Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130423145616/@comment-7186329-20130507181811

Humility for a warriour is something next to impossible to acquire. Some of the attributes of the perfect warriour would have to include both pride and humility. The question is not if they would clash, those two attributes would not, the question is in what circumstance and under what conditions should they be displayed.

Generally the attribute of humility is something that has to be imbeded in the personality from early development for it to be present. It is not something easily acquired, for that reason naturally humble people are liked. So what is humility? It is a combination of many attributes of kindness,helpfullness and most noticebly not being arrogant or displaying pride. If you are good at something, killing xenos, then there is no reason for you to bolst. Simply keep silent and humble for when the time comes to display your skill. That is the humble warriour.

What is pride? For me pride is confidence. If i am good at a lot of things, then there is no need to boast. That could lead to the sin of arrogance, which leads to stupidity. So, keep silent, be helpfull and kick some ass when the situation calls for it.

The Space Marines are the best of warriours. But there is no reason for them to be arrogant about it, simply confident in their abilities.

Now the primarch were different altogether. Some of their negative attributes could have been imbeded in their psyche by chaos, when they were most vaunrable.

Do Space Marines need to love normal humans? No. The Imperium makes sacrifices in the billions on a daily bases. If astartes love humans and cherish them as `brothers`, then they would be conflicted when the time comes to make a sacrifice. That leads to internal conflict, issues, hate, and probably an even greater disaster. The Astartes need to be cold, I would even say unfeeling.

Money is an unnecesary evil. If the value of a person is judged by how much money output the have, then society has degraded completely.

The idea of having Astartes live `normal` lives, or even have a family is horrible.

`intellectual superiority` is not in charge of the planet. There are many,many wonderful and capable, smart peope out there who struggle to make a living because where they live does not provide opportunity for them to develop.