Teyla: Previously on the 'Letters From Pegasus' Thread:
Thek: I actually find that looking at the situation in Black/White a weakness. I agree with Kavanaugh in the fact that Weir should have allowed the Geneva Convention to apply to the Wraith.
Cows eat grass, we eat cows, Wraith eat us.
The only difference bettween us and the Wraith in this sense, is that we believe that cows are not intelligent life where Wraith know very well that we are.
And we know that Wraith are intellifent life. (Thus going back to why I believe Weir should have followed the Geneva Convention.)
Wraith, as a species, aren't evil, they are just living creatures who have to eat. Humans just happen to be on the food menu.
The ones we've met have been sadistic, but its like judging that the human race is made up of entirely evil, sadistic creatures because of the percentage of humans who kill, rape, and torture others. (<----This is something I wish the writers would bring up with the Wraith)
GatetheWay: But the Wraith are evil because they know that humans are intelligent. Do you think if humans found out that cows were self aware and intelligent that they would kill and eat them all the same? I don't think so.
Yes, but we don't know if Wraith can eat anything else but humans.
If we knew cows were intelligent and self-aware, but they were the only anything(one?) we could possibly eat to stay alive, humans would still eat them anyway.
Thek: Yes, but we don't know if Wraith can eat anything else but humans.
If we knew cows were intelligent and self-aware, but they were the only anything(one?) we could possibly eat to stay alive, humans would still eat them anyway.
ShadowMaat: (Replying to GatetheWay) I think we'd find a way to rationalize it. "OMG, those poor cows. Such a horrible quality of life! We're really doing them a favor by slaughtering them and eating their flesh and turning their skins into boots."
Teyla: Now for the rest of the discussion:
Thek: I actually find that looking at the situation in Black/White a weakness. I agree with Kavanaugh in the fact that Weir should have allowed the Geneva Convention to apply to the Wraith.
Cows eat grass, we eat cows, Wraith eat us.
The only difference bettween us and the Wraith in this sense, is that we believe that cows are not intelligent life where Wraith know very well that we are.
And we know that Wraith are intellifent life. (Thus going back to why I believe Weir should have followed the Geneva Convention.)
Wraith, as a species, aren't evil, they are just living creatures who have to eat. Humans just happen to be on the food menu.
The ones we've met have been sadistic, but its like judging that the human race is made up of entirely evil, sadistic creatures because of the percentage of humans who kill, rape, and torture others. (<----This is something I wish the writers would bring up with the Wraith)
GatetheWay: But the Wraith are evil because they know that humans are intelligent. Do you think if humans found out that cows were self aware and intelligent that they would kill and eat them all the same? I don't think so.
Yes, but we don't know if Wraith can eat anything else but humans.
If we knew cows were intelligent and self-aware, but they were the only anything(one?) we could possibly eat to stay alive, humans would still eat them anyway.
Thek: Yes, but we don't know if Wraith can eat anything else but humans.
If we knew cows were intelligent and self-aware, but they were the only anything(one?) we could possibly eat to stay alive, humans would still eat them anyway.
ShadowMaat: (Replying to GatetheWay) I think we'd find a way to rationalize it. "OMG, those poor cows. Such a horrible quality of life! We're really doing them a favor by slaughtering them and eating their flesh and turning their skins into boots."
Teyla: Now for the rest of the discussion:
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