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Lissy Longbottom · 09-23-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ama

Daphne made a little thoughtful noise and tilted her head at Jack. "I'm not sure I agree? In war, fear tactics are actually very useful. They do create power because by inspiring fear in others you control their minds. That is power. So, maybe you think they're doing it just for the kicks," repeated the blond quoting what someone had said earlier with a little wrinkle of her nose. "But in their mind, it's all for power. I don't know. I'm not a war general or some kind of rebellion leader. I don't know what goes through their minds. All I know is that what they believe is different and what may seem like mindless violence to some of you may actually be well planned moves in order to win."

To win power. Like in a chess game. Sometimes you even had to sacrifice your pawns in order to win. That didn't mean you were indulging in mindless killing. Never mindless. Just working towards the greater goal: power.

Jack had never talked this much in class like--EVER. Why did Truebridge always make them TALK? Couldn't they sit there and just take notes like in normal classes? Sigh. He looked up as Daphne started talking again and he nodded.

"You're right--I actually think that everyone in this room is correct to some degree," he said. That was one thing he wanted to make clear--Jack didn't like arguing wih anyone. Or letting them think that he was just being like, a grouchy little argurer. "Power definitely DOES come from causing harm and fear...in a way, it makes people respect you. That isn't necessarily their MOTIVE to do it, though. We'll never know the true motives that inspire people to do the Dark Arts are unless we all master the art of Occlumancy," he said.

He cleared his throat before continuing. "Some people want power. Others start off with the intention to just cause chaos and end up achieving power that way, and then maybe their motives change. Maybe they don't even care that they have this power, they just want to cause harm to everyone because they want to. Whatever it comes down to--power or harm--it's not cool to use it for evil purposes," he said. There. That was all that really mattered, right?

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Lissy Longbottom Potterdom Mod Book Club Mod Giant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ferrix: GMT-6 Posts: 56,908 Hogwarts RPG Name: Moritz Schultz (#0f667e) Ravenclaw Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nancy Schultz (#ac6f77) Hufflepuff Fourth Year x11 x1	curly haired prefect - "sometimes I get angry!" - 30/90 - chicken emoji - probably @ Disney - I speak dog Quote: Originally Posted by Ama Daphne made a little thoughtful noise and tilted her head at Jack. "I'm not sure I agree? In war, fear tactics are actually very useful. They do create power because by inspiring fear in others you control their minds. That is power. So, maybe you think they're doing it just for the kicks," repeated the blond quoting what someone had said earlier with a little wrinkle of her nose. "But in their mind, it's all for power. I don't know. I'm not a war general or some kind of rebellion leader. I don't know what goes through their minds. All I know is that what they believe is different and what may seem like mindless violence to some of you may actually be well planned moves in order to win." To win power. Like in a chess game. Sometimes you even had to sacrifice your pawns in order to win. That didn't mean you were indulging in mindless killing. Never mindless. Just working towards the greater goal: power. Jack had never talked this much in class like--EVER. Why did Truebridge always make them TALK? Couldn't they sit there and just take notes like in normal classes? Sigh. He looked up as Daphne started talking again and he nodded. "You're right--I actually think that everyone in this room is correct to some degree," he said. That was one thing he wanted to make clear--Jack didn't like arguing wih anyone. Or letting them think that he was just being like, a grouchy little argurer. "Power definitely DOES come from causing harm and fear...in a way, it makes people respect you. That isn't necessarily their MOTIVE to do it, though. We'll never know the true motives that inspire people to do the Dark Arts are unless we all master the art of Occlumancy," he said. He cleared his throat before continuing. "Some people want power. Others start off with the intention to just cause chaos and end up achieving power that way, and then maybe their motives change. Maybe they don't even care that they have this power, they just want to cause harm to everyone because they want to. Whatever it comes down to--power or harm--it's not cool to use it for evil purposes," he said. There. That was all that really mattered, right? __________________ I'm still standin'________________________________________ better than I ever did Lookin' like a true survivor_________________________________feelin' like a little kid