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Post #451779

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xhonzi
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If the Sith are the Bad Guys in the PT
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4-Nov-2010, 4:08 PM

Sluggo said:

I think you have Mr. Osborn mixed up with some obscure Christian sect.

???

What if the Hoth invasion was told from General Veers perspective? 

I've had this thought as well.  Generally, I'm a moral absolutist (this is right, that is wrong) and don't have a lot of patience for "perspective".  Oh, this child molester is actually not doing anything wrong, from his perspective, etc.

But then again, I do believe that most people who commit evil don't see it that way.  Not that it makes it right, or neutral, but that they have rationalized away the reality that what they're doing is wrong so they can go ahead and do it anyways.

If one doctor says, "Yes, you can eat 10 lbs of bacon for breakfast and lose weight.  It's healthy!" and 9 doctors say to that doctor, "What are you a doctor of, exactly?"... A lot of people will listen to the 1 doctor because they can convince themselves that a 10lb bacon breakfast is not only delicious! but also good for them.

So, I think you could show the invasion from Veers perspective.  However, I don't think the morality of the situation is actualy relative.  You might make him the 'protagonist'... but you won't make him a 'good guy'.