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Subject: Lack of or Abundance of Foresight?
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Well, if the Flood didn't exist neither would Halo. So I'd say the Forerunner's definitely lacked foresight just because it appears that they created the Flood in the first place.

  • 07.02.2004 9:05 AM PDT
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What if the forerunners wanted us to think that the rings were for the flood? I mean they may of just wanted weapons of mass destruction and the flood might just be security and the sentinals and stuff attacking the flood might of just been part of a huge conspiracey?

  • 07.02.2004 9:09 AM PDT
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Lack of abundance or foresight? No I thinkl they are just a bunch of aliens that make things extremely complex for no good reason just to screw with our heads. THey know that things will happen and put them there for a reason.

It doesn't help either that Dr. Halsey said in First Strike, " You had to be there in order to retrieve the artifact. " and something about being destined to do it and blah blah blah. Meaning the Forerunner knew something would happen and it just so happens they control all our destinies.

  • 07.02.2004 9:12 AM PDT
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The Forerunner have been criticized for their lack of foresight relating to their seemingly irresponsible handling of the Flood. Think about this though, if there hadn't been the Flood, either the Humans or the Covies would have attempted to use Halo's main weapon, destroying both the users and the victims. With the Flood though, the MC was eventually compelled to destroy Halo and prevent it from destroying both the Covies and the Humans. So, is the Forerunner's handling of the Flood a lack of or an abundance of foresight?

  • 07.02.2004 8:58 AM PDT
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I think that a spscese as technologically advanced as the forerunner would have adequate measures to keep the flood safely (especially after the first outbreak). What they may not have expected was for some other specese to come to the ring and release the flood, I mean who would do that, cough cough, covenant, cough.

  • 07.02.2004 9:38 AM PDT