Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191208140701/@comment-44086949-20191210045640

Penguinluver1431 wrote: MilesTheMorales1 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote: CaptFredricks wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote:

愛 日音 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote: 愛 日音 wrote: The amount of people advocating the ruthless murder of a twelve year old is concerning. She killed a fan favorite character and later BRAGGED about it to her lover and family. Did you think people would just praise Gabi, or see her as some amazing character that isn't a cheaper, crappier version of the MC? No, I just didn't think they'd advocate for the ruthless murder of a twelve year old girl. Then again, I am talking to someone who doesn't seem to understand the sheer amount of strength it takes to spare your daughter's killer. "Strength"? Is THAT what you call it? It's not strength. It's weakness. Cowardice. Real world fathers aren't so forgiving towards their child's murderer, and they certainly don't take them in as part of their "family". It's an insult to their child's memory. Your vendetta against Gabi needs to end. We get that you're pissed that she killed Sasha (not even in cold blood; it was in the middle of a war). Sasha was my favorite female character, and you don't see me crying about it. It's ancient history at this point, and most of us understand why Gabi did what she did and what she's learned since then. She's learned to be a better person and she's broken out of her "Eldians are devils" mentality.

And yes, it does take strength of will to spare your child's killer. Revenge is a vicious and bloody cycle that only multiplies the number of victims. Okay then, next time some racist kills a loved one of yours, let's see you look them in the eye and forgive them. While you're at it, welcome them into your home, clothe them, and call them part of your family and replace the dead relative of yours they killed. I GUARANTEE no one in their right mind will ever do that to murderers.

As someone with Jewish in-laws I have ZERO tolerance for the whole 'forgive and forget' mentality people take towards xenophobes, especially Nazi apologists. Ignoring that this is slightly off-topic, I would forgive someone like that. It's one of those "what would Jesus do" moments where you have to put your moral high-seat to the side and put yourself in their shoes. Yes, their ideas are 100% wrong, maybe even disgusting and abominable, but that doesn't mean the person who doesn't know better should pay the ultimate price for it.

Yes, what Gabi did was wrong. She should not have killed Sasha, but that would also mean Eren shouldn't have killed innocent bystanders. This all started ever since sin entered this world, and the cycle won't stop until mankind ends. The best thing one can do is understand where they're coming from before jumping into a topic and inadvertently making them stick stronger to their beliefs. To quote a delightfully compelling gangster by the name of Cottonmouth: "Jesus saves. I don't." And that's after his speech about his worldview that I believe kept people on their best behavior: "I'm all about the old school. You know that eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth kind of thing. Fire and brimstone. See back then do someone wrong, wasn't no begging and pleading. Just took care of it. Handled your business" If we're gonna start pulling things from the Bible, such as "Eye for Eye & Tooth for Tooth," that way of living was for that specific period in time, but Jesus' teaching of "turn the other cheek" is a message for now and the time to come. When has blind hatred ever solved anything? One might cite world wars for this answer, but does it not take the attacking side to concede their views in order to cease their assault once the defenders begin to fight back? Hatred only causes wars, it takes the concession of ignorance to end it.