» Sun May 02, 2010 6:36 pm
*headdesk* This is getting nowhere...Crimony...
Say what you want, be stubborn, and be Ghoul-hating bigots with your fancy words and power armor. Chris: You WERE making it out as if Ghouls were the bane of all human existence, when really, there are MORE than just Ghouls who are scourging the Wastes. Raiders, Mutants, Enclave, even Brotherhood of Steel. THAT'S why mankind suddenly came in to the topic :/
What you two are doing is seeing the Ghouls for the bad that they are, and discriminating upon them about something that happens PSYCHOLOGICALLY, not BIOLOGICALLY. You say that eventually, they'll become ferals, thinking that it's SUPPOSED to happen, like it's a disease, and because of that, they should be eradicated.
Alright; if that was the case, and they ALL were supposed to turn ferals because they're infected or something, then I would agree that they SHOULD be killed when they get to that point. (not just kill them on sight; I find that cruel and unusual punishment if they're still able to think consciously like a human) But they don't! THEY DON'T. Some are just the "unfortunate mutants that lost their minds and became aggressive." (quoted from The Vault) (See? Another piece of proof that it's psychological; not biological) In fact, society MAKES them that way, because they are HATED AND SHUNNED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BECOME. So it's not THEIR fault they've turned feral: It's humanity in a nutshell :/
There are a few BAD conscience Ghouls, like Crowley, Ahzrukhal, and Roy Phillips, that really don't deserve to keep breathing. But just because THEY have their share of prejudice against those so-called 'smoothskins' doesn't mean everyone ELSE has it, too. Ghouls act suspicious towards wanderers that AREN'T Ghouls that come in to Underworld, because they don't want what was trying to kill them out THERE, to come to their doorstep. They see the guns the wanderer has, so they have a REASON to feel suspicious and nervous. So as a friendly warning on THEIR part, they tell the wanderer that there are "more of us than you", which means they aren't looking for trouble. They just want to live their lives in solitude AWAY from the bigotry, but if they're provoked, they will defend themselves, which is PERFECTLY FINE. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. I wouldn't stand still and say "shoot me!" if I were being fired at; would you? :/
You two make it look like the Ghoul-lovers are idiots, when really, what you two are saying, are just making yourselves look bad and prejudice against fictional characters. There are bad parts of the Ghouls, and yet, there are GOOD parts to Ghouls, too. There are doctors (Barrow), engineers (Winthrop), shopkeepers willing to trade (Carol, Tulip), and you know what? They're WILLING to help you. How about that? How about the Ghouls that are WILLING to help you? Or are they just the bad guys, too?
I'm done here, really :/ Say what you want after this, but I'm staying with my position upon Ghouls. Unlike what you two say with your Enclave ramblings on how they all should die because they're stark-raving mad and yarg blarg ya, I say they are deserving to live their own lives. Just trying to point it out to you two is like trying to knock a boulder down a hill using a toothpick.