[i]Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.[/i] -----Mathew 7:15-20 New King James Bible. [i] Rationalizations are the ad hoc smoke that billows up from emotional fires. You do not treat rationalizations as if they were reasoned, principled arguments. Anymore than you try to put out a fire by standing around waving at the smoke. If you wish to put out a fire, you PU T OUT the fire. If that is not enough, and the fire keeps coming back. Then you put out the arsonist."[/i] ----Drew Westent "The Political Brain". [i] "Sir. Some men just want to watch the world burn."[/i] ----Alfred Pennyworth. "The Dark Knight" (2008). You are making the mistake of trying to evaluate a philosophy in a vacuum. Without standing back and LOOKING at the consequences that stem from ACTING upon those ideas (Jesus' quote from the New Testament.....you shall know those who serve evil by looking at the consequences of acting upon their teachings.) Oryx's philosophy is flawed because he sold his soul to a force of Darkness and Destruction, in return for the promise of power and immortality. In short, it was the classic "Crossroads" Deal with the Devil. It is flawed because.....for the (questionable) benefit of a few, it brings unnecessary and untold suffering and death to billions. ...and if one followes the philosophy to its conclusion----and the Hive succeed in destroying ALL life forms other than themselves. WHAT----OF ANY ENDURING VALUE----HAVE THEY ACHIEVED?? Nothing. The story of Oryx---and the Hive----is a sad story. But then most stories of people who succumb to evil are sad. The fall of Anakin Skywalker to becoming Darth Vader was the sad story of a kid who was too fearful and too clinging to risk losing those he loved. So he become a monster that destroyed the loved ones of otehrs by the millions. Who only saw himself as "Restoring Order" to the Galaxy. Not slaughtering and enslaving it. Monsters never see a monster in the mirror.