Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
Well, if we're going to go on about chain reactions and inadvertent consequences, it seems like a logical starting point, does it not?
I'd appreciate you responding to my main point, which you conveniently edited out of your response. The bit about sins of the father was more glib than serious - the question about how many pure-blooded Garleans actually suffered through the unjust persecution their people did are alive (and more importantly) in positions of power in modern Hydaelyn.

It's an important distinction - their persecution does explain and to an extent justify why they pushed for Magitek and why they pushed to conquer those that had conquered them...but that was completed 50 years back.

How much sway should that still hold in justifying their current actions, especially if those actions have been against nations that weren't part of the group that persecuted them in the first place? How many current Pure-blooded Garleans can be "justified" in their racism towards others, when chances are many of them grew up in the Empire, not the tiny nation that had to fight to survive?