Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-26525483-20150626045543/@comment-26247132-20150630202907

It has nothing to do with hate; it has to do with practicality. It's the apocalypse where the only rule is to survive and there is very little room for compassion. You have to mercilessly cut the dead weight in order to survive. Charlotte was a liability. Finn was a liability. Murphy was a liability (although he's surprisingly turned into an asset...for the moment). If you want to start your own castout community with the Charlottes and Finns and Murphys of The 100's world, then by all means, you're welcome to take your chances with rehabilitating them into your society.

Because I don't want that risk in my community, I'm going to be busy with more important things, like food and shelter and protection for everyone else. I don't want to have to worry about Charlotte getting mad at one of my kids and murdering them because they wouldn't share their toys with her. Or maybe someone makes a sudden movement and sends Finn spiralling into a flashback and he goes all spree killer again. Or someone offends Murphy and he goes attack dog on them or murders them in their sleep. I don't trust any of them. On the other hand, Bellamy and Clarke are reliable and consistent. They might not always be right or do the right thing but they are at least predictable in their choices and actions. With them, I wouldn't have to worry about any loose cannons going off.

I defend Bellamy about the Culling because it's a stretch to claim he murdered 320 people and it would never hold up in a court of law. In real life, the prosecutor wouldn't even pursue charges against Bellamy because they already have Jaha and Kane with a premeditated precident for the Culling (the whole 209-culling vote that happened in Earth Skills). A really long stretch would be death/manslaughter by negligence (either criminal or gross), in which case, Bellamy would most likely get only a year or two imprisonment or even just probation.

For legal precident with Finn in Tondc, here's a list ofmassacres and here's a list of rampage killers to pick from.