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Tweak says, "you're my best friend"

Carth Onasi (fleet) wrote in thedoorway,
@ 2015-08-25 21:53:00

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!tesseract glitch, carth onasi, meetra surik

You know I can see why people might be a little uneasy about the Avengers right now. And they're pretty much the same reasons people would get uneasy around Jedi.

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	extorris 2015-08-26 02:33 am UTC (link)
	It can be understandable. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 02:38 am UTC (link)
	A lot of power, separated from the rest of the world, and watching after themselves. We've seen this get messy before. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tesseractglitch 2015-08-26 02:45 am UTC (link)
	To be honest, I can name more than one politician that description would cover. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 02:46 am UTC (link)
	It's not mutually exclusive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 02:55 am UTC (link)
	Perhaps the next step ought to be Jedi Politicians? More seriously, patterns do repeat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 02:56 am UTC (link)
	You'd be more fun to deal with than the politicians I actually dealt with. And it looks like one could repeat here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:01 am UTC (link)
	I have no head for it. Tactics, yes, as with training but politics? I think there's a very good reason we kept out of it. They always can though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 03:03 am UTC (link)
	I don't entirely disagree, but isolation is part of what got us into that mess. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

extorris
2015-08-26 03:07 am UTC (link)

I think there's sometimes being too isolated (much like the Jedi were), or being too interwoven into things. I don't know what this is. Not yet. It can go sideways in both cases. Be too isolated and people distrust you and wonder what you do in those temples, never helped when the Sith show up, or be too involved and be accused of wanting the people to conform to the norms set by those who have powers others do not.

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	fleet 2015-08-26 03:09 am UTC (link)
	There needs to be a balance. But having that much power comes with responsibility, you can't just do what you want with it. That's what bullies do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:21 am UTC (link)
	On the other side, free will is important. I don't disagree with you though, not entirely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 03:25 am UTC (link)
	Free will is important. But just because you have free will doesn't justify bad choices. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:31 am UTC (link)
	Bad choices aren't limited to those with powers though, and often we think our choices right. Plus what is something one would choose as 'bad' isn't always what another would think of the same thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Which is why oversight wouldn't be a bad thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:36 am UTC (link)
	On one hand I joined the organisations on this place to do what I can in some of that regard but on the other, the Jedi had oversight, and still people went dark or they choose not to act when it was needed. I don't know if there is a right answer, or even if balance can be achieved. I guess all I can do is my part. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 03:37 am UTC (link)
	It's a nice way to look at it. Just I'd rather not see this place fall into a war like back home because they Avengers can't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:44 am UTC (link)
	It's optimistic, I know. And it's not an invalid concern. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 03:50 am UTC (link)
	I guess we'll see how it turns out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:51 am UTC (link)
	There's always the choice of joining SWORD or SHIELD? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fleet 2015-08-26 03:52 am UTC (link)
	I'm a soldier at heart, I'll probably end up somewhere like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extorris 2015-08-26 03:54 am UTC (link)
	I don't know if it'll mean much but I'll put in a good word for you. (Reply to this) (Parent)