Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25176701-20150119013621/@comment-26247132-20150415023735

FloaterJ wrote:

I believe it would have been 300 to die if Jaha hadn't stalled. And the fact is, Jaha wanted to prevent the culling if possible. It was Kane that forced him into finally agreeing to it. You had to make me look it up. ;) In Earth Skills, the original vote was to cull 209 people to give everyone an extra 6 months. Since Jaha abstained causing a revote in 10 days, it exponentially increased to 320 people (in Twilight's Last Gleaming). It was called "Kane's population reduction plan" so he does carry some of the burden for it. It's a great parallel to what happened at Mount Weather: both Clarke and Bellamy pulled the lever, but Clarke is just a bit more responsible. Same with Jaha and Kane, Jaha is just a bit more responsible since the decision ultimately fell on him, not Kane.