Okay, so, we have Young simultaneously torturing Telford (in Rush's body) while the new villain does the same to Rush. By the end of the show, he's trying to suffocate him. The newly found adherence to Rush's moral code aside, Young seems to be repeating the same kind of actions that cast him in such a negative light in "Justice." Granted, there IS a greater good to fight for here. And granted that Rush might agree, if not for the fact that he's being forced to betray Destiny while Young is getting revenge for what was done to Icarus base?
Does gambling with the lives of the eighty crew members, including his own unborn child, really justify the means to the end here? Does torturing a man, and in the process harming and possibly killing another man who placed his trust in you unflinchingly (this episode, at least) really help the people who died in the attack of the base? I'd say closing up a leak in the SGC is vital, but Young had already accomplished that by the end of the episode.
And if your answer to all of this is "Yes, Young is right," then, how is it that Rush is wrong for using the exact same sort of reasoning to gamble with the lives of the group that went through the stargate? Or are both right? How far is going to be too far?
Does gambling with the lives of the eighty crew members, including his own unborn child, really justify the means to the end here? Does torturing a man, and in the process harming and possibly killing another man who placed his trust in you unflinchingly (this episode, at least) really help the people who died in the attack of the base? I'd say closing up a leak in the SGC is vital, but Young had already accomplished that by the end of the episode.
And if your answer to all of this is "Yes, Young is right," then, how is it that Rush is wrong for using the exact same sort of reasoning to gamble with the lives of the group that went through the stargate? Or are both right? How far is going to be too far?
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