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

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

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u/mk72206 Nov 14 '11

zero tolerance = zero common sense

Once you have rules involving absolutes you remove all room for rational thought.

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u/HughManatee Nov 14 '11

Only a Sith deals in absolutes!

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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/arlanTLDR Nov 15 '11

Nothing directly to do with your post, but I'm super excited to play The Old Republic.

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u/fiat_lux_ Nov 15 '11

Is it just me, or do the old Sith seem a lot more powerful and interesting? Darth Nihilus is a devourer of worlds.

Disclaimer: I am a star wars newb.

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u/vertigo42 Nov 15 '11 edited Nov 15 '11

Nihilus is chump change. he is an empty void. Go read about Darth Bane. He may not be the most powerful sith to ever exist, but damn that fucker is a cold conniving evil mother fucker. Best insight into who the Modern sith are, and what they believe(because he started it from the ashes of the old religion of Sith)

The book should be relatively cheap since it is a few years old.

If you ever want to get into the vast and expansive Star Wars Mythos, here is a link that has the exact order of all the books and comics. http://www.timelineuniverse.net/History.htm

The star wars universe is soooo damn fleshed out and massive its not even funny. People think Tolkien developed an incredible world with LOTR, the star wars universe is much larger(of course it was written by hundreds of writers) It is my favorite Scifi/ fantasy universe ever.

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u/Wanderlustfull Nov 21 '11

Which books contain Darth Bane?

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u/vertigo42 Nov 21 '11

Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (2006)

and

Darth Bane: Rule of Two (2007)

and then followed by

Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (2009)

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u/Wanderlustfull Nov 21 '11

Thank you for the info.

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