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    Victoria Crowny
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    Quote Originally Posted by tokinokanatae View Post
    It's all well and good to say that you have to accept an imperfect existence--after all, none of us live perfect lives--but it is a bit rich to be lectured by bunnies as though anyone knows the perfect stopping point in the pursuit of perfection. How is a civilization to know when they've gone too far? Shouldn't we just accept the lemons as they are instead of seeking to improve them?

    "Oh no, by allowing little Timmy to walk again after the industrial accident, you have actually upset the delicate Misery Balance of our planet! We're doomed!!"
    Brings a specific comic to my mind:

    "Me invent wheel."

    "You am play gods!"

    Quote Originally Posted by PawPaw View Post
    Bad rabbits! No paradise! No perfection and happiness! Why do they wish such horror upon the people of Eitherys?!
    Yeah, this is a consistent problem I've noticed for any story that wants to preach the folly of reaching for perfection and yet also wants to reaffirm the morality of altruism. You want me to have feels about helping people in need, but you also want to say no one should want for better? What?

    So then, where is the magic line between improving other peoples' lives for the better and simply accepting and making the most of one's suffering? Mayhaps we indulged in purest hubris when we developed a cure for Tempering after 12 millennium. If only we had learned to make the most of it and simply rested our weary souls in Lakshmi's bosom.
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    Last edited by CrownySuccubus; 03-30-2022 at 06:58 AM.