and is ultimately what inspired me to create this new scenario. Now that you have some backstory, here's my more streamlined version...
Here's the scenario:
We're going to have this take place in present day, where this is still war and the threat of war on a large scale all over the world. Everybody always talks about world peace and the end of all conflict for all races and beliefs, but how far would you be willing to go to get it?
There is a way to obtain world peace for the masses, but there is a price. A common enemy must be created in order to unite the people of the world. With the vilification and eradication of a single race of people, the rest of the world will be rewarded with guaranteed un-ending peace. I'm not saying a single nation or even a belief system. I am saying an entire race of people is to be eliminated.
This vilification can only be accomplished by complete and utter genocide and the subsequent elimination and shunning of their culture, existence, history, and any impact they had on the world. Any monuments or cities they build are to be torn down. They're traditions and culture to be trashed and forgotten. Any treasures they hold to be burned and buried.
Such a price, and yet the significance of the saving versus the losses cannot be denied. We are talking about minority versus majority. And yet we must also factor in the complete and impactful loss an entire race of people and all the culture and history they changed the world with. Genocide in the absolute worst way. But the guaranteed peace for billions versus the millions that were sacrificed...
I leave it up to you, my fellow Escapists. Choose what you would support in this clearly controversial topic. Choose a side or don't choose at all. There is no middle ground with this poll. It's up to you.
TL;DR: Scroll down to the next heading in bold.
As many of you may know, Watchmen is seen often as the pinnacle of comicbook storytelling and political, moral, ethical, and human intrigue that has transcended itself as one of the greatest graphic novels every made. At the end of the book, Watchmen introduced a scenario, a scene and question that played a major part in garnering the book's fame.
I have a bit of a variation on this scenario.
If you haven't read Watchmen or don't want the ultimate end of the story, consider this the warning.
In Watchmen, Adrian Veidt takes on the near impossible task of ostensibly creating world peace and averting an imminent nuclear disaster. The only way he can see a concrete way of uniting the world in peace is with a common enemy, causing mass destruction around the world and vilifying a specific entity. The result is a perfect success, however, resulting in all warring nations to drop arms and support humanity as opposed to a single race, nation, or belief.
Now, the way it's done in Watchmen, there's a lot of underlying factors and variables which grays the lines to the point of nonexistence. Although there is a serious leap in realism to the story, it still holds up and is ultimately what inspired me to create this new scenario. Now that you have some backstory, here's my more streamlined version...
Here's the scenario:
We're going to have this take place in present day, where this is still war and the threat of war on a large scale all over the world. Everybody always talks about world peace and the end of all conflict for all races and beliefs, but how far would you be willing to go to get it?
There is a way to obtain world peace for the masses, but there is a price. A common enemy must be created in order to unite the people of the world. With the vilification and eradication of a single race of people, the rest of the world will be rewarded with guaranteed un-ending peace. I'm not saying a single nation or even a belief system. I am saying an entire race of people is to be eliminated.
This vilification can only be accomplished by complete and utter genocide and the subsequent elimination and shunning of their culture, existence, history, and any impact they had on the world. Any monuments or cities they build are to be torn down. They're traditions and culture to be trashed and forgotten. Any treasures they hold to be burned and buried.
Such a price, and yet the significance of the saving versus the losses cannot be denied. We are talking about minority versus majority. And yet we must also factor in the complete and impactful loss an entire race of people and all the culture and history they changed the world with. Genocide in the absolute worst way. But the guaranteed peace for billions versus the millions that were sacrificed...
I leave it up to you, my fellow Escapists. Choose what you would support in this clearly controversial topic. Choose a side or don't choose at all. There is no middle ground with this poll. It's up to you.
