06-19-2015, 09:33 AM
Vllad Wrote:I am not sure that is a valid comparison. Maybe more like letting a bunch of Mexicans cross our borders because ISIS is starting to recruit them is a better comparison.
Perfect comparison, actually.
Vllad Wrote:In the show what happened to Jon has nothing to do with the Wildlings otherwise it makes zero sense. Self preservation even for theives with an IQ of 70 had to kick in after what they heard happen in Hardhome and lived through at the Crag. The only way it makes sense for Thorne and company to kill Jon is to do it NOT because of the Wildlings but to take control of the Nights Watch. Basically it was a coup.
I think it's both. For Thorne, is was a coup. And Thorne used the sentiments of Olly-and-the-like to take out Jon. He needed to do it this way. He needed the complete buy-in of the remaining watch, lest he become another Jon.
Gameless (for now)