*tired sigh*
I'm honestly getting sick of how these keep cropping up, but I guess until the whole situation of the Sealing is resolved, and one or more segments of the voter base are "proven" "right", it's going to keep happening.
I'm just going to offer a few points based on my observations from the "in character" bits presented thus far.
1.)
@Simon_Jester has done a solid job of presenting why Berra's not an inherent monster, and was doing what he thought was right.
2.) Recall that when Dandoleer was told about what was going on in Jaffur/Jaron's mind, he was surprised, and stated he did not think that was the intended result. Being that he's a Sorceror in his own right, I trust his insight.
3.) Unlike his father, Jaffur was awake when Sealed. Awake, powered up to Super Saiyan, and oh yeah was a nascent Sorceror trying to push back against the Sealing. These are the pieces of evidence that led to Dandoleer's conclusions.
4.) I believe even Dandoleer thought, at first, that the Sealing had done the "lock down Saiyan memories, memories of abuse, and power" thing. He didn't believe it was right/the best, but the whole "total deletion and death" doesn't seem to have been seriously discussed as what happened by the people who actually
understand the mechanics going on here.
5.) If the Sealing had "worked properly", one
could argue it would have been like an involuntary regimen of drugs to treat heavy mental illness and trauma. Ethically dubious at minimum, but at least understandable. I've long had the impression that even Dandeer saw it as more of a "long-term heavy-duty medical treatment". Only Kakara, Dandoleer, and a few others,
who have information that Dandeer, Berra, and others lack, sees it differently.
6.) The only people talking about "deletion" of anything are the people OOC here in this thread. Every IC mention (several of which were quoted recently) has used terms like "lock away" or "suppress".
7.) As has been repeatedly mentioned, Berra was essentially handed what,
to him, seemed to be an open-and-shut case that pretty much pushed every single trauma button, morality button, hero button, etc. that he had,
all at the same time. Is it any wonder he ended up going for what,
to him, seemed the "best of all worlds solution", one that would refrain from killing anyone, protect the helpless, sooth deep traumas to a child, and remove threats to him,
his daughter, and many, many more? Keep in mind that Berra isn't some hyper-rational, hyper-logical, hyper-knowledgeable, hyper-competent, unemotional meat-robot, he's a
person, with emotions and thoughts and feelings and flaws and biases and a dozen dozen other things that played into the decision he made.
(Just like what happens all the time with every single one of us, eh?
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