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The other thing he\'s saying is, even in that episode, it was never argued by anyone that the mechanists were wrong simply because \
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But even in that episode, it was never argued by anyone that the mechanists were wrong simply because \\\"the rules say so.\\\" Aang was angry because the temple was \\\'\\\'sacred\\\'\\\' and the mechanists were tearing it apart without any respect for what any of it meant. In the end, he accepted that it was okay to let his peoples\\\' traditions get stretched a little, as long as the mechanists agreed to be more respectful of his culture instead of just busting things down left and right.
In the Northern Water Tribe episodes, Pakku\\\'s \\\'\\\'only argument\\\'\\\' was \\\"this is the law and therefore it\\\'s right, period.\\\" Even though he was completely in the wrong, even though his decision not to teach Aang could potentially lead to the murder of \\\'\\\'billions\\\'\\\' of people and the destruction of every culture besides the Fire Nation, \\\'\\\'and he absolutely knew this\\\'\\\', he still stood by his decision, with his only argument being \\\"the law says I\\\'m right, therefore I am.\\\" And when Katara attempted to be the bigger person and apologize, even though she was actually in the right, he proceeded to mock and humiliate her for it. Katara was absolutely justified in refusing to accept that.
No, it\\\'s not okay to ignore any law just because you don\\\'t like it, but it IS absolutely right to defy a law which is completely and dangerously unethical. To say otherwise is to call Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ghandi all heinous monsters.
In the Northern Water Tribe episodes, Pakku\\\'s \\\'\\\'only argument\\\'\\\' was \\\"this is the law and therefore it\\\'s right, period.\\\" Even though he was completely in the wrong, even though his decision not to teach Aang could potentially lead to the murder of \\\'\\\'billions\\\'\\\' of people and the destruction of every culture besides the Fire Nation, \\\'\\\'and he absolutely knew this\\\'\\\', he still stood by his decision, with his only argument being \\\"the law says I\\\'m right, therefore I am.\\\" And when Katara attempted to be the bigger person and apologize, even though she was actually in the right, he proceeded to mock and humiliate her for it. Katara was absolutely justified in refusing to accept that.
No, it\\\'s not okay to ignore any law just because you don\\\'t like it, but it IS absolutely right to defy a law which is completely and dangerously unethical. To say otherwise is to call Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ghandi all heinous monsters.
