Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26974774-20151119114853/@comment-27143318-20151119211853

@Harostar

True - psychologically a human would be afraid of a threat. Direct threat. In front of their eyes. That's how instincts work. If some random person got attacked, a human wouldn't feel directly threatened by that. Besides, humans succeed precisely because of our intelligence and ability to understand. If everything came down to animalistic instincts we'd still be in pre-Stone Age era.

I do understand your point - ghouls still eat humans and that means that humans need protection from them. However, you overlook the many available solutions to the problem. Anteiku's solution of eating already dead people is just one. Creating lab-grown biomass to feed ghouls could be another option. Those I can name just on the top of my head without even thinking about it and I am one person. With the entire world's combined resources this would be child's play. Of course, I actually think that a true, complete peace between ghouls and humans is almost completely infeasible for an extensive list of reasons. Just listing them all would take me until tomorrow. However, that doesn't excuse people from even trying, in the off chance that it actually works. As to your example, I ask you this - who are the ghoul civilians then? The ones who seek peace and don't harm anyone? What do we do with those? For a war, you need two willing parties. Otherwise it's just a genocide.

I approve of your next point partially, but taking innocent lives is not a just act no matter the cause behind it. The ghoul "investigators" don't deserve the title. They should call them as they are - exterminators. At least we avoid the hypocrisy that way. However, instead of killing them, why not try providing an alternative? Then they can feel free to kill the rest who don't take up the offer, guilt-free.

I strongly disagree with Yoshimura's nihilistic point of view for another extensive list of reasons that would take me until tomorrow morning to list. It's an ideological view that shouldn't be taken to heart unless you feel that it's right. Two of the examples you give are due to blind, passionate love that really dulls the logical mind - Kimi and Ukina were probably still disapproving and disgusted from the killings, but they just blocked this out not because they think it's OK, but because they love them. Love is blind, but also blinding. As to Chie, I am pretty sure she's insane or at the very least a sociopath. While I admit that Tokyo Ghoul poses tons of moral questions, "killing innocents, be it human or ghoul, is OK" is definitely not one of those.