Talk:Amon/@comment-216.183.61.122-20120525033644/@comment-99.41.40.117-20120525191956

It's similar to the train of thought most racist/prejudiced people have today. It takes seeing it in a fictional universe for us to realize how stupid we sound when we place millions of people into one category. It's also interesting to note the parallels between amon and several religious debates. He claims benders started every war in history, and there are people who say religions started every war in history. It's really fascinating because in the same way that bending also played a part in ending wars, religion has produced some of the most peaceful people in history and helped many oppressed groups keep their will to fight. Amon is blinded by hate, not acknowledging the whole of history, and believes his way is the only way to truth (atheist extremists) but he's also also playing off of emotions, pandering to the uneducated and oppressed, and claiming he has some kind of divine revelation to gain a large following (religious extremists). He possesses qualities you can find on both extremes of religious debates. A really intetersting character so far, in my opinion.

( I don't mean to take a side in that whole debate, these are just really interesting things to point out. :D)