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Re: Questions (possible spoiler)
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Wed, 9 Jun 1999 06:55:12 GMT
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> > Don't you think that you are going for honesty more than enough?
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> I don't think so. What he did and how he did it reminds me of the scene in
> SW where Vader chokes the guy using the Force, saying "I find your lack of
> faith in the Force, disturbing...."
> > They are in a battle of good (i.e. innocent - naboo/gungan people) and • evil
> > (trade federation). Do you think that profit of a salvaged parts seller • scum
> > is as important as a planet full of creatures future, and considered as
> > same? Actually he tried it in a very acceptable way.
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> In a word, yes. I DO think it was as important. How many times did QGJ • say
> "If it is the will of the Force" or some such? If he was so high and • mighty
> with the Force, he should have put more faith in it that something else
> would make itself available to get them out of their situation. Surely in • a
> planet that seemed to be mostly scavengers there were other junk dealers.
> Watto seemed awfully eager to get their ship. They MIGHT have been able to
> sell it to him (a ship the whole Trade Federation was looking for)and make
> enough to book passage off planet (on a ship the Trad Federation was NOT
> looking for).
But I think that any Jedi is not a budist father, nor Mahatma Gandhi (it was
one of the greatest leaders on earth from any point of view, by the way, but
it's another stýory).
And QGJ was just working for the advantage of a whole planet full of
creatures, not his very own profit. Instead of trying to classifying things
as black and white, using own mind to conclude about the intensity of grey
is better I think. Because there are very few pure colors which are
universal at the same time. Things must be concluded considering also the
situations, I think.
In our case, the thing that must be concluded as good or bad is "trying to
buy a spare part that you are in need of, by tricking a seller (maybe
innocent, but seemingly profit oriented, and not so honest) by making him
believing the validity of certain currency, although it is not practically
valid (probably valid legally but not preferred personally)"
Advantages: possibility of creating a chance to save a peaceful planet
Disadvantages: Preventing some bystander to profit this situation, by
causing some money loss for him.
Yes, this is not ethical in many situations, but not in this one.
> Which raises another question: How did Darth Maul know where to find them?
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> > Additionally, I can't see anything wrong with tricking someone who tries • to
> > trick you...:-)
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> But Watto did not try to trick him. He just was a good reader of people,
> and just happened to have what a guy desparately needed to get his ship
> going. Of course, since you are familiar with that in most societies the
> worth of something is relative to how badly you need it. So you can figure
> that Watto was going to go for as much as he could get out of him for the
> parts. Dishonest? Definately. A trick? *I* don't think so. I think I
> would be REAL wary if I went to a junk dealer and he accepted my first
> offer. THEN I would wonder what kind of trick he was trying to pull....
Sorry but English is not my native language,..:-) I can easily mistaken
about close meanings of words. What I wanted to say is "If someone you
encountered is dishonest, you don't have to be honest in front of him."
Selçuk
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| Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote in message news:FCzxF7.5Ho@lugnet.com... (...) I don't think so. What he did and how he did it reminds me of the scene in SW where Vader chokes the guy using the Force, saying "I find your (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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