Talk:Amon/@comment-13579637-20130727144035/@comment-20947671-20130728134823

I think it was shown very clearly why Amon thought bending was the mother of all evil. Because of his father and his revenge goal, he managed to twist his sons' mentality and even deposits the fact that they didn't want to, they did exactly what their father wanted them to do and both expressed regret. Amon due to such harsh brought up by his dad had this twisted idea where he thought that just liked Aang reduced his father to a cripple by taking his bending, if Amon did this to every bender in the world, there will be no inequality between the benders and non-benders since benders do have an advantage over non-benders. He also hated his father which made him go blind in his rage and quest. Of course what he did was wrong, and exploited the non benders frustration (not too different from what other people in history have done) but a mixture of his father's ideas still remaining in his head, coupled with his desire for peace and equality and clouded judgement lead him to do what he did.