Jason Stephensen wrote:
>
> At 22:31 04/03/98 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >> Yeah, this is something I have thought about for a while, particularly in
> >> WH40k. But, unfortunately, it would be against my principles to do
> >> anything
> >> but a 'good' race ;)
> >
> >Well, based on the actions of the races in question in the WH40K
> >universe, I would be forced to say the orks ARE the good guys.
>
> Hmmmm... Good guys in the 40K universe. And who exactly would they be? Of
> all the races only Chaos are true to their nature completely. They aren't
> neceassilly evil, just chaotic.
>
> Eldar are not good. They are down right nasty toward the other races. And
> which other race can lay claim to almost causing their own genocide. And
> look at their aspect warriors and exarchs. Not principally good there.
>
> Orks are reasonably true to their nature, although the stormboys and the
> blood axes are perversions to the true nature. And the madboys well, maybe
> they are the closest to their true nature. But from their actions they are
> most assuredly not good.
>
> Tyranid are true to their own nature, but in their all consuming actions
> they are not good toward the other sentients. In many ways they are the
> true evil of the galaxy. And the fact they are bugs. I hate bugs.
Evil? They're totally amoral. They're probably the
nicest race in the universe. I mean, if they kill you, it's
nothing personal, they just need to eat you know. Survival
of the fittest and all that.
> Now the Imperium is not good. Neither the Space Marines, tech guard or
> Imperial Guard are by no means good. They control their worlds with an iron
> fist. No free speech, no rights at all for the common person. And they do
> kill for the wrong reasons at times. Destroying worlds is not beyond their
> scope. The Imperium is a truly dictatorial nasty empire. There is no
> denying it.
>
> The 40K world has sides opposing each other. No real good or evil.
This really isn't true anymore, though. Back when the
Ultra codex came out for WH40k they reprinted large tracts of
it in WD (as GW is known to do from time to time), and I got to
read about what a wonderful place the Ultramar system is, and
how it's this perfect utopia, and how everyone who lives there
is happy, etc etc ad nauseum. Retch. Over the years GW has
turned the Imperium and the Eldar into do-gooders... Heck, the
Imperium doesn't even exterminate IG armies that come into
contact with Chaos anymore! Phooey.
Oh, and welcome back! (same goes for Chad!)
Scott Shupe
shupes_at_... shupes@...
http://www.rpi.edu/~shupes
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Received on Thu Mar 05 1998 - 15:53:41 UTC