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Originally Posted by Kaijo
Wrong analogy. I'll repeat the one I used, using your reasoning.
We aren't forced to eat food. We have a choice. Of course, not eating food will lead to our deaths, but we have the choice! But we aren't forced to eat. Food, and our stomach, has no control over us.
Technically, this would be right, which is where you are coming from. But it is still a choice between living and dying.
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By that reasoning, there is no way anyone can be forced to do anything. Not even the eclipse virus can force one to kill, since you could choose to shrivel up and die. Yet, the word 'forcing' exists, therefore it can be applied.
The dictionary definition of forcing:
"to compel, constrain, or oblige (oneself or someone) to do something.
to put or impose (something or someone) forcibly on or upon a person.
to compel by force; overcome the resistance of: to force acceptance of something."
Our stomach rumbles, compelling us to eat. By dictionary definition, we
are forced to eat food. The very definition of forcing means that if there is a detrimental effect to not obeying, you are forced to do it. Can you opt not to? Sure, though you suffer the results of not doing so.
If the virus tells them 'kill or die' it's no different from a guy standing behind you with a gun saying 'kill or die.' You are forced to kill. You are controlled by the guy pointing the gun at you. If the eclipse virus forces them to kill, then they are controlled by the virus. Plain and simple.
Fortis says the virus does not control their actions, therefore they have no need to kill to survive.
Well, beyond eating and all...