User blog comment:Lune Crackham/Is the Emperor of Mankind really a hero?/@comment-27793866-20170424114332

Hahaha, the Emperor, was or is a person whose character shouldn't be measured by our standards, thats how I see it, and I agree with how you intrepret his pragmatism. Its downright scary, that's what it is, when you run out of utility, or when you were a threat to his vision, well things turned ugly immediately. Hmmm, it depends bro, I don't agree with what the AdMech is doing on some points, I mean they are sitting on a treasure trove of technologies some dating back to the Dark Age of Technology and what not, while some were recovered during the Great Crusade but I mean, they don't improve on them. Research is illegal, and modifications are frowned upon, or worse could be charged for tech-heresy. Ok I understand that they are the foremost 'expert' of technology the Imperium has, but it seems as though all they do is hoard, and begrudgingly supply the Imperium of whatever they deem safe to distribute. In terms of fighting prowess though, sheesh, yeah I agree they are monstrous, even the Astartes and Custodians would have a hard time removing  them from power. But still, from how I understood the Emperor's character, it wouldn't be too far off for him to have the Tech Priests removed right? Religion is hmmm a bit tricky, it depends, if it's a religion that supports the good traits of mankind like say advancement, unity, responsibilty, morals and others then I think it woun't be a problem. But if it promulgates the spread of mankind's worst habits and characteristics, it wouldn't be far off from your quote. Yeah sometimes we get mixed up on how we interpret religion by the actions of some but we can't really discredit that well, misinterpretation of the tenants of religion tend to lead to uhmmm very catastrophic problems so to speak, hahaha. Remember the Moirae Schism? That was just basically a holy war between factions in the Adeptus Mechanicus, and even though they don't compose the majority in Imperium space, the damage wrought by their holy war was errr ugly. We even had Astartes Chapters close to the AM going to war with each other. I agree that religion may not contribute to slowing down progress, but the adherents of the religion, the believers, the faithful, the zealots and the fanatics uhmmm they can become an issue. I agree with you on Angron being the best warrior, haha (it's my belief bro, those who believe otherwise, it's ok, not looking to argue with anyone haha) Hmmm, ok I kind of get what you mean, basically what the Emperor did with Angron was give him a powerful force with nothing holding him back from going rogue. The War Hounds before Angron were already considered one of the most savage and dangerous Legions to begin with, gifting them to Angron in this case could be seen as the equivalent of giving a child, well a super demigod child, weapons that could be likened to world and race killers while knowing that said child was prone to throw atomic tantrums. Hahaha. Well,I still think what the Emperor did with Angron was the least of all evils. But he didn't factor in a lot of things when he did that, he didn't understand Angron's sense of honor and what he did when he 'rescued' Angron was gave him reasons to bear a grudge on him, next he didn't factor in the  possibility of his beloved Horus leading a rebellion alongside his brothers against the Imperium, and lastly he didn't think of the possibility that despite all their genetic perfection, the Primarchs, all of them were still susceptible to the pits and falls of human nature. Something which he is sorely lacking. By the way, nice topic bro, =)