Originally posted by IrishPisano
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So, basically what you're saying is that it's better to interfere with people's lives that don't concern you, than it is to let life play out as it may?
Say that you are a parent, and you see two kids beating eachother up. What do you do, do you go in and start throwing punches? No, you try to break it up. You don't get violent with people that are nowhere near your "equals", it just isn't right.
While I agree that it would be great if the Ancients actually intervened and helped bring peace, I don't think it's their place at all to enter into a war they aren't a part of and have no claim to. It isn't their place to bring balance to a war. It isn't their place to massacre those below them. It isn't their place to intervene in the affairs of others without need. "We" are losing the war ... but what's the justification for some beings of greater power to swoop in and demolish those below them? Would you ever want an adult to swoop in and starting beating the crap out of a kid, because your kid is in the fight? No, an adult has no place in a fight, except to try and stop it. They shouldn't get involved in it to where they are becoming violent and beating on some kid. That's essentially what you would be demanding, if you had the Ancients intervene in some war that they are not part of.
Peace is good, war is bad. But not all life can be good, and with the bad there is bound to be tragedy. Such is life.
Standing by and doing nothing is horrible when there is something on the level of genocide going on ... but that isn't the case. Yes, that could have been the case if Anubis succeeded in getting the weapon at Dakara, but that didn't happen -- in fact, an Ancient was the cause of that not happening. And that isn't the case with the Ori, as there is a difference between forcing religious views and killing those that don't convert and massacring an entire race simply because they are part of that race. Forcing your beliefs upon others is certainly a horrible thing, but it isn't an end and it isn't quite the atrocity. People can live "underground" if need be. It isn't enough justification for a parent to come in and beat up some kids.
If you ever want a kid to grow up, you'll have to let them discover for themselves at some point what it means to fail, what pain feels like, and what it means to overcome those things. A good parent certainly won't let their kids die, but at some point you have to "take off the kiddie gloves" and let them become their own person. You can't, and shouldn't, protect them forever.
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