Maginficent bastard.covert_chordApril 25 2008, 19:20:12 UTC
He's an extremely intelligent person, so...
I don't think so. Because in this case, in the end, if he really does love her... Well, she's not going to be happy with him.
More generally...to use someone like that for your own goals... It shows nothing but selfishness and cruelty. Personally, I can't think of a single situation where something like that would be acceptable.
And possibly bleeding.strategy_masterApril 25 2008, 19:38:22 UTC
You'd kill hundreds of men, but you would morally object to manipulating one?
... A hypothetical situation in which it is only by manipulating one man that peace can be brought. Isn't that technically the work of Celestial Being, as it stands? You claim they communicate with the leaders of those armies engaged in warfare. I doubt it is simply to implore them to cease what they're doing.
Military strategy itself is all about manipulating the enemy.
I understand strategy in-battle. ...I can understand manipulating your opponent there, tricking them into thinking one thing then doing another. However, in the large-scale, I don't have the greatest familiarity with the details and techniques.
Indeed. I suppose if you work in a terrorist organisation that specialises in brute force, you wouldn't be familiar with tactics that implement psychological and communicative potential against your enemy.
OH YOU DOUCHE.covert_chordApril 25 2008, 19:52:33 UTC
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I suppose that someone has to take up the mantle of calling me a terrorist now that Soma's gone.
I am not Celestial Being. I am part of Celestial Being, a Gundam Meister--yes, the brute force portion of it. Don't judge the entire organization on what I do and think.
Indeed. I had to clarify my terminology in light of what you've told me.
If I were judging the organisation by you alone, it would be likable. Instead, I judge it by the information you present.
You tell me Celestial Being is an anonymous organisation that sweeps down with no prior communication, no means by which to communicate, and levels the battlefield with brute force in wars which they are not personally a part of.
But ilu anyway.covert_chordApril 25 2008, 20:01:37 UTC
Heh.
...likable?
.......that was what us Meisters did back home, on Earth. I'll repeat myself, back home, on Earth. Here in Purgatorium...I'd ask you not to so quickly judge us until we've actually started our work.
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I don't think so. Because in this case, in the end, if he really does love her... Well, she's not going to be happy with him.
More generally...to use someone like that for your own goals... It shows nothing but selfishness and cruelty. Personally, I can't think of a single situation where something like that would be acceptable.
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... I don't believe that.
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... A hypothetical situation in which it is only by manipulating one man that peace can be brought. Isn't that technically the work of Celestial Being, as it stands? You claim they communicate with the leaders of those armies engaged in warfare. I doubt it is simply to implore them to cease what they're doing.
Military strategy itself is all about manipulating the enemy.
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Perhaps.
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Only 'perhaps', Allelujah?
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I suppose that someone has to take up the mantle of calling me a terrorist now that Soma's gone.
I am not Celestial Being. I am part of Celestial Being, a Gundam Meister--yes, the brute force portion of it. Don't judge the entire organization on what I do and think.
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If I were judging the organisation by you alone, it would be likable. Instead, I judge it by the information you present.
You tell me Celestial Being is an anonymous organisation that sweeps down with no prior communication, no means by which to communicate, and levels the battlefield with brute force in wars which they are not personally a part of.
Do tell me if I've misunderstood you.
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...likable?
.......that was what us Meisters did back home, on Earth. I'll repeat myself, back home, on Earth. Here in Purgatorium...I'd ask you not to so quickly judge us until we've actually started our work.
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... You will change, then. That is all I've wanted to hear from you.
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Mm. ...I just want us to be able to protect people here, somehow.
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