Isolder74 wrote:Alderaan was an influencial core world. It was not some little place. It would be like THe US blasting the whole state of New York to bits.
Blasting New York? I approve!
Anyways, why should the Rebels have pushed their luck? Besides, their decision not to finish the Empire off ultimatly saved the Galaxy.
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Isolder74 wrote:Alderaan was an influencial core world. It was not some little place. It would be like THe US blasting the whole state of New York to bits.
Not even close. Alderaan was high visibility because of the arts and culture that came out of it. The population of Alderaan was insignifigant to the population of the Galaxy.
Why? It may not have been a Coruscant but it wasn't tiny either. I simply used New York because it is one of the 13 original colonies of the United States.
Oh that makes more sense. Although Im not sure if Alderaans importance to the Republic was that grand. I do see what your getting at.
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Yes, but they should have stepped in when the warlords fought to avoid the death of civillians
I wonder how they would have managed to do that considering they already had their hands full with Zsinji, Thrawn, Pellaeon etc.
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Stravo wrote:Hey just look at the chaos and death in Iraq. The same deal here, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs. Freedom is always more important than order and peace.
Agreed.
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NRS Guardian wrote:I agree in the long run yes freedom is more important than order and peace because in the long run freedom is a better guaranteer of peace than tyranny. As Jefferson said "those that exchange freedom for security will have neither".
And as anyone who has a brain says, those who are fucking dead truly have neither, without any need for this figurative and exaggerated bullshit. At what point does one acknowledge that a principle must be weighed against its cost in human life?
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