How many of you would be voluntary controllers?

[Shock]

i'll would escape and try to fight.. probely die but still fight.

[Phoenix004]

i'll would escape and try to fight.. probely die but still fight.

"Jara Hammee say 'Free or dead!'" 

[Shock]

i'll would escape and try to fight.. probely die but still fight.

"Jara Hammee say 'Free or dead!'" 

Jara Hammee is a hork-banjir that if escaped again, it would be simple to find it again and hork-banjir are natural pasifists.. it takes a lot more movation to get them to fight.

humans on the other hand, can blend in with the crowd and have one thing greater than any other species has: our capaitaty for haterd. we've been killing each other in wars since time begain and since then, it is safe to say that we got the hang of it. and really the only thing that brings up together to kill an invader.

[Phoenix004]

Actually, the Hork-Bajir used to be pacifists, they aren't anymore. Before the Yeerks came, the Hork-Bajir were "too stupid to know how to kill" as Dak Hammee put it. Now that they have learned how to kill, and have a heavy motivation to do so, they don't seem to mind doing it. After all, the free Hork-Bajir often attacked Yeerk camps to free more of their kind, and they also fought to protect their home from invasion.

Sad as it is to say it, the Hork-Bajir aren't pacifists anymore...

[Shock]

Actually, the Hork-Bajir used to be pacifists, they aren't anymore. Before the Yeerks came, the Hork-Bajir were "too stupid to know how to kill" as Dak Hammee put it. Now that they have learned how to kill, and have a heavy motivation to do so, they don't seem to mind doing it. After all, the free Hork-Bajir often attacked Yeerk camps to free more of their kind, and they also fought to protect their home from invasion.

Sad as it is to say it, the Hork-Bajir aren't pacifists anymore...

movation depends on the indivudal, there has to be will to surivie and willingness to risk their neck out of go and find other people.

the main problem with hork-banjir and the advangue of humans is simple. this is our homeworld and no one cares about a guy walking down the sidewalk that much. however, people will shout and scream in alarm once seeing a hork-banjir do the same thing.

[Phoenix004]

All living things are concerned with their own survival, especially sentient beings, which the Hork-Bajir are. They are also very loyal to their own, and part of their survival depended on increasing their numbers. As Toby explained to the Animorphs, the free Hork-Bajir would need vast numbers when Earth was finally saved, so that the humans would be wary of trying to get rid of them.

And somehow I doubt the free Hork-Bajir were making raids on public Yeerk facilities.

[CounterInstinct]

It was probably a hidden facility, since they DO keep Hork-Bajir in there. Plus, if it was made in public, the Animorphs would have probably heard of it a little earlier.

But thanks to Cassie, the Hork Bajir were given rights, no Hork-Bajir and human conflicts (except anti-alien junkies) existed.

[Whammy]

I'm going to have to agree with the majority on this. I wouldn't become a voluntary host during the war. But after the war I possibly could if I found a decent one who was part of the peace movement and would be willing to respect my personal beliefs in individualism and other liberal ideas (though they might enjoy my foreign policy ideas that tend to fall under Realism*).

*I love my International Relations class.

[wolfev]

All you people say it might be cool to have a Yeerk in your head. What is wrong with you? You think it would be good company or a way to better yourself in some way. That is how the sharing got people. Promising to make you greater than you were. Furthermore, Yeerks tend to take full control. Why would you sacrifice your freedom? Why on Earth would you choose to change yourself instantly. Taking the quick fix is stupid. Better yourself on your own. There is no reason to become a controller peace movement or otherwise. You are giving up your head. Its kinda messed up. If a Yeerk was going to be in your head and not bother you, then why should it be there in the first place. Why should you even go through with it. Keep your mind to yourself. No one has any right to it but yourself.

Wow I just went into a Rachelish rant.

[Qwerty the Charliecorn]

All you people say it might be cool to have a Yeerk in your head. What is wrong with you? You think it would be good company or a way to better yourself in some way. That is how the sharing got people. Promising to make you greater than you were. Furthermore, Yeerks tend to take full control. Why would you sacrifice your freedom? Why on Earth would you choose to change yourself instantly. Taking the quick fix is stupid. Better yourself on your own. There is no reason to become a controller peace movement or otherwise. You are giving up your head. Its kinda messed up. If a Yeerk was going to be in your head and not bother you, then why should it be there in the first place. Why should you even go through with it. Keep your mind to yourself. No one has any right to it but yourself.

Wow I just went into a Rachelish rant.

Wow, wolfev, you sound like an Andalite.

[Chad32]

All you people say it might be cool to have a Yeerk in your head. What is wrong with you? You think it would be good company or a way to better yourself in some way. That is how the sharing got people. Promising to make you greater than you were. Furthermore, Yeerks tend to take full control. Why would you sacrifice your freedom? Why on Earth would you choose to change yourself instantly. Taking the quick fix is stupid. Better yourself on your own. There is no reason to become a controller peace movement or otherwise. You are giving up your head. Its kinda messed up. If a Yeerk was going to be in your head and not bother you, then why should it be there in the first place. Why should you even go through with it. Keep your mind to yourself. No one has any right to it but yourself.

Wow I just went into a Rachelish rant.

Wow, wolfev, you sound like an Andalite.

Hahaha!

Why do it? A favor to a nice Yeerk for one. I'm not sure what I could do by myself that would equate having two brains in my head.

There is the fact that the host does have a whole lot of benefit. It's not like the Yeerk can enhance very many attributes like strength or speed. However, it's having another person in my head that could help with some thing.

[Whammy]

All you people say it might be cool to have a Yeerk in your head. What is wrong with you? You think it would be good company or a way to better yourself in some way. That is how the sharing got people. Promising to make you greater than you were. Furthermore, Yeerks tend to take full control. Why would you sacrifice your freedom? Why on Earth would you choose to change yourself instantly. Taking the quick fix is stupid. Better yourself on your own. There is no reason to become a controller peace movement or otherwise. You are giving up your head. Its kinda messed up. If a Yeerk was going to be in your head and not bother you, then why should it be there in the first place. Why should you even go through with it. Keep your mind to yourself. No one has any right to it but yourself.

Wow I just went into a Rachelish rant.

Wow, wolfev, you sound like an Andalite.

Hahaha!

Why do it? A favor to a nice Yeerk for one. I'm not sure what I could do by myself that would equate having two brains in my head.

There is the fact that the host does have a whole lot of benefit. It's not like the Yeerk can enhance very many attributes like strength or speed. However, it's having another person in my head that could help with some thing.

We all said that if we were to allow a Yeerk in our head it would be the ones that are like the peace movement and want to live in mutualism symbiosis with the host instead of being parasites. Now if we could only get the parasitic Yeerks we'll fight back (okay, I'd probally run). Remember to never judge a person (or Yeerk) by the actions of their fellow people (or Yeerks). Just because most of the time you think you think "evil mind controlling slug" doesn't mean all of them are.

Keep your mind to yourself. No one has any right to it but yourself.

So if I have the right to keep my mind to myself, don't I also have the right to let a Yeerk live in it by my own choice?

[Chad32]

Keep your mind to yourself. No one has any right to it but yourself.

So if I have the right to keep my mind to myself, don't I also have the right to let a Yeerk live in it by my own choice?
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You're apparently not supposed to choose that over the other.

It's like saying that even though you have the right to vote, you also have the right to NOT vote. But you aren't supposed to excercise your right to not vote.

[morfowt]

We all said that if we were to allow a Yeerk in our head it would be the ones that are like the peace movement and want to live in mutualism symbiosis with the host instead of being parasites.

I never said I wanted that kind of yeerk. I'd let a mean yeerk inside my head. I'd let any yeerk (except for maybe esplin 9466) enter my head. And I don't care if you guys think that's wrong. I would and that's the truth.

[wolfev]

Sure you have the right to put an alien into your head. But why would you? You all talk about benefits. I can imagine you could get info on technology, but you don't really get it. The Yeerk does all the work. Its like being replaced by another person. Yeerks don't go into peoples heads to have a fun time. They go to control you, thats why your called a controller. You think it will give you some control, but why should it. You're at its mercy.
You might think you could just let the Yeerk live in your head and not become inolved. Why would you settle for any less control of yourself than you have now? Whatever happened to the solve your own problems mentality? Why lets a Yeerk do it?
So yeah, you have the right to let a Yeerk crawl into your head, but the Yeerk has no right to control you. Unless of course you give them that right and allow yourself to be controlled by another being. That must be real easy, to let someone else live your life. Sounds like the thoughts of a weak quitter.