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Quote:If she believes what she posts she'd evolve into the worst kind of evil. A fanatic. It's only a matter of time before she'd start imposing her personal ideal of morality on everyone.Originally Posted by SwellGuy
I always assumed she didn't do it deliberately though I am not sure which way is worse.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
That depends. Forbin is specifically referring to my comments on the "known dangerous criminal that frequently escapes" element.
In law enforcement, there are certain TIGHTLY DEFINED conditions when an individual is considered to be such a threat to public safety that lethal force is allowed, even if a specific lethal action (raising a gun in your direction) isn't permitted.
As an example, a robber fleeing a bank heist may be considered "armed" but if he never used the weapon, he usually isn't considered dangerous enough to use lethal force just to apprehend him. You could shoot him if appeared preparing to shoot you, but not while he's just fleeing. If that robber had previously shot someone at the bank, then (in many states) he could then be considered such a public risk that lethal force may be authorized during apprehension, even if the person doesn't do a threatening act toward the officer.
Applying and extending that rationale to a KNOWN dangerous supervillain- a clear and consistent public risk- then isn't much of a stretch.
Exactly. I'd also like to point out that super villains depending on their power cannot be disarmed. (Yes robots can be dismantled but they aren't alive as we recognize the term and thus killing isn't an appropriate term) They are inherently armed and thus dangerous so cannot be handled with the same restraint that the average criminal is. -
Quote:She does that deliberately.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Not all of them. You have a point, but you mistook a generalization for a fact.
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Quote:Yes if they are murderers, rapists, or child molesters . . . Hmmm . . . Especially if they are child molesters.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Resisting arrest isn't any reason to use lethal force to subdue them.
So mutilating prisoners is ok in your ideal society?
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Quote:Anyone with those names get's preemptively volunteered for vacuum implosion testing.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
If the villain's super-name is 'snake' or 'the worm' possibly reconsider that last thought...
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Quote:Since Changes showed how the Winter Knight's powers get returned to Mab, I've been dying to find out if what happened to Harry at the end of Changes is sufficient to return the powers to her, or if he was rescued before he needed to be resuscitated.Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Also, (SPOILERY COMMENT AHOY) I wonder if part of the reason Harry finally accepted Mab's offer was because Jim Butcher got his character up to level 41 and picked up the Cold Mastery APP.
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Quote:You are right. Criminals who have been arrested don't have that choice, but they gave up the right to choose when they decided to break the law.Originally Posted by Furio
*Some* people choose where they live.
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Hypothetically speaking:
If they do anything other than immediately surrender when the superhero arrests them then lethal force is justified. They shouldn't be given any chances to put an innocent in harms way while they attempt to resist or escape.
If they make a habit of escaping after they surrender to the authorities I see no problem with surgically amputating their arms and legs. Human pillows can't dig escape tunnels. -
Quote:I draw the line at natural disasters. People choose to live in places susceptible to natural disasters, so it's their own dang fault when they get b****-slapped by mother nature.Originally Posted by Smersh
As to me, I'll save myself for saving people from disasters - tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, train wrecks, all that sort of thing.
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Quote:"We've already been damned and Earth is Hell." - MeOriginally Posted by Nericus
A couple of more sayings:
"the road to Hell is paved with good intentions" Londo Mollari of Babylon 5 pretty much embodies that saying.
"Evil triumphs when good does nothing."
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Quote:Fair enough, but I don't think there's enough of those types of laws to put a significant dent in prison populations, but I'm pretty sure they aren't the ones I'm thinking of when I think of applying a death penalty.Originally Posted by Durakken
Pretty sure I can't in the forums...Not sure if it qualifies as political or not.
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Quote:Even the hostages?Originally Posted by Knight_Marshal
I will settle for a few at a time. Enough to walk into a nest of terrorists and kill everyone there in a few seconds.
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Quote:Sorry GG err Durakken, you'll have to be more specific than that.Originally Posted by Durakken
The second part is easy to fix... stop imprisoning people for things that shouldn't be illegal. No killing needed.
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Quote:A death penalty for parking tickets is just silly. I'd have people with Kryptonian powers working for the Parking Authority and whenever they found an illegally parked car they'd simply throw the car into the Sun. Problem solved. No one gets a ticket and no one dies.Originally Posted by SwellGuy
While some posters may be invoking a death penalty for parking tickets I expect most people were considering lethal force for horrible crimes not petty ones.
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Quote:Solve? No.Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina
Do you seriously think you could solve anything by killing criminals?
Crime is not in the neighborhood of being the highest danger to humanity.
Cut down on prison overcrowding and the amount of money spent taking care of them for years? Yes. -
Quote:Says the female equivalent of Emperor Cole. Seriously tho, the more I read of GG's views the more I believe her world would be run like the game PARANOIA without the humor.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's a very Tyrant-style solution
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Quote:No.Originally Posted by Raster
Now for a question, when I bought Going Rogue I opened a new account, instead of adding the key to my old account, is there a way to transfer characters between accounts?
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Quote:Scroll up. Marcian posted all the questions and %'s of the answers she got.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Looks like I missed the party. Kinda' want to jump in, but I don't know what #7 and #9 were.
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Quote:You're thinking of #5. which was very easy to answer because I wouldn't have a secret identity.Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
technically, that would have been the option: "continue fighting for justice outside the law" assuming you mean "I don't care" as in you keep on doing it.
The other "I don't care" would have been revealing your identity and keep going anyway.
The third "I don't care" would have been retiring.
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Quote:That was my point. I was the one that didn't answer #9 because I didn't care what people think of me.Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
Where was the "Don't care" answer for number nine? Seriously.
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On #7 I was the one that went with kill the criminal first then try to save as many as possible before going after my loved one.
I was going under the assumption that the criminal was standing there gloating so he could enjoy the dilemma he put me in. -
Quote:What if you decide like Hamidon that the way to make the world a better place requires getting rid of the humans screwing it up?Originally Posted by Agonus
Hehe. Interesting article.
If I ever acquired a decent level of superpowers, while materialism is always fun, and I have no problem with fascism as long as I'd be making the rules, I'd actually set out to make the world a better place. The problem would be those that disagreed with my methods.
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Quote:As I've said in other threads on this same topic, badges are the lamest excuse for wanting a power set respec. It would be far simpler for the devs to make those few badges we can't get anymore account based like the vet rewards are rather than character based like the anniversary badges.Originally Posted by Aces8
Now the reason I suggest this respec is because when I started badging the concept of what I wanted was not available at the time. Since I've been playing they have now included power customization and new powersets that better define my badgers concept. Having 830ish badges I really cannot bring myself to start all over on a brand new toon. Feel free to critique and hopefully a dev will read this and might actually implement it.
And personally I have a character I would love to respec out of what I feel was a poor choice of power sets. However unlike you I rolled up a new character despite the fact that I can't replace the badges she has. -
Quote:Loved the survey Marcian, but I only have one little criticism. The survey doesn't take into account the people that aren't out for fame and glory. The ones that are sanctioned by the government. The Judge Dredd and Marshal Law types.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Congratulations! You have super powers and have opted to become a super hero! Good for you.
Now, before we send you out onto the streets, we need to know your super heroic moral code. Where you bend, where you break, and where you break others. This will help us figure out what kind of super hero you should be.
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and increasing our understanding of super heroes everywhere.
Please use this thread both to discuss your answers and provide constructive criticism of this survey's structure. Survey results will be posted anonymously on Friday -
Quote:Thanks. I can never remember those things.Originally Posted by Roderick
Or type /macro XP optiontoggle noxp
This will give you a nice little button labelled "XP" that turns your XP on or off whenever you want, without the hassle of digging through menus.