Stephen Sheldon a �crit :
> >
> > I don't know too much about the Tyranids but if I remember well they
are
> > leaded by the Hive Mind which *could* be conscious. In fact, this Hive
Mind
> > must be intelligent enough to plan the whole invasion of the biggest
empire
> > of the galaxy.
>
> They are following a natural instinct, the hive mind is only coordinating
> the attack, not controlling its instincts.
>
Yes but the fact of coordinating the attack is a clue of intelligence. Of
course it's not enough to say that the Hive Mind is conscious of the
effects of its actions but we don't know anything about it after all. I
think that it must be intelligent enough to have a mind and to know that
its race can destroy the galaxy but this is only a supposition.
> >
> > Tyranids are fighting for their survival using what they (the Hive Mind
in
> > fact) think is the best way and it's the same thing for the other races
:
> > it's only a fight for life, so we can't say who is evil and who is bad.
> >
> I am working off a principle that anything that defies the natural order
> of things is bad, ie Humans are bad, whereas an animal doing only what is
> needed to survive is good. It is the only real way of non-subjectively
> quantifying good/evil.
>
So do you think that Tyranids need to destroy/assimilate the whole galaxy
to survive? Can't they just assimilate a part of it? In addition, as
someone already said it, they can't survive as they destroy all they need
to survive. Tyranids don't act for their survival, they make a suicide.
> > Now we are all humans and our loyalty should go to the Imperium
(beware,
> > I've noticed all the people who have started to begin the first words
of a
> > protestation, their names will be sent to the Inquisition :o). As an
> > Imperial citizen, Humanity is good, Squats are often good (when they
don't
> > obstruct the Imperial agents), Eldars can be good (when their objective
are
> > the same of the Imperium), Orks are often evil (but they can be allies
> > sometimes), the Chaos and the Tyranids, when their existence is known,
are
> > always EVIL.
>
> This is taking the egocentric approach to goodness. To an Eldar, anything
> they do is good, even though we think that it's evil. Tyranids are
> conquering as a means of reproduction and survival, thwo base instincts,
> all the other races are conquering for power.
>
I wanted to underline that the concept of goodness can vary between each
race, so you're perfectly right. :)
Fran�ois Bruntz
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