It's more like murdering a child because their father was a serial killer.
Actually.
That's exactly what it is, not similar to what it is.
edited 11th Feb '16 2:26:01 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseExcept, y'know, the main character of the series who was able to grow up into a pretty cool guy with the right bits of guidance from the people around him.
Of course, he smashed his head on a rock so he's probably not the best example. So let's talk about Vegeta instead, a horrific and atrocious bastard whose sadism and cruelty shocks and horrifies even his fellow Saiyans, and who was able to become a pretty cool guy with the right life lessons despite spending all of his formative years being sharpened into a weapon of mass destruction.
You'd be surprised what Nurture can do.
edited 11th Feb '16 2:36:28 PM by TobiasDrake
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Saiyans are not Always Chaotic Evil.
edited 11th Feb '16 2:36:31 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseLadies and gentlemen, I present to you the most evil Saiyan we've ever met. The most irredeemable, cruel, monstrous member of their race:
edited 11th Feb '16 2:38:57 PM by TobiasDrake
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Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!@PMC: Think of Saiyans like Spartans.
In fact, Saiyans are much like Spartans. They're warlike, think violence is the answer for everything, and get rid of unwanted children.
That doesn't mean that if you took a Spartan baby that had been left out to die, they would grow up to be as terrible as the rest of the Spartans by default.
@Echoing Silence: While I don't think under ideal circumstances they should have killed baby Cell, they weren't exactly under ideal circumstances.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseI'm not as bothered by Cell's abortion as I am by the prospect of murdering Saiyan babies in-transit.
It was a direct consequence of Cell's own actions. He temporally assassinated himself.
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Again, Vegeta proves otherwise. Also, as a related example, we have Piccolo who was literally an incarnation of Evil. We also have Majin Boo who was the same.
edited 11th Feb '16 2:44:17 PM by Zelenal
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!Coming back in twenty years isn't the plan, that's just what happened to Goku because everyone forgot he existed until Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta needed some assistance. The Saiyans were busy exploding and Frieza didn't even know there was a fourth survivor.
The Saiyan genocide plan is pretty clear-cut. Saiyan goes to planet. Full moon turns them into an uncontrollable Oozaru that rampages and kills everyone. Even Goku killed his adoptive parent under the Oozaru state but that, too, can be brought under control as it was for him.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.If they were born with tremendous strength capable of shattering buildings and had a feral Kaiju form, humans probably would try to murder everyone and everything as babies. Babies are unreasonable, selfish, and prone to wild outbursts. Also, feral Kaiju form is a feral Kaiju form.
Caretaking of babies would be a very different experience, but it wouldn't be impossible.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Besides, the whole sending babies away to distant planets was more "let's get rid of these weaklings" rather than "this is a great strategy for wiping out civilizations".
They would occasionally come along later and if the planet was wiped out, great, and if not, oh well, they could do it themselves.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else

Infants in general have a well-documented history of being selfish, unreasonable, and prone to wild outbursts. That's what infants are. Nobody's born with a moral compass.
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