[quote='jsgrimm45' pid='16032' dateline='1439732082']
]Please all involved in this don't take this the wrong way but this line has and is still being posted in Nick lawlessness: does he have the right to choose between "To Be Lawful or Good". [/quote]
Yes he does. Every one, in one way or another, has to make that choice.
If you lived in Nazi Germany, the 'lawful' choice would be to tell the SS about the Jews hiding in your neighbor's celler, but it would not have been the 'good'. If you lived in the south in the Civil Rights era, supporting Jim Thurmond would have been 'lawful' but Dr. King would have been 'good.' In "Les Miserables", Insp. Javert was 'lawful', but Jean Valjean was 'good.'
Now, these are extreme example, granted, but there are for all of us times when we have to make such choices.
[quote='irukandji' pid='16023' dateline='1439702622']
Please don't try to explain to me that this is complicated or ask me dumb questions like, "well how's he supposed to explain a wesen to a judge?" or "what else could he do but kill Juliette?"
Can Nick be faithful to the Grimm tradition without being unfaithful to the Portland PD? Can he make amends, persevere to live by his Portland PD oath and still follow the Grimm traditions?
You tell me, what is Nick? Is he a Grimm or a detective?
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Just because you don't want to answer them doesn't make them dumb questions. They are perfectly valid and logical questions.
Nick doesn't have a choice about being a Grimm; that was decided when he was born into that family. Now, should he resign from the Portland PD and become a free agent? That's a valid question, and I think he should at least consider it. The answer should depend on if he can do more good and help more people if he remains with the PPD or if he becomes a free agent. Perhaps the two roles are fundamentally incompatible--you seem to have made up your mind that they are, at least.
]Please all involved in this don't take this the wrong way but this line has and is still being posted in Nick lawlessness: does he have the right to choose between "To Be Lawful or Good". [/quote]
Yes he does. Every one, in one way or another, has to make that choice.
If you lived in Nazi Germany, the 'lawful' choice would be to tell the SS about the Jews hiding in your neighbor's celler, but it would not have been the 'good'. If you lived in the south in the Civil Rights era, supporting Jim Thurmond would have been 'lawful' but Dr. King would have been 'good.' In "Les Miserables", Insp. Javert was 'lawful', but Jean Valjean was 'good.'
Now, these are extreme example, granted, but there are for all of us times when we have to make such choices.
[quote='irukandji' pid='16023' dateline='1439702622']
Please don't try to explain to me that this is complicated or ask me dumb questions like, "well how's he supposed to explain a wesen to a judge?" or "what else could he do but kill Juliette?"
Can Nick be faithful to the Grimm tradition without being unfaithful to the Portland PD? Can he make amends, persevere to live by his Portland PD oath and still follow the Grimm traditions?
You tell me, what is Nick? Is he a Grimm or a detective?
[quote]
Just because you don't want to answer them doesn't make them dumb questions. They are perfectly valid and logical questions.
Nick doesn't have a choice about being a Grimm; that was decided when he was born into that family. Now, should he resign from the Portland PD and become a free agent? That's a valid question, and I think he should at least consider it. The answer should depend on if he can do more good and help more people if he remains with the PPD or if he becomes a free agent. Perhaps the two roles are fundamentally incompatible--you seem to have made up your mind that they are, at least.