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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#18076: Feb 10th 2016 at 9:59:41 PM

That swimming pool full of gold isn't going to fill itself.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#18077: Feb 10th 2016 at 10:00:11 PM

Just another way to lord his power over people I'd assume. Frieza prides himself on the thin veneer of politeness and civility he projects to those around him. Running a business is just another way to show how Faux Affably Evil he is.

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#18078: Feb 10th 2016 at 10:58:15 PM

I kind of love how the Galactic King is attending the U7/U6 tournament as a representative of his universe, and literally everyone else there from U7, aside from Beerus, Whis, and Jaco, is an Earthling and doesn't know or care who he is.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#18079: Feb 11th 2016 at 12:04:50 AM

I'm pretty sure that Freeza was really the ruler of the galaxy, but that he wasn't the ruler in name, like how a mob boss would really be the one running a town, but the mayor is technically in charge.

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#18080: Feb 11th 2016 at 8:43:34 AM

Frieza ruling the galaxy would require the galaxy to have some knowledge of who he is.

Of the three planets we see him interact with, the only one that has ever even heard of him is the one that directly works for him.

Like, sure you can say you're the king of Madagascar or something but what does that actually mean if Madagascar doesn't know who you are, doesn't pay you fealty, doesn't follow your orders, etc.? I knew a guy who went around calling himself Mayor of Evergreen, a town up in the mountains, but that didn't mean he actually had any power over the town. He just said it because the town didn't have a mayor.

edited 11th Feb '16 8:44:57 AM by TobiasDrake

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#18081: Feb 11th 2016 at 9:48:46 AM

He's feared as a tyrant by the Galactic Patrol.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#18082: Feb 11th 2016 at 11:16:13 AM

[up][up] Or the Emperor of the United States.

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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#18083: Feb 11th 2016 at 11:21:30 AM

Earth and Namek aren't exactly space-fairing planets. It's only by coincidence Frieza even knows about them.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#18084: Feb 11th 2016 at 11:25:26 AM

He certainly was on King Kai's radar, at least. Which is a pretty major thing, all told.

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#18085: Feb 11th 2016 at 11:58:07 AM

Of course he's on Kaio-sama's radar. He's also on Kaioshin and even Beerus's radars for the same reason: he's the most powerful mortal being in the entire universe (prior to Goku becoming a Super Saiyan, that is). All the gods have heard of him because his exploits have a large impact on the mortal plane.

But that doesn't make him a system of governance. There's no indication that Frieza does any actual ruling. All he does is send people to exterminate planets as part of a business operation.

edited 11th Feb '16 11:59:05 AM by TobiasDrake

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#18086: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:09:47 PM

I still want to know who buys these planets.

I mean, we all gotta be wondering right?

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#18087: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:14:45 PM

Probably people who lost their planets under mysterious circumstances.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#18088: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:21:48 PM

You mean like a random lizard man suddenly exploding their planet for some petty reason?

Cause I can consider that mysterious circumstances.

Well, more like extremely likely circumstances.

I still want to know why the Galactic Patrol never had any fighters on par with anyone from Frieza's army (though in the movie version of Ressurection F, Jaco seemed pretty competent in battle, but Super seemed to massively nerf him, and now he's quite firmly Bulma's bitch).

That's what he gets for trying to murder a baby I suppose.

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#18089: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:24:07 PM

Is it really evil to murder a planetary threat, even if they are just a baby?

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#18091: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:29:49 PM

I have no issue with him killing a Saiyan baby. The risk in letting it live FAR outweighs any guilt over infanticide.

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#18092: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:31:37 PM

Punishing people for things they might do in the future is the greatest injustice.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#18093: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:38:19 PM

I can respect the pragmatism even as I abhor the methods.

"You know what? Screw the pretenses, I'm aborting Cell!"

[up]It'd be interesting to discuss the philosophy but, to an extent, you and I have differing views on Justice.

edited 11th Feb '16 1:39:30 PM by God_of_Awesome

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#18094: Feb 11th 2016 at 1:42:10 PM

Well, murdering people because of something they might do in the future has been the justification of more than one genocide.

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God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#18095: Feb 11th 2016 at 2:05:01 PM

Slippery Slope, yes.

I rather take the view of using an -individual's- past crimes as -evidence-, rather than reason.

So, a baby wouldn't be valid in this model either.

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#18096: Feb 11th 2016 at 2:06:27 PM

[up][up]You mean the "Justice-fication", yeah?

edited 11th Feb '16 2:06:52 PM by randomness4

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#18097: Feb 11th 2016 at 2:11:45 PM

I'm not sure I understand either of your posts.

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#18098: Feb 11th 2016 at 2:12:31 PM

"You know what? Screw the pretenses, I'm aborting Cell!"

That's a difference between "what they might do" and "what they will do".

Assassinating Dr. Gero to keep him from completing his murderbots is a preventative measure against what he is actively in the process of trying to do.

Intercepting Saiyan babies and murdering them because Saiyans usually grow up to be planet-killers in the service of the PTO is solving a problem of Child Soldiers by committing genocide against the victims. Any one of those babies might have grown up to be Goku.

edited 11th Feb '16 2:13:33 PM by TobiasDrake

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#18099: Feb 11th 2016 at 2:14:02 PM

Saiyan infants have a well-documented history of being violent and EXTREMELY dangerous and for wiping out the population of their host planet. It's like not removing the crocodile from the kindergarten because it hasn't actually hurt anyone yet and it wouldn't be fair to not give it a chance.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#18100: Feb 11th 2016 at 2:14:38 PM

I view Cell differently. He was literally made to kill and be evil by Dr. Gero, killing him while young is a necessity!


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