Talk:Pink Diamond/@comment-26233996-20171112165355/@comment-3225961-20171113211507

Goldensunsheba:

What makes you think what I wrote would be sarcastic? I provided in-show evidence to support my claims. Blue Diamond, Jasper, and Eyeball are all biased in favor of Pink Diamond, and prejudiced against Rose Quartz. If we are to take Garnet's claims with "a grain of salt" because of her bias, then the same consideration should apply to those three.

Why were PD's gems spared? Because Blue Diamond is incredibly clingy, and has an incessant desire to preserve PD's legacy.

"Yellow, she made them. This is all we have left of her. These Gems, this place, and the Earth."

First, I'd like to point out the Amethyst is the only Prime Quartz we know of who came out "defective"; the ones from Beta, however, tended to be defective. Still, allmost all of them are currently in use as babysitters for the "humans" at the Zoo, despite being soldiers. Yellow Diamond understood Jasper's passion and potential, so her circumstances were different. Even Holly Blue, one of Blue's original Agates, was chosen to manage the Quartzes, despite being created to guard. Yellow would eliminate them if she wasn't so busy obliging Blue.

More importantly, two wrongs don't make a right. I never once stated that what humans do to the environment is good; in fact, I think it's wrong. It sounds hypocritical, but it still does not nullify my claim. If a chain-smoker claims that smoking is harmful to human health, does that mean her claim is any less valid?   There is sufficient evidence to support her claim, even if she chooses not to practice what she preaches. After all, most people realize how deplorable practices of colonialism are, and there is a rising minority of people who seek a more sustainable existence.

Humans existed on Earth before Gems did. I am a human, and I empathize with humankind and anyone who promotes human existence. '''The Diamond colonization of Earth directly and indirectly undermined human existence, and therefore, I cannot sympathize with their goals. The CGs, however, wanted to save and protect Earth, promoting human existence; this is part of why I call them "good".'''  There are other factors of Gem Society I don't agree with, but that affects Gems more so than humans, and is a different discussion.

If you prefer to avoid the terms "good" and "evil", 'what do you propose indicates or suggests that PD and her colonization efforts were not'' detrimental to the Earth and its indigenous life forms? '''Virtually everything I've witnessed regarding Pink can suggest the opposite. It is a huge leap of faith to equate Pink keeping a small population of humans in an enclosure that fulfills their basic/carnal needs, as well as defective/off color soldiers during an insurgency to her desire to thwart the Gem colonization of Earth and orchestrate her shattering.

Jolmev:

What is your opinion of Yellow Diamond? What is your opinion of Blue Diamond? Would you consider them spawns of Satan? Even though Yellow, and to some extent Blue, are willing to decimate the entire planet, they've still had some sympathetic moments. I can't fathom why Pink's attitude should be radically different from her fellow Diamonds.