Talk:Energybending/@comment-150.108.238.41-20120422191134

"Excellent point. Amon may be a troubled spirit, but not necessarily in a way that would impact his power. Recall that a similar inner tranquility is necessary for lightning generation, yet Azula and Mako, despite having their own inner troubles, are able to do it. Amon is clearly a sociopath, someone able to inflict immense suffering upon people without the slightest remorse. Like the Communist leaders upon which he is clearly based, he truly believes that everything he's doing is absolutely necessary to achieve whatever perverse version of equality he has in mind. One small thing; I don't think that Chin the Great's conquest caused by bending? It could be said that bending was responsible for his demise, but I can't see how Amon could see killing Chin as a bad thing, seeing as Chin himself was an Earthbender and a tyrranical imperialist."(Equalist)

I apologize but I largly disagree with this statement. From what we have seen Amon is not a sociopath. In order to be a sociopath he would have to hold no remorse for anyone. There is no sign this is the case and he instead all we know is that he holds no remorse for benders. This is most likely due to a feeling of a revenge against benders and as such he most likely can feel remorse for non-benders. Now I may be wrong on this but only time can tell

I also disagree with him representing the communist leaders. I do not believe he is striving for equality in pay/ quality of life but equality in birth. They are two different ideas and the idea of equality at birth is one that is commonly supported today. Basically I believe that Amon is against benders because they get inheret advantages at birth and as such it is unfair for non-benders and as such believes that he should even the playingfield and take away the advantages they were born with.

Its interesting because the producers of the show are portraying an idea which many people today hold as good in a bad light. It reminds me in a very real sence of the ideas behind Nietzsche and his philosophy. This is at the very least a very interesting angle for the show to go, one I did not expect.