My hope of hopes is that the writers of Lost are accurately portraying a group of people who believe they are doing the right thing, when in reality they are doing nothing of the kind.
My fear, though, is that the writers are setting things up to prove to us that the Others are, in fact, good. My fear is that they will reveal an agenda that, in their eyes, justifies what the Others have done.
I love Lost. I look vooruit, voorwaarts to it every week. But believe me on this: If the seconde scenario is true, they will lose me as a viewer.
It's all well and good to have people with hidden agendas, where nothing is what it seems. This is the kind of thing that I love about Lost. Nothing is ever what it seems. But the actions of the Others to datum have taken them so far away from what I consider to be good that there is no way to redeem them.
The Others, in pursuit of their goals, are willing to kill indiscriminately*. They are willing to torture**. They are willing to kidnap men, women and children***. They are willing to enslave people in order to use them for their needs****. They are willing to do whatever it takes to further their agenda.
There is a to what a good person will do to further their goals. The Others have passed that limit. Even if their cause is just...
I don't know which way the writer's are going to go, but I fear the worst. I'd hate to lose my favoriete toon over this, but I fear it might come to that.
Let's just hope it doesn't.
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Footnotes:
* Shooting and destroying the vlot with no concern for the passengers. Going to take the sailboat with intent to kill those on-board. Having Michael kill to release Henry Gale. Killing Steve and Nathan.
** Sawyer, Kate, Jack
*** Sawyer, Kate, Jack, Walt, Claire
**** Sawyer and Kate
(These are just a few examples..)
