It’s a convention of fantasy and science fiction that there can exist sentient races which are, by their very nature, inimical to mankind, and can therefore be justifiably killed on sight. In principle, there’s no reason why such creatures can’t actually exist. So that scene didn’t set off any alarm bells for me. The first thing that made me look askew was that Hirou’s company included both a pirate and a thief, and the wormarium was my confirmation.
It’s a convention of fantasy and science fiction that there can exist sentient races which are, by their very nature, inimical to mankind, and can therefore be justifiably killed on sight
And by the way, I’m willing to buy that. Hirou’s sin is that he didn’t actually buy it, as in, pay for the conclusion, if you see what I mean.
Hirou didn’t bother to verify that the orcs actually were irredeemably evil, which is possible, but you would have to see evidence. Hirou just saw something physically ugly, and his social surroundings expected him to kill them. But the view which he acted-as-if-believed was possible, it simply wasn’t true. Arguably my Orthodox Jewish parents committed more blatant mistakes—if far more theoretical mistakes—in endorsing God’s murder of the Egyptian firstborn.
It’s a convention of fantasy and science fiction that there can exist sentient races which are, by their very nature, inimical to mankind, and can therefore be justifiably killed on sight. In principle, there’s no reason why such creatures can’t actually exist. So that scene didn’t set off any alarm bells for me. The first thing that made me look askew was that Hirou’s company included both a pirate and a thief, and the wormarium was my confirmation.
And by the way, I’m willing to buy that. Hirou’s sin is that he didn’t actually buy it, as in, pay for the conclusion, if you see what I mean.
No, I don’t. Can you clarify?
Hirou didn’t bother to verify that the orcs actually were irredeemably evil, which is possible, but you would have to see evidence. Hirou just saw something physically ugly, and his social surroundings expected him to kill them. But the view which he acted-as-if-believed was possible, it simply wasn’t true. Arguably my Orthodox Jewish parents committed more blatant mistakes—if far more theoretical mistakes—in endorsing God’s murder of the Egyptian firstborn.