A/N: Okay right from the get go I want to let you know that this is very strange...it is the result of trying to avoid reading about Rene Descartes because trying to understand him just makes my head hurt @_@ and since I had never really used any dialogue before i decided to do this instead..
it is based on a round-table style discussion, (basically an informal debate) between Heero and someone else (call it a her just because if I said him I'd get confused with Heero) She begins.
I also want to know if anyone can guess what Heero means when he says "I've already shown you" (hint look at his responces [aka defences] to her questions [aka attacks]) Also let me know if it at all makes sence ^_^
I do not own Gundam Wing...that really isn't important here but better safe than sorry ^_^
Questions
"Can a child be as destructive as an adult?"
"They are"
"But a child has not learned hatred...and has less strength."
"They can be taught hatred and if all a child knows is war and death, hatred or anger are not necessary. Weapons are so automated now that there is no need for physical strength"
"But an innocent child couldn't kill."
"A child can pull a trigger just as easily as you, and they haven't yet learned morals to get in the way. There is no such thing as innocence."
"What about those that avoid conflict? Those who have never fought nor do they want to fight? Are they innocent?"
"The are just stronger that I am, are able to resist the corruption."
"But what about morals. Is it morally right to kill someone for a cause?"
"Only if you are just as willing to die for that cause."
"Would you be willing to die for a cause you'd kill for?"
"I am"
"What about people who will die. What if they aren't willing to die for that cause?"
"Then they shouldn't be fighting"
"What if they don't have a choice?"
"There is always a choice"
"How so?"
"Life or death. That's the choice."
"Why do people fight?"
"To protect that which is theirs"
"What about those people that have nothing?"
"There is always something"
"Like?"
"Other people are alive and happy. I will fight to protect them."
"You will?"
"Yes. I will"
"Why?"
"Because it is the duty of the strong to protect those who cannot protect themselves"
"So which side in wrong in a war where both sides are simply protecting the weak?"
"There is no good or evil in war, just opposing sides"
"So war is never right?"
"War is evil"
"What about a war to get rid of an oppressor?"
"That can be done more efficiently other ways. War is the result of failure"
"So a country with a tyrannical leader has failed?"
"Yes"
"How?"
"By not getting rid of that leader"
"But getting rid of them means war, which you said is wrong"
"No. There are other ways"
"Care to explain?"
"No"
"So what is the best way to fight these battles?"
"I've already shown you"
"Where are you going?
"To wage war against the other side"
"But you said war was wrong!"
"I said war was evil and that it was a failure. So am I"
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