>>14976243>book comes to conclusion about issue brought up in same bookWho cares if rorschach says something, does that mean it's correct just because he's saying it? If batman believes that he's evil if he were to kill the joker make hom evil? The answer to both is no. We can make moral arguments based on the evidence (or fiction stories) provided. In the watchman world, Adrian *was* really that intelligent. Just because someone like that might not exist in reality or in our current time doesn't take away from that.
What you're saying is that under no circumstance, whatsoever, was the nuking of Japan justified--as if the US randomly dropped a bomb because fuck it I guess. No, you literally have to look at the evidence that's in front of you and the evidence from historical events. 1. Adrian really, honestly is that intelligent 2. Two major powers are pointing bombs at each other that will kill half the population if set off 3. He can literally stop a war from happening
I don't care if some dude who calls himself morally good thinks he's morally good. Batman and rorschach can sit back and say they won't do *bad* deeds because that would make them bad, but just because it sounds cool in books doesn't mean it's true
And it's not whataboutism, it's relevant to the topic on, well, morality. The OP didn't say "look guys let's only discuss events in the novel, don't bring real life into it."
