Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25176701-20150119013621/@comment-25176701-20150120212209

TotallyTinkerbell wrote: Well then Artigas is the blame for the massacre at the village, because he 'did not know the kid with the gun was actually going to shoot'. He chose to do an action that may be dangerous and cause death. Finn isn't innocent, but the grounder obviously don't know the "do not provoke the person with the gun" rule. Like I said, I do not approve of anything. I just think people see it black and white, and that while The 100 is the most greyest show I know (except for Grey's Anatomy)

Also, I know this is a case of reliability but the Ark would also be reliable for not checking the damn sky before killing off 320 people (who by the way volunteered and are responsible for their own death).

How did Artigas not know Finn would shoot him? Artigas was not blind. He saw Finn shoot the other man for trying to escape. Artigas wanted revenge on Finn because he murdered one of his people and he did not care what happened to himself as long as Finn died for killing the old man. Just like the other Grounders were willing to die trying to kill Finn as revenge for shooting Artigas. Like you said, Artigas did something that was dangerous and caused many deaths.

I am sure they knew about the "do not provoke the person with the gun" rule, however, we all know how Grounders are. Grounders don't care if they do or don't have a chance (Take Anya in the dropship, for example. She did not care that she was outnumbered. She attempted to fight the Delinquents anyway). Even if they know they may possibly die and do not stand a chance, they would prefer to die at least trying to win the fight.

The Ark citizens used the bracelets on The 100 to check if Earth was survivable, however, Bellamy encouraged everyone to take them off. He even forced Wells. Due to Bellamy making everyone take off their bracelets (the proof that Earth was survivable) the Ark had no way of knowing about Earth being survivable again, so that is the part I disagree with you about. They couldn't check the sky to see if there was radiation or not if there were no bracelets.

I know they volunteered but like I said even if they had not volunteered another group of 320 people would have been chosen to die. So, yeah, in a way they were responsible for their deaths but the Culling was inevitable after what Bellamy did to the radio. And the Grounders were responsible for their deaths, too. They chose to make stupid, bad choices and died because of them. If the Grounders had not made dumb choices then the massacre could have been avoidable. The difference with the Culling is that both the bracelets and radio were damaged, so that made that massacre unavoidable.

And I enjoyed reading your opinions about this topic, too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.