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Changed my mind: nothing is worth more than honour and virtue. Every man has his day.
I kinda feel the same way. The thing is even though he got murdered, his legacy was such that the North rallied to revolt and gain him justice.
Yes, but it's unclear whether it was reverence for his moral character that was pivotal in the decision to rise against the South. Circumstances may well have been such that war was inevitable regardless given the already existing animosity between North and South, and the poor excuse for a King that Joffrey makes. The understanding between Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark was what kept the peace between the regions. With both gone, relations would've been turbulent.
I don't think Ned's moral character had anything to do with the North's revolt. The North and South existed in an uneasy alliance in any case, first unified by the Targaryens, and then by the friendship between Robert and Ned. Ned's death certainly was the spark that ignited the North's revolt at that specific point of time, but it had very little to do with his personal goodness or getting justice for his murder (except perhaps for the Starks and Tullys), and far more to do with not bowing to an authority who killed their Lord for false reasons.
Mm, yes. That was the point I was trying to make.
Though the passion with which the North rallied after Ned Stark's murder is indicative of their veneration for him and his upstanding.
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Dec 15, 2012 07:56PM
Changed my mind: nothing is worth more than honour and virtue. Every man has his day.
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I kinda feel the same way. The thing is even though he got murdered, his legacy was such that the North rallied to revolt and gain him justice.
Yes, but it's unclear whether it was reverence for his moral character that was pivotal in the decision to rise against the South. Circumstances may well have been such that war was inevitable regardless given the already existing animosity between North and South, and the poor excuse for a King that Joffrey makes. The understanding between Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark was what kept the peace between the regions. With both gone, relations would've been turbulent.
I don't think Ned's moral character had anything to do with the North's revolt. The North and South existed in an uneasy alliance in any case, first unified by the Targaryens, and then by the friendship between Robert and Ned. Ned's death certainly was the spark that ignited the North's revolt at that specific point of time, but it had very little to do with his personal goodness or getting justice for his murder (except perhaps for the Starks and Tullys), and far more to do with not bowing to an authority who killed their Lord for false reasons.
Mm, yes. That was the point I was trying to make.Though the passion with which the North rallied after Ned Stark's murder is indicative of their veneration for him and his upstanding.
