Tai_K_Yagami
Well-Known Member
I don't know if Serenity already made a thread like this but this thread is inspired by Serenity's amazing and thoughtful questions.
When I was in Classic the other month, I had this conversation with a Guest player that, as usual, questioned the logic of the rules. Though what was interesting was that the player desired to seek a deeper meaning of its content. So we had a huge debate about what standpoint does the symbol of the swastika represent. The player inquired that the Swas was but a symbol as the cross was a symbol for Christians. I refuted by saying that the symbol desperately called out to the player that the majority of the population recognizes the level of meaning behind it, evil.
But, "majority": the key word. Fundamentally speaking, the majority of the world has at least a vague acknowledgement on what a Swas is or what any infamous symbol represents. I found the player to be a very contradictory one and even admitted to it. That person asked about what is the nature of law and conduct? Why must we as humans act in accordance with the rest of the world to be considered a part of it and to what extent does it bring us to being any closer to human in that matter?
I basically told the player that it is only healthy to believe in respect to what is perceived as good by humans in general. That player was one of a few people who like to think from a critical perspective and many would consider the very thoughts to be those of an anarchist. Yet, this is the very question he/she asks.
From what kind of perspective do humans properly define customary? Are we evil, good? Are humans subjective and arbitrary to believe in what is socially acceptable collectively and ignore thoughts deemed incoherent with our nature? If so, why do we develop a "side" so-to-speak? Is it through our conscience that we do so? Why do we have such a capacity to do so? Who are we really?
Here are his/her words:
This player has blown my mind since.
When I was in Classic the other month, I had this conversation with a Guest player that, as usual, questioned the logic of the rules. Though what was interesting was that the player desired to seek a deeper meaning of its content. So we had a huge debate about what standpoint does the symbol of the swastika represent. The player inquired that the Swas was but a symbol as the cross was a symbol for Christians. I refuted by saying that the symbol desperately called out to the player that the majority of the population recognizes the level of meaning behind it, evil.
But, "majority": the key word. Fundamentally speaking, the majority of the world has at least a vague acknowledgement on what a Swas is or what any infamous symbol represents. I found the player to be a very contradictory one and even admitted to it. That person asked about what is the nature of law and conduct? Why must we as humans act in accordance with the rest of the world to be considered a part of it and to what extent does it bring us to being any closer to human in that matter?
I basically told the player that it is only healthy to believe in respect to what is perceived as good by humans in general. That player was one of a few people who like to think from a critical perspective and many would consider the very thoughts to be those of an anarchist. Yet, this is the very question he/she asks.
From what kind of perspective do humans properly define customary? Are we evil, good? Are humans subjective and arbitrary to believe in what is socially acceptable collectively and ignore thoughts deemed incoherent with our nature? If so, why do we develop a "side" so-to-speak? Is it through our conscience that we do so? Why do we have such a capacity to do so? Who are we really?
Here are his/her words:
[2013-07-09 00:16:51] driscol: we create our own reality through our actions
[2013-07-09 00:16:56] driscol: we shape our actions through thought
[2013-07-09 00:17:07] driscol: our thoughts are shaped by our teachings and
[2013-07-09 00:17:08] > language
This player has blown my mind since.