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Only the Sith believe in absolutes!

  • 25-11-2011 9:24pm
    #1
    Johnny Bitte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭


    My 12 year old nephew posed this question to me and I was honestly lost for any objection:

    "If the Jedi believe that only a Sith believe in absolutes, doesnt that mean that the Jedi are Sith because they believe in that absolute" :eek:


Comments

  • #2
    Mr. K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Mr. K


    I always thought that line was a bit stupid, for that very reason!


  • #3
    Captain Chapman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Captain Chapman


    That is one smart 12 year old, at that age I just wanted to be a sith!


  • #4
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Sith believe that and act upon it as a means to an end. Jedi do not do this and cannot.


  • #5
    Doc Ruby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,956 ✭✭✭Doc Ruby


    An absolute is a 1-0 boolean on/off proposition though, all or nothing, black or white. Saying that only one particular group fervently believes in absolutes may just be a statement of fact, rather than expression of belief in a similar doctrine. It doesn't insist that the belief may not be held to a lesser degree by other people.

    Call it a quirk of the English language, or just give the little tyke a clip across the ear for backchat.


  • #6
    promethius42
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 167 ✭✭promethius42


    Mind = Blown


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