Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27312496-20191204190600/@comment-43757330-20191206014024

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote:

Even if Cinder's life was not being immediately jeopardized, the people she killed were all threats that, if not eliminated, would represent a potential and future impediment to her efforts. I don't really understand why you keep using this as a defense for Cinder. It's this weird notion that if Cinder has a reason to kill, then that makes it okay. No. Just no. That argument only holds water in one case, and one case only: self defense. Which doesn't apply to Cinder because she's the assailant. Cinder's reasons for killing are always the same: to extend her murderous rampage. It's cyclical in nature. She kills. Somebody tries to stop her. She kills them. Rinse and repeat. The idea that killing purely to preserve the right to continue killing is justifiable is not only unethical, it's downright scary. That would mean that mass shooters have the right to kill first responders. It would mean that fugitives have the right to kill witnesses. It's crazy. In fact, I would argue that Cinder's reasons for killing make her even more evil. Because it shows that she fully comprehends her actions, and does so clinically rather than because of insanity. Tyrian, on the other hand, is clearly mentally ill. That he kills for seemingly no reason, shows that he lacks the mental capacity to understand why he's killing, which indicates that he has no concept of right or wrong. That, to me, while still evil, is not nearly as evil as the brand of cruelty that Cinder employs.