Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
No, your argument continues to be flawed for the reasons I outlined. Merely stating it's the same person with the same principles doesn't dislodge the problems it faces.
Emet-Selch: 'Once the rejoining of worlds is complete, Zodiark will regain His full strength and shatter his prison. Then we shall offer up the Source's remaining inhabitants in sacrifice, that we might resurrect our brethren who died to bring Zodiark into existence.'

You're claiming that the Ascians went from 'Let's think about sacrificing all the non-Amaurotians on the star' to 'Let's sacrifice the souls of all the non-Amaurotians left on the star'. That's fine, but that transition itself shows why they shouldn't have the power to make that decision in the first place. Emet is still Emet, and his arguments for eradicating humanity are still predicated on the belief that his friends lives are more valuable than your own. There's no 'responsible use of soul sacrifice to bring back loved ones' here. Just don't do it.

Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
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It's wrong to misappropriate words such as genocide without respect for their historical context. If you were simply unaware of this, it would have been worthwhile to look up the United Nations definition of the term and the associated atrocities that it was created around before continuing to defend its misuse by making jokes about it. Likewise, it's odd to throw out an arbitrary claim about my socioeconomic status as if that's reason to disregard my points. It's absurd at minimum, but it also reflects incredibly poorly to be the sort of person who looks down others based on how much money they have.