Ilberd

[PArcher]

Eh, I'm not particularly interested in addressing the flawed analogy that 'Garleans are like Hitler'. It's a very, very flawed argument and a clear case of Godwin's Law in effect.

Except that's not the comparison being made. The atrocities from the Nazis just happen to be one of the best ways to illustrate the point; any group that did something evil because they were told to would have worked (and you'd probably give the same excuse, but whatever)

Following orders does not excuse your behavior. Just because you are told to go out and murder someone doesn't make it OK to the victim's family and friends.


The Garleans in Eorzea are here to conquer, and the tactics they are using are brutal, often immoral and just plain evil. What happened at the Waking Sands after Titan is a clear illustration of this, and if you talk to the one NPC there throughout the AAR story, you get a painting of what they did to Ala Mihgo (and its not pretty either). Then there's them wanting to exterminate anyone/thing who has the *potential* to summon a Primal (which, funnily enough, is now nearly their entire empire, maybe even themselves, after the Ishgardians effectively summoned two Primals [Shiva and Thordan])


Don't forget, "all that evil needs to succeed is for good men to do nothing". If those invading Garleans are "good", they are doing nothing by following orders, and letting evil win.