Golden Girl

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

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

Because we know that self appointed judge, jury and executioner type people are a threat, but ultimately, their vision is limited. It's a reactive type of vigilantism, going after the perpetrators of bad deeds.

People like GG with superpowers who believe they have a completely moral vision, and know that what they do is inherently right and is not subject to debate - they will simply not be satisfied with capturing/punishing/executing evildoers. Anyone who dares to question their actions or dissent from their views is clearly immoral and a potential threat/criminal.

While GG will go on about Emperor Cole and Enriche and all of that nonsense, her cognitive dissonance about her own rhetoric frightens some. The Emperor is evil, so she would depose him and set up a democracy. And if she decided that the democracy was doing it wrong, she would tear down that government and set up another. While she would claim she did not want the power, she would have it de facto, because anyone who dared to think differently than she did would be wrong and, therefore, evil.

Combined with her unwillingness to make a hard choice - who do you save? - and her unshakable faith in her own moral judgment, a dose of real power would set her on a slippery slope. Capturing criminals? Great. How about those who preach bigotry and hate? Yes? Then what about a 14 year old engaging in anti-gay bullying? Is that within GG's hero portfolio? How about the teacher that tolerates the bullying in the classroom? How about the parents? Does your universal morality extend only to actions, or does it extend to the root causes? Do you wait with your hero powers until it is too late and the crime has already happened, or do you act before a crime is committed, therefore arresting someone who is innocent in deed, but perhaps not in thought? Proactive heroism can be a form of tyranny.

A murderous vigilante, while dangerous and a threat, has many more steps and phases to go through before they arrive at that point, and is therefore less of a threat and less scary. A vigilante defines who they are going after, and why, and can be predicted and stopped.

As to me, I'll save myself for saving people from disasters - tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, train wrecks, all that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

"We've already been damned and Earth is Hell." - Me

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

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 Knight_Marshal

You can be moral without being soft. To me it is the people who lack the moral fortitude to do what is right and most often needed who look the other way and allow and allow society to degenerate as it has.

Originally Posted by Lastjustice

Why I'd rather live in a world with murders and thieves than one without freewill.

Originally Posted by Eva Destruction

Do you actually read the posts you respond to, or is one sentence pretty much your limit?

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

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.

Originally Posted by Johnstone

Closed Fist.

Open Palm.

Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano

He mentions that he'd take down the Mediport grid and thus it'd be a matter of days before eventually his army would succeed by grinding the heroes down.

Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay

There could be a "Marcus Cole Club" in which only people with legal I.D. proving that they are the one and only Marcus Cole are invited.

It would be more populated than red side.

Originally Posted by flashrains

Yeah, that is what the records say...

Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel

Well what did you expect, the Spanish Inquisition?

Originally Posted by Dollymistress

Can we choose at the end whether to help the Praetorian invasion, instead of hinder it?

Originally Posted by Zubenelgenubi

Bloodbath, yes. Insane, no.

In my opinion, the world would be a far, far better place if the human predators were removed. I'm talking predators who kill, and r4pe, yes. but also those who manipulate governments and businesses and economic systems to enrich themselves to insane levels while harming all of the rest of society.

And really, after the first few hundred or so, the rest would get the idea. And for those that didn't, well, problem easily solved.

Originally Posted by Antigonus

Magneto and Dr. Doom are two names that come to mind as people who absolutely believe they are protecting those under their care.

Originally Posted by Veritech

you say that as if you think he's wrong. silly GG.

Originally Posted by ketch

How will young heroes learn with you doing this? You've basically come along and kicked the training wheels off their bikes.

Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards

They'll never notice that I'm in it for the power.