Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-76.22.26.5-20120825180801/@comment-3005995-20120825182924

Peopleonline, you have a point, but aren't seeing what the OP was getting at.

Amon was so influential and rose to power so quickly not just because he was charismatic and mysterious (although those helped a lot), but that he was right. Not completely right, and especially not right about how to achieve his goals, but was correct on the fact that benders do extort and take advantage of non-benders. Non-bender equality was a major issue that wasn't addressed until Amon brought it up, and even then it all fell apart. What Amon did wrong, however, is what led to his downfall.

You aren't going to win by being a terrorist. Terrorism, fear and oppression generally unite the opposition instead of dividing it, and actually creates a force to oppose it. Amon should have gained influence as a political figure, and used his voice to call down the government and demand something to be done about the inequality, not try and do away with any and all opposition. That doesn't work, but if he followed the legal and political path, something would have been done. He chose to fight, so he was put down.

If the issue of non-bender rights and equality was brought up again with the terror left behind, it could make an interesting plot.