Talk:Amon/@comment-71.234.208.124-20120602202653

I do believe that Amon is the lesser of two evils, if he can be called 'evil' at all. Look at the people Amon has attacked so far. None of them were what you could call decent, with the exception of Bolin, and Bolin was only taken because he was dumb enough to associate with a notorious gang known for misusing their bending to terrorize non-benders in order to earn easy money.

So far, Amon hasn't attacked any INNOCENT benders. Tarrlok, on the other hand, has attacked and oppressed droves of completely innocent civilians. He's used bloodbending. He's clearly crooked and downright evil. Amon is not. Amon is just going about his revolution in the wrong way.

Think back to Korra's first visit to Republic City, to when she couldn't buy food and decided to fish in one of the city gardens. Who did she meet? A destitute homeless man, a none bender. That encounter made her question the ethics of Republic City. Ultimately, what Amon wants is equality. For all to have equal status whether they are benders or not. Benders have natural advantages, so Amon has started using technology to remove those advantages.

This doesn't mean I agree with Amon's tactics, certainly I don't, but he hasn't actually attacked anyone that was innocent. Not yet. And I hope that he doesn't. I hope he learns to see past his hatred and realize that there's a better way to obtain equality for non-benders. That's the root of Amon's actions: hatred, resentment and bitterness He is not a power-hungering megalomaniac like Tarrlok. And therein lies their differences. Tarrlok wants to control things from the shadows. Amon fights from the shadows in the hopes of bringing the benders down a notch and winning equality for non-benders. Even in his speech at the tournament, he made it pretty clear that it was the benders who used their powers for the oppression of others who are his true targets. Benders like Tarrlok, who, let's face it, deserves to have his bending taken away.

Amon has been a victim of benders and so hates and resents them, but still he has not attacked or taken the bending away from anyone who has not abused their power. At the tournament he only took away the Wolfbat's bending, because they used it in an abusive way. Did he remove any of the metalbenders' bending? No. Korra's, Mako's or Bolin's? No. He just needs to learn that hatred is not the answer. Even Katara needed that reminder when hunting for the man who killed her mother. Who helped her get past that hatred? Aang. The Avatar. In that way, perhaps Korra can show Amon a better way. Perhaps the two of them can be allies rather than enemies. Because, let's face it, the benders of Republic City HAVE oppressed the non-benders. Things are NOT in balance and that DOES need to change. Just not the way Amon is doing it. That doesn't mean Amon is necessarily evil, though. Just misguided.

A'Len

PS. No, Tarrlok is not Amon, for reasons already listed by others and because, well, the two have very different methods of dealing with enemies. Amon, if he does truly want to make an example of Korra, would not then ship her off to someplace no one will ever hear of, or see, her again, as Tarrlok is doing.

Just my two cents.