the alucard arucard thing isnt a matter of the japanese thing, other people have
already said what i woulda thing that respect. the proper english is alucard,
though if there are copyright problems then arucard will have to do. either one
is technically correct, but in the language were using alucard is the one to use
neither. they are the same thing. they are both suppposedly things that give us
truths, tehy both supposedly govern how we live our lives-science is the shadow
of god, and god was the ultimate truth for us.
i would say its almost an impossible question to answer. there are objective
moralities, and subjective ones. utilitarians will say this, kantians that, and
aquinans something else. but look at it this way-if there is not a single set
morality, how many are there? as many as there are people obviously. but that
means there is no real morality at all because we will all disagree (howver
minorly) on any given moral statement. i might say "thou shallt not
kill" but someone else can say "but what in this or that
circumstance?" or "what if it prevents some greater evils?"
however if we dont have some idea of an objective set morality then we are in
trouble-murder, rape and whatever are only prevented becuase we simply dont want
to do them at that time, or are afraid we may get caught-so we need something
that says "this is wrong, no matter what"
the question is who can this be? not God, because so many people no longer
believe in him, though they still cling to the idea that God represents and
upholds-to quote jonny cash-"we all want the kingdom, but we dont want god
in it" we have all these atheists, who rally behind the cry "god is
dead" and take it to mean that he never was or whatever-but do they know
what that means? ofcrouse they dont. so one could say we need god-but then what
can god be now? the protestant line of a personal relationship with god is
hardly any better than the atheist line-but by the same coin as with morality-we
dont want or need some monolithic ideal as stated by a man in a white hat in a
big church do we?
i know ive babbled a fair bit-but the question is interesting and the answer
impossible
suicide aint worth it cos you lose the chance to change things. myself and
several of my friends have a variety of things going on in ourselves that
sometimes get too much for us to handle, and we retreat out of society for a
coupla weeks, or even months. but the way we see it, the fact that were here
means were meant to be here, that we HAVE to be here. that means that our lives,
our suffering and our joy are all important things. if you cant see past the
events in your life and recognise that your an important person in and of
yourself thento be frank you need to start trying. a great man once said
"god is dead". this (if we take it as true) means we are free. truly
free-there is not greater thing deciding what is right or wrong, what is true or
false. we can decide for ourselves. now i know the response to this may be
"well then we are free to end ourselves" but i would say that to end
yourself is to make yourself truly worthless, or at best a thing to be hated,
because all one who commits suicide does is bring more pain. if you dont kill
yourself then you always have the chance to turn things around. another great
man once said "hell is other people"-i would agree, but i prefer to
live in hell as long as there is someone to talk to, someone to sit with and
love, or hate, befriend or hurt or whatever, than be in heaven on my own. for me
that would truly be hell.
small disclaimer first-i had to use a free translation thing to get the romanji,
so i only hope that the romanji is right, and dont blame me if it aint
Zanpakto-an ornate rapier with a silver and gold basket hilt, engraved with
images of the gods of rain an thunder, named Hitoame (rainfall)-the blade itself
never changes form, but it effects the surrounding area's weather patterns,
causing an unnatural rainfall that powers its attacks. The area effected
increases massively with the power of the attack released
Shikai Release-ame to hyou ga sora kara jiko o okoshi masu (rain and hail
crashes from the heavens)
Ability-kyuuryuu (torrent)-cuts the sprit particles in the air to send a torrent
of hailstones outward in a forward arc.
Ability-mo ya konran sa seru koto! (confusing mists)-the aura of the wielder
causes the air to condense thickly, while his own form become less solid, so
that one hardly tell him apart from the mist itself-also the wielders reiatsu
enfuses the msit, so that one cannot tell where he is within it that way, the
wielder does however retain a greater solidity than the mist itself, and so must
be careful to move with it depending on the wind. the wielder cannot actually
attack whilst using this skill, so it is primarily used for retreating of
sneaking to backstab the foe
Bankai-umi oyobi sora no hageshi sa o age te! tochi
(raise the fury of the seas and heavens!)
Kido art-with each swing of his sword, the wielder unleashes a great ball of
super dense water, approximately 10 meters in diameter, which smashes the ground
with the force of a tidal wave-this attack can be used a limited number of times
before the user needs to use the 2nd skill to recuperate his lost
reiatsu
2nd bankai skill- teki o arainagashi te, iyashi mo ya ni nagare sase te kudasai
(wash away the foe and let the healing mists flow)
The areas hit by the first technique become enshrouded by a mist that chokes any
other than the wielder who enters them, wounding their reiatsu. The mists expand
for 2 meters around the impact, meaning the areas of mist expand about 12 meters
in all directions from the center of the impact-if the enemy was hit by an
attack then the mist take up 2 meters around him/her, having no other effect
than already stated. The wielder can also inhale the mists over to heal minor
wounds immediately, or take in several to heal major ones in the space of one
half hour.
a guy tried that in europe 70 years ago. went by the name of hitler.....not a flame btw, just an example of that way if thought going totally wrong
the alucard arucard thing isnt a matter of the japanese thing, other people have already said what i woulda thing that respect. the proper english is alucard, though if there are copyright problems then arucard will have to do. either one is technically correct, but in the language were using alucard is the one to use
a direct response to the OP question. *ehem*
neither. they are the same thing. they are both suppposedly things that give us truths, tehy both supposedly govern how we live our lives-science is the shadow of god, and god was the ultimate truth for us.
i would say its almost an impossible question to answer. there are objective moralities, and subjective ones. utilitarians will say this, kantians that, and aquinans something else. but look at it this way-if there is not a single set morality, how many are there? as many as there are people obviously. but that means there is no real morality at all because we will all disagree (howver minorly) on any given moral statement. i might say "thou shallt not kill" but someone else can say "but what in this or that circumstance?" or "what if it prevents some greater evils?"
however if we dont have some idea of an objective set morality then we are in trouble-murder, rape and whatever are only prevented becuase we simply dont want to do them at that time, or are afraid we may get caught-so we need something that says "this is wrong, no matter what"
the question is who can this be? not God, because so many people no longer believe in him, though they still cling to the idea that God represents and upholds-to quote jonny cash-"we all want the kingdom, but we dont want god in it" we have all these atheists, who rally behind the cry "god is dead" and take it to mean that he never was or whatever-but do they know what that means? ofcrouse they dont. so one could say we need god-but then what can god be now? the protestant line of a personal relationship with god is hardly any better than the atheist line-but by the same coin as with morality-we dont want or need some monolithic ideal as stated by a man in a white hat in a big church do we?
i know ive babbled a fair bit-but the question is interesting and the answer impossible
suicide aint worth it cos you lose the chance to change things. myself and several of my friends have a variety of things going on in ourselves that sometimes get too much for us to handle, and we retreat out of society for a coupla weeks, or even months. but the way we see it, the fact that were here means were meant to be here, that we HAVE to be here. that means that our lives, our suffering and our joy are all important things. if you cant see past the events in your life and recognise that your an important person in and of yourself thento be frank you need to start trying. a great man once said "god is dead". this (if we take it as true) means we are free. truly free-there is not greater thing deciding what is right or wrong, what is true or false. we can decide for ourselves. now i know the response to this may be "well then we are free to end ourselves" but i would say that to end yourself is to make yourself truly worthless, or at best a thing to be hated, because all one who commits suicide does is bring more pain. if you dont kill yourself then you always have the chance to turn things around. another great man once said "hell is other people"-i would agree, but i prefer to live in hell as long as there is someone to talk to, someone to sit with and love, or hate, befriend or hurt or whatever, than be in heaven on my own. for me that would truly be hell.
small disclaimer first-i had to use a free translation thing to get the romanji, so i only hope that the romanji is right, and dont blame me if it aint
Zanpakto-an ornate rapier with a silver and gold basket hilt, engraved with images of the gods of rain an thunder, named Hitoame (rainfall)-the blade itself never changes form, but it effects the surrounding area's weather patterns, causing an unnatural rainfall that powers its attacks. The area effected increases massively with the power of the attack released
Shikai Release-ame to hyou ga sora kara jiko o okoshi masu (rain and hail crashes from the heavens)
Ability-kyuuryuu (torrent)-cuts the sprit particles in the air to send a torrent of hailstones outward in a forward arc.
Ability-mo ya konran sa seru koto! (confusing mists)-the aura of the wielder causes the air to condense thickly, while his own form become less solid, so that one hardly tell him apart from the mist itself-also the wielders reiatsu enfuses the msit, so that one cannot tell where he is within it that way, the wielder does however retain a greater solidity than the mist itself, and so must be careful to move with it depending on the wind. the wielder cannot actually attack whilst using this skill, so it is primarily used for retreating of sneaking to backstab the foe
Bankai-umi oyobi sora no hageshi sa o age te! tochi
(raise the fury of the seas and heavens!)
Kido art-with each swing of his sword, the wielder unleashes a great ball of super dense water, approximately 10 meters in diameter, which smashes the ground with the force of a tidal wave-this attack can be used a limited number of times before the user needs to use the 2nd skill to recuperate his lost reiatsu
2nd bankai skill- teki o arainagashi te, iyashi mo ya ni nagare sase te kudasai
(wash away the foe and let the healing mists flow)
The areas hit by the first technique become enshrouded by a mist that chokes any other than the wielder who enters them, wounding their reiatsu. The mists expand for 2 meters around the impact, meaning the areas of mist expand about 12 meters in all directions from the center of the impact-if the enemy was hit by an attack then the mist take up 2 meters around him/her, having no other effect than already stated. The wielder can also inhale the mists over to heal minor wounds immediately, or take in several to heal major ones in the space of one half hour.