Quote Originally Posted by redheadturk View Post
I stated that both were genocide and both were wrong. I am much more inclined to excuse the Rejoinings to some extent because they were a reaction to Venat's initial genocide. Did the people still exist? Yeah, maybe, but with a much reduced aether capacity and lifespan. A slow murder is still a murder, and the destruction of a culture is still genocide even if some of the people survive.
Yeah, were it not for the Sundering there would be no need for the Rejoinings.

Ultimately my view has always been that although it makes sense for the Sundered to do everything possible to ensure they are not wiped out without their consent, so too does it make sense for the Unsundered to take the same approach. The continued survival of one's self, one's loved ones and one's species is deeply ingrained into most beings in the form of the 'fight or flight' response and other similar instincts.