Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25176701-20150119013621/@comment-25869525-20150120013821

Quoting: And it doesn't matter if he knew about the Culling or not, the fact is that he caused all of those deaths. In real life if somebody had caused 320 deaths (even if they did not know the consequences of their actions) they would not just be pardoned for it, they would still get into some serious trouble.

I don't know about other countries, but in US law, it is a fact. If a person robs a gas station, and suppose there is a customer inside with a bad heart. The strain of being in a robbery causes a heart attack, and the person dies. In the eyes of the law, the one who robbed the gas station is guilty of the murder, because he/she chose to engage in a course of action that led to a person dying. "I didn't know that old man would have a heart attack and die!" is not a valid defense.

As was pointed out, it was well known to the delinquents that in exchange for them being the guinea pigs of the dropship experiment, assuming they survived, they'd be granted a full pardon for their crimes. This would include Octavia's "crime" of existing. So, any claim of "protecting" Octavia begins to fall flat.

Quoting: He (Finn) was about to leave but then that one dumb Grounder decided it would be a great idea to start running. By doing that, the old man Grounder shared part of the blame for the death of everyone else. He was indirectly responsible because if he had not moved the other Grounders would not have, either. But he did move and his stupidity led to Artigas making the same stupid choice which led to all of the other Grounders making the same stupid choice.

Exactly. When I saw that scene the first time, I was like "What the hell????" since he could have just waited one more minute. Murphy had finally got Finn to agree to leave and look for Clarke elsewhere. That grounder could have waited, and they'd all have been safe. But NO! He had to run, he had to send Finn into panic mode and open fire. Now, that does not excuse Finn. I am merely illistrating that nobody is innocent on the 100.