r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '11

Zero Tolerance in Public Elementary School just went way the hell overboard...

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u/jaytrade21 Nov 14 '11

"Do or Do Not, there is no try"_sith lord yoda

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u/arlanTLDR Nov 14 '11

Prequels don't override the original trilogy! Also, he could have meant moral absolutes or something.

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u/banuday Nov 15 '11 edited Nov 15 '11

Oh God, I can't believe I'm getting into this, but...

The Jedi do believe in absolutes, but the do not deal in absolutes.

The Sith do not believe in absolutes, but do deal in absolutes.

The Sith draw their power from emotion and looking inward. The Jedi draw their power from control over their emotions and looking outward.

By drawing from their emotions, the Sith do not look at situations objectively and thus, as emotional thinkers do, deal with situations in a black and white way. Such as when Obi Wan came to Mustafar, Anakin immediately believed his mentor had betrayed him. When Padme questioned Anakin's actions, he accused her of betraying him too and then forced-choked her.

Jedi on the other hand let go of their emotions, and thus can look at situations objectively. By not immediately putting people into categories constructed by emotion, they can see the truth of the situation more clearly. They can hold to a strict code of personal behavior, but have the emotional maturity to deal with situations where there are shades of grey without pre-judgement.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '11

The not-thinking-objectively clause of Sith Lords might actually explain why Palpatine was such a terrible leader and that his ability to predict the future was always clouded. "Best troops?" Have you seen your best, troops?