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Originally Posted by Endscape
Seriously?
If he had just kicked her out, I might have agreed with you there, but he made her strip naked in front of everyone there, and erase her own guild mark. He wanted to demean her, which strikes me as pretty malicious.
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Huh. I really didn't want to get into this argument again, but oh well.
I think of it as a case of cultural relativity where ST holds radically different values from FT. FT values their "nakama" first and foremost. On the other hand, ST only values strength. If we assume that all their actions were done with this goal in mind, it's understandable that they wouldn't pay attention to "petty" considerations like the welfare of their weaker guild members. Now, if we view the incident from the lens of such a philosophy, it can be interpreted as a warning for anyone who might fail the guild in the future.
Remember, an act is only malicious if a person engages in it out of ill will for another person. If the action is performed with a pragmatic rationale in mind, it would be better classified as extremism.