Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-26832353-20150807153259/@comment-76.17.103.248-20150810161121

The point of the discussion is to expose the gross unfairness of people always targeting Finn as the whipping boy of the show because he "cheated" on Raven. Pointing out that Finn's mistake pales in comparison to the egregious nature of Bellamy's behavior illustrates that unfairness. People can hate who they want for whatever reason, but they need to understand that giving Bellamy a pass while hating Finn as "the cheating bitch" is an injustice.

You can't honestly make a valid argument to dispute that what Bellamy did was worse than Finn; so you call it apples to oranges. Now you come up with another way to mitigate Bellamy's offense in comparison to Finn's by using the "honesty" defense. Supposedly, Finn's lie was worse because Clarke wouldn't have slept with him if she had known the truth. On the other hand, Bellamy didn't hide that he didn't want the rest of the Arkers to come down. So that makes him more honest. EXCREMENT!

Bellamy LIED about the reason he didn't want the others to come down. He told the group that they would be treated as criminals and that they could take care of themselves. That lie not only put the 100 at greater risk, but it would have condemned the others to die on the Ark. Moreover, you keep saying that Finn's lie was a deliberate dishonesty when it's quite clear that he thought he'd never see Raven again. Monty had fried the wristbands, and to Finn's knowledge there was no other way to contact the Ark. Even if you argue that Finn should have told Clarke regardless, the consequences of that lie didn't involve life and death. Bellamy's lie actually resulted in the deaths of 320 people.

You should stop trying to find excuses for Bellamy just to make Finn look worse. No one has said that Finn didn't make a mistake. All we're saying is that he doesn't deserve all of this hate for that mistake. Cheating shouldn't be the unforgiveable worse sin of the show, and  Bellamy's deliberate deception makes a primary example as to why.