Timeline for Does Cersei deserve to be called a tyrant?
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| May 16, 2019 at 10:20 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | “it's a war crime in our culture, in-universe it doesn't seem to be such a deplorable action” — doesn’t it? Who, exactly, in-universe is saying hey, human shields, cool, no problem. | |
| May 16, 2019 at 2:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| S May 16, 2019 at 0:47 | history | suggested | Alec | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 15, 2019 at 20:22 | answer | added | M. A. Golding | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 15, 2019 at 19:40 | answer | added | Harry Johnston | timeline score: 4 | |
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| May 15, 2019 at 13:07 | comment | added | delinear | @lukas84 potentially, yes. Do you think the Targaryen supporters would call him a tyrant? Maybe, it's at least likely. Would Dany call him a tyrant? Certainly. So I'm pretty sure the answer is always going to be subjective. In any case, Robert's tenuous claim to the throne was still likely stronger than Cersei's seemingly non-existent claim. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 12:45 | comment | added | lukas84 | @delinear Seizing the throne for yourself is what Robert Baratheon did. Should we call him a tyrant too? | |
| May 15, 2019 at 12:41 | comment | added | lukas84 | @JAD But it's a war crime in our culture, in-universe it doesn't seem to be such a deplorable action. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:49 | comment | added | delinear | She seized the throne for herself, it's unclear whether she had the authority to do that. Seizing and holding the throne for yourself seems pretty tyrannical, regardless of what her reign after that was like. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:43 | comment | added | user1129682 | One does not simply blow up a cathedral in the middle of a densly populated city without immediate casualties outside the cathedral. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:31 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | “strictly speaking, they were not her responsibility to protect” — technically, you seem to be saying, she's not a tyrant. “she has been using the people in King's Landing has human shields; but again, she is not harming them directly” — nothing wrong with human shields! | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:27 | comment | added | Aegon | @TheLethalCarrot Well eventually she or her successor will have to pay back the interest and the original. Which means more taxes. Which means poorer living conditions for the people. So it all comes down to the people getting the business end no matter who lends or raises the money | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:25 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | @xdtTransform I know, the Iron Bank loaned her the money in Season 7, that's my point, that's how she could afford the GC. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:24 | comment | added | xdtTransform | @TheLethalCarrot, Lannester is almost bankrupt. The realm is basically the only ressource left. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:24 | comment | added | JAD | "Then she has been using the people in King's Landing has human shields; but again, she is not harming them directly." There is a reason this is a war-crime. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:23 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | @xdtTransform FWIW the money for the war mostly came from the Iron Bank but I'm sure she also raised taxes. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:22 | comment | added | xdtTransform | War is expensive. Money have to come from somewhere. Food has to be taken from someone else. Starvation and taxes may be enought to qualify for the lower tier of tyrany. Cut few heads, burn a Church or two and you start to have sothing solid. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:22 | answer | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 15, 2019 at 11:21 | history | edited | TheLethalCarrot♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 15, 2019 at 11:20 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 15, 2019 at 11:15 | history | asked | lukas84 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |