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Topic	Is a corrupted legacy worth preserving?
StoneRevolver 12/20/18 2:08:10 AM #5:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Depends. Does outing the secret and destroying their reputation actually accomplish anything of value, or are you doing it solely out of a petty need for revenge against someone who may not even be still alive to care (if you're doing it years later)? Does preserving the illusion of their worth somehow inspire others to be better people or accomplish worthwhile things, or is it a mostly a neutral-value reputation that doesn't mean much beyond serving as that person's legacy? Uh, that's kinda in the air since it's for something I'm working on but let's say destroying the persons history wouldn't prove to benefit anyone very much besides closure, if you buy into that (I do not) and said person is already passed. For the sake of the hypothetical we'll say the person wasn't neutral but lawful good. At least as far as anyone else was aware. --- Ask me for my GT or PSN if you like. <cite>StoneRevolver posted [p:914429633] in Is a corru... [t:77318816]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Depends. Does outing the secret and destroying their reputation actually accomplish anything of value, or are you doing it solely out of a petty need for revenge against someone who may not even be still alive to care (if you're doing it years later)? Does preserving the illusion of their worth somehow inspire others to be better people or accomplish worthwhile things, or is it a mostly a neutral-value reputation that doesn't mean much beyond serving as that person's legacy? </quote> Uh, that's kinda in the air since it's for something I'm working on but let's say destroying the persons history wouldn't prove to benefit anyone very much besides closure, if you buy into that (I do not) and said person is already passed. For the sake of the hypothetical we'll say the person wasn't neutral but lawful good. At least as far as anyone else was aware. --- Ask me for my GT or PSN if you like.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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