On the ethics of killing, summoning, or basicly doing anything to monsters

[Jenkar]

I mean... we all do it, right? Sacrifice a poor Retrovirii which we forced to come, leaving all his family behind... Sending some crimson dragons against a fire shield, not worryin' about their lack of will to die. I mean, seriously, we are very very evil.

[YoungSot]

Well, some of us have a purpose. Surely the False Gods must be defeated, lest the whole land fall under their tyranny. My golems and nymph know that I will do what I can to protect them, and that if they die it is for a cause worth dying for! I sleep well at night, and honor their memory.

But as for those Elementals who exploit creatures merely to gain personal glory or in pointless contests of strength... They will one day reap the rewards of the bitter, bloody world they are creating.

[Jenkar]

What about using queens? I mean, you force them to *spout* children...
And the false gods are eternal. They're... Environment. If they're tyrannic, then that tyranny is natural, and us interfering in the life of the everyday monster is unnatural...

[YoungSot]

What about using queens? I mean, you force them to *spout* children...
And the false gods are eternal. They're... Environment. If they're tyrannic, then that tyranny is natural, and us interfering in the life of the everyday monster is unnatural...

I reject that view! Evil will never be eradicated, but it must still be fought!

We don't so much force queens to reproduce, as much as simply govern how much Life energy we can spare them. I imagine that if left on their own with enough Life, they would multiply happily without end, but unfortunately we can only spare so many resources to feed them.

[Astrocyte]

Viruses are not living. They do not have families. They lead to cancers that slaughter other innocent beings. I feel no remorse at their destruction.

I do get a little sad when my Otyugh eats a Rustler or a Leaf Dragon, though.

[silux]

They are cards
they don't live.
but anyway I don't feel good when killing nynphes
I love summoning dragons!(ROAR!)

[Nepycros]

I summon creatures I have confidence will live long enough to do their purpose.

[Camoninja]

Who says a dragon is evil, to kill it? And who says it is not evil, to summon it?
I think Zanzarino left this ambiguous so we could use our imaginations to prevent or force our guilt as we choose.

[nilsieboy]

you can always take a fire stall when you don't like dead monsters...

[silux]

I think of them as scripts.
So disinstalling a program in my opinion is more distructive than killing a damselfly in elements.

[918273645]

My views:

They are a collection of pixels and coding. Get the hell over it.