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Re: Questions (possible spoiler)
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 01:00:06 GMT
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Roger Connor <hokiepoke@aol.com> wrote in message
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> In regards to Jedi ethics - Tatooine is not governed by rule of law. It is
> instead governed by crime lords- Hutts. Thus Qui Gonn stealing a power • whatsit
> or using undue Jedi mind tricks is perfectly in line with the law of the • land.
> What is "legal" in one place may be a capital crime in another.
That's true. But we are not talking about "legalities" here. We are
talking about a persons MORALS.
What if he had unknowingly landed on a planet where wearing a beard in
public was considered a capital offense whose punishment was instant
beheading? Would he have stood there while they cut off his head? I don't
think so. But that is the "Law of the Land". Oh, and BTW, that cute little
braid you have behind the ear Mr. Kenobi is also against the law, punishable
by the removal of one eye with a dull, rusty butterknife. Please lean over
so we don't get any blood on that cute robe you're wearing.
Even though it might have been legal to steal (and I SERIOUSLY doubt that
the Hutts would consider theft as "legal", especially if it was their
property that was pilfered), does not give a Jedi the reason to forgo their
OWN moral ethics. What raises them above the rabble (other than really cool
weapons) is the fact that they uphold the highest of ethics and moral
values. They are the epitome of what is right an just in the universe.
Kevin B
aka Battlehammer
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| In lugnet.starwars, Kevin Bane writes:>Even though it might have been legal to steal (and I SERIOUSLY doubt that (...) I am interested in the =source= of these "highest of ethics and moral values." Did the Jedi just invent them or are they inherent (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Questions (possible spoiler)
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| In regards to Jedi ethics - Tatooine is not governed by rule of law. It is instead governed by crime lords- Hutts. Thus Qui Gonn stealing a power whatsit or using undue Jedi mind tricks is perfectly in line with the law of the land. What is "legal" (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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