User blog comment:LDR/Possible Reaper Motive/@comment-4826433-20120224213557

We can argue and speculate over the Reapers' motives, but the fact remains that we are at war with them, as it has been the case with countless civilizations before. They have attacked us, destroyed lives and property we had held so dear. Its not as if we have brought this upon ourselves. We haven't wronged them. Its possible that they are annihilating us for some higher purpose. But that doesn't mean we should sit down and surrender ourselves to their will. Their salvation may lie in destroying us, but its our duty to maintain our sovereignty and we will do so. As Shepard put it at the end of Arrival,  however insignificant we might be, we will fight, we will sacrifice and we will endure. Thats what humans(or any race) do.