Talk:Amon/@comment-67.2.0.126-20120610200505/@comment-128.12.110.81-20120610213943

I know. This is one of the reasons I think Amon is one of the best villians I've ever seen (besides the voice, the mask, and the fact that he's a BAMF and every time he shows up, he pulls some crazy awesome stunt). This guy is a hell of a strategist, and he actually makes a really good case. Honestly, I'm kind of biased because I think the guy is awesome.

I think the problem is that his "solution", while eliminating the problem that 5% of the bending population cause by abusing their powers, doesn't really provide any solution for lasting peace. People are still going to fight wars; they just won't have super powers to do it with. Besides, even though this guy is one smooth operator, the only logical way to truly end bending would be to sterilize or kill all benders (Yakon still passed his skills to Tarlok after having his powers removed).

Who knows, maybe in the Avatar world, you really can't get rid of bending. They're always going on about "balance" and the four nations. Republic City shows they are kind of redefining that, but that still doesn't mean bending doesn't have a role to play. Before the Avatar, people bent energy. Then people learned to bend the elements from watching the ocean, badger moles, dragons, and sky bison. I'm just saying, you can't really get rid of bending, ever, because anyone should be able to learn it. Besides, the Avatar is the spirit of the planet incarnate; if killing the moon spirit threw everything out of balance, what would happen if you destroyed the Avatar?