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Originally Posted by Gpower
It's interesting how a lot of posters used the street murder scene as an example of the failures of the Sybil system, as I felt the opposite. After recovering from the scene's shock, I felt that the scene, while brutal, actually highlights the benefits of the system....However, what I drew from this scene is that these people lived in a society with a much stronger sense of security then we have, where you don't have to worry about locking doors, where you can trust people you have never met before....
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I don't understand your point. Being turned into "mindless sheep" is the greatest benefit of the Sybil System besides giving the people (like we saw this episode) a clearly dangerous and false sense of security.
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Originally Posted by Gpower
... Does a person who could live like this really lost a part of his humanity? ...
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Any person who can just stand by/walk past and watch another human being killed (in broad daylight at a public crowded place) has lost (long ago) the last shreds of humanity.