Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-70.1.2.93-20120412032822/@comment-5020563-20120416053647

The Fire Nation people are not "pyromaniacs".

Pyromania is is an impulse control disorder consiting of a compulsion to watch or set fires, in absence of momentary or material gain to the person (pyromaniac). Pyromaniac's burn things for pleasure, it's a way they relieve themselves from emotional stress. FN people are trained in the art of firebending (I don't think pyro's can do that). They use fire as a means of protecting their home/family, defending themselves, and fighting, not because they think it's a fun thing to go around burning stuff for happiness.

There's this little thing, called a SUN! It's a big ball of burning gas, which means it's on fire, and it's ESSENTIAL for life. Fire distributes heat, which is another thing that is necessary for humans to live. Plus, fire doesn't always distroy things. I use fire to cook or boil my food, so without fire there would be a lot of things humans could not eat due to food poisoning and the diseases caused by eating raw (uncooked) items. It's also used to create new medicines, so it can be a tool used for saving lives. Fire can only be a weapon if used like one, just the same as the other elements.

Water: There was an extremely deadly tsunami in Japan just last year, and in case you didn't know, tsunamis are made of WATER. I've read about a dam in Kentucky that could possibly break and cause deadly floods in a major part of Tennessee. Many people every year die of drowning in water or choking on it. Snow is frozen ice, which cause frostbite and the loss of limbs. The Titanic also sank by hitting an iceburg, another example of how water can be deadly.

Air: Thousands of people in Japan died due to poisonous gases in the air they breathed, and air was also used as a weapon to kill Jews during Hitler's time. Tornado's are one of the most deadly things on Earth, it's formed by the air moving in a circular motion around clouds (also an example of water, as clouds are formed from water) that eventually touch down and suck up everything in their paths. You can die because of lack of air, like when a person has a hole in their lungs (air will not stay).

Earth: Hello, earthquakes? Volcanos? Avalanches? Sinkholes? Rocks that rained onto the island of Pampeii? I would consider earthbending to be much more dangerous than firebending. After being burned, you still have a chance to survive, whereas being crushed by 2,240 pounds of rock is going to immediately kill you. If a rock hits your head in the right place, you could recieve a fatal injury or a brain injury. The Dust Bowl, caused by the nice dirt of the eath, killed more than 7,000 people. If the earth doesn't want to cooperate, you can't grow food, and then you die. So, earthbending is dangerous too.

In reality, firebending isn't nearly as destructable as the other elements, as long as it is controlled right. So please, if you're going to say that it's dangerous, at least find something that will back it up and be completely unarguable.