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Karon wrote:

I'd be in the Death Caste.

Killing Tau.

Uhuh.

Is that why you have an anime avatar?

Earth Caste. I'm a salt of the earth kind of person, I love getting my hands dirty and solving problems especially those I can solve with my hands. Physical labor isn't a problem for me and neither is technical or innovative thinking. I think the best feeling at the end of the day is when you come home, your covered in dirt and swet, you're hands are tore up from your work and you know you actually did something.

Necroman wrote:

Karon wrote:

I'd be in the Death Caste.

Killing Tau.

Uhuh.

Is that why you have an anime avatar?

Wait, what?

Sorry, I don't link Tau with anime. I link them with the common misconception that they are in any way less violent than the Imperium, and that they are seen as a "good race".

Karon wrote:Wait, what?

Sorry, I don't link Tau with anime. I link them with the common misconception that they are in any way less violent than the Imperium, and that they are seen as a "good race".

"W word that you used in that picture but does not show up properly on this website"=Derogatory internet slang for an obsessive fan of Japanese products/culture.
Anime=A Japanese product.

By using that picture, you're associating the Tau with Japanophilia, despite the irony of your avatar being from some Japanese cartoon (At least I think it is. I would be very embarrassed right now if it wasn't).

And yes, the Tau are less violent than the Imperium. Giving the options, "Join us or die" is inherently less violent than "Just die" unless everyone refuses to join. I don't get why people have such a problem with the Tau being "good" in that way. The Tau are still an expansionist, caste-driven, brainwashing group of scumbags; it's just that the Imperium is also a group of scumbags.

Necroman wrote:The Tau do not directly mind control the Vespids; they distribute the helmets that allow Vespids to mindcontrol each other. Not ethical, certainly, but it's not a case of Tau mindcontrolling other species.

That would be interesting therefore its not true. According to Cannon that helmut just allows Vespid to communicate with Tau.

The mind control is only a conspiracy/rumor.