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Sounds like something that various denizens of Gielinor would have differing opinions on based off their philosophy or religion. There are probably some who would consider even human hide to be ethically justifiable to be used for crafting if it actually had useful properties. It's all kind of arbitrary. The imp is no longer conscious or aware that its body is being used to increase one's spell casting abilities, so why would anyone care? It's only a lump of material that is no longer serving as the host of a soul or consciousness.
Us runecrafters use the body of a dead god to get to the altars quicker. Is that wrong? Personally, if the hypothetical imp was quite distinguished - having achieved great things in life and gathered a reputation, I'd consider it disrespectful to use it for such ends. But even that's getting into arbitrary territory. That's just it, though, isn't it? No matter what conclusion we come to, it's all subjective. So go ahead, skin the little bugger if it proves to be useful. The only judge in this case is the thing's ability to defend itself.
One man's wrong is another man's right, and vice versa - in all possible iterations, degrees, or combinations. This is why humans are always, and will always be, at war with each other. Our minds are hard wired to base most of our decisions off emotion and subjectivity. You have different factions of world views clawing for power until one of them becomes bigger than the rest and can enforce their code. The ultimate judge is always dominance. Power is everything.
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Us runecrafters use the body of a dead god to get to the altars quicker. Is that wrong? Personally, if the hypothetical imp was quite distinguished - having achieved great things in life and gathered a reputation, I'd consider it disrespectful to use it for such ends. But even that's getting into arbitrary territory. That's just it, though, isn't it? No matter what conclusion we come to, it's all subjective. So go ahead, skin the little bugger if it proves to be useful. The only judge in this case is the thing's ability to defend itself.
One man's wrong is another man's right, and vice versa - in all possible iterations, degrees, or combinations. This is why humans are always, and will always be, at war with each other. Our minds are hard wired to base most of our decisions off emotion and subjectivity. You have different factions of world views clawing for power until one of them becomes bigger than the rest and can enforce their code. The ultimate judge is always dominance. Power is everything.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
21-Jan-2019 23:47:55 - Last edited on 22-Jan-2019 00:05:29 by Ferro Dude
MJ Schooley
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however, there are plenty of evil and dangerous humans, gnomes, and other such races across Gielinor, yet I'm fairly certain no one would condone using their hides for armor.
While we've never killed other humans for their skin (at least I don't think we have), we're certainly not above killing and just looting the poor guy's armour. In fact, the Master Quest Cape (which I take to mean canon) requires the killing of 1,300 Black Knights.
If a Black Knight and an Imp are equally Zamorakian, it's a little difficult justifying killing one, but sparing the other. Then again, a lot of Zamorak's "followers" have different "interpretations" of his words, so I guess the analogy doesn't really work.
Ferro Dude said :
One man's wrong is another man's right, and vice versa - in all possible iterations, degrees, or combinations. This is why humans are always, and will always be, at war with each other. Our minds are hard wired to base most of our decisions off emotion and subjectivity. You have different factions of world views clawing for power until one of them becomes bigger than the rest and can enforce their code. The ultimate judge is always dominance. Power is everything.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Glad to know Bandos found a more modern method of expressing his beliefs. The legendary creators have been long gone from this world. When they return, they'll be surprised and angered of their creations' new sapience. Meanwhile, the world's most elite, summoned to be its guardians, have abandoned their purpose and intend to plunge the world into chaos. -- Bionicle or RS?
however, there are plenty of evil and dangerous humans, gnomes, and other such races across Gielinor, yet I'm fairly certain no one would condone using their hides for armor.
While we've never killed other humans for their skin (at least I don't think we have), we're certainly not above killing and just looting the poor guy's armour. In fact, the Master Quest Cape (which I take to mean canon) requires the killing of 1,300 Black Knights.
If a Black Knight and an Imp are equally Zamorakian, it's a little difficult justifying killing one, but sparing the other. Then again, a lot of Zamorak's "followers" have different "interpretations" of his words, so I guess the analogy doesn't really work.
Ferro Dude said :
One man's wrong is another man's right, and vice versa - in all possible iterations, degrees, or combinations. This is why humans are always, and will always be, at war with each other. Our minds are hard wired to base most of our decisions off emotion and subjectivity. You have different factions of world views clawing for power until one of them becomes bigger than the rest and can enforce their code. The ultimate judge is always dominance. Power is everything.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Glad to know Bandos found a more modern method of expressing his beliefs. The legendary creators have been long gone from this world. When they return, they'll be surprised and angered of their creations' new sapience. Meanwhile, the world's most elite, summoned to be its guardians, have abandoned their purpose and intend to plunge the world into chaos. -- Bionicle or RS?
24-Jan-2019 00:16:44 - Last edited on 24-Jan-2019 00:17:29 by Crow Crimson
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