Why can't we be more like Mal?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 17:24
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:02 PM

He came aboard Serenity and shot Dobson as he began to give orders for departure.
He muttered 'Darn', and kicked the henchman into the engine, then preceeded to tell the next one of his intentions.
He shot the pilot(?) of the ship that killed Book as he was laying out his plan to survive Reaver space...

No 'Arnoldesque' puns at the dead men's expense. No wry smile. In short....
No satisfaction.

Mal clearly takes no pleasure in killing, or seeing others get killed.

Can we not all follow his fine example?

Chrisisall

SHELMA32

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:07 PM

Your right.
mal is a good example to us all.
He only kills when he has too.

Plus he's goregous!!

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GEEZER

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
He muttered 'Darn', and kicked the henchman into the engine...
Can we not all follow his fine example?

Chrisisall

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My God, man. He tortured and killed a wounded prisoner. This couldn't have happened unless he had orders from the very top. The leaders of the Independent government-in-exile should be forced to resign and tried for murder immediately.

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:42 PM

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Originally posted by Geezer:

My God, man. He tortured and killed a wounded prisoner.

Fair enough, I started it.

1) No torture, physical or otherwise, and Mal wasn't demanding anything of the dude except that he not prove himself to be a direct and imminent threat to Mal's crew.

2) He reluctantly ended that threat (w/no collateral damage).

Hmmph. Chrisisall

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:47 PM

What torture? I never saw him torture anybody.

Well, I'm that way, anyway. Or were you reffering to the whole of humanity?

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CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:03 PM

I'm guessing he's talking about Dobson, but note that Mal explicitly told Jayne to just scare him.

Granted, turning someone over to Jayne in the first place is morally questionable, but still, Mal didn't want any blood shed if it could be avoided.

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:05 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
What torture? I never saw him torture anybody.

Geezer's implying tha Mal is as bad as those who torture prisoners at Gitmo or Abu-Gharib.
I do not hold with that.
And since Mal gives the orders, he's also implying that Mal is not unlike Cheney or Bush, which I think is ridiculous.

Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:10 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:

Granted, turning someone over to Jayne in the first place is morally questionable, but still, Mal didn't want any blood shed if it could be avoided.

Now if Jayne had got himself that ear, then Geezer's comparison would hold some water, but there's still the notion that Mal knew Jayne well enough to feel comfortable that no real blood would be spilled.
There's also a difference between questioning someone who tried to kill ya, and a suspect, right?

Nose hairs Chrisisall

GEEZER

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
What torture? I never saw him torture anybody.

Geezer's implying tha Mal is as bad as those who torture prisoners at Gitmo or Abu-Gharib.
I do not hold with that.
And since Mal gives the orders, he's also implying that Mal is not unlike Cheney or Bush, which I think is ridiculous.

Chrisisall

Actually, I was just kidding...kinda riffing on the "Bush is responsible for everything bad." crowd that exists here. Hence the

at the end of the post. I will go back and clarify.

"If Darwin ain't Happy,
Ain't Nobody Happy"

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:

Actually, I was just kidding...kinda riffing on the "Bush is responsible for everything bad." crowd that exists here.

So Mal is responsible for everything bad in the 'Verse? What, like he causes so much difficulty for the average Alliance citizen? He makes no decisions that do that, save the one to broadband the truth about Reavers, and we know that'll be spun by the best the Alliance has.
Mal is more like....Ralph Nader than Bush.
Well, you know what I mean...

Chrisisall in a frenzy

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