User blog comment:Legionwrex/Genophage good or bad./@comment-1900300-20100922020335

While the A-bomb is a good comparison n terms of moral outlook, there are differences. The bomb destroyed industry, morale and a lot of civilian and military personal, but today it can be seen the country was able to recover. The genophage was a slow going genocide that left no chance of survival for the entire krogan race. it destroyed their culture, government and all their lives. Their is also the fact that while Japan could only defend itself at this point, the krogans were still very much on the offensive.

The more I think about this the more the fact is that, while other races can be blamed for their part, the ultimate blame lies on the krogan themselves. They started a nuclear war that left their homeworld the horror it is. They started a war of aggression against the Council, they went to war with the turians, a race whose only concept of war requires them to destroy the enemy, either through subjugation or destruction. they committed horrid war crimes against both parties. And, if Mordin is to be taken seriously, then its the krogan's own criticism that is destroying themselves. their race had simply not matured enough to handle the responsibilities it was given. you can blame the salarians for uplifting them, the salarians for devoloing the genophage and the turians for unleashing it. but the real fault (annd te only hope for redewmption)lies with the krogan.

I thin we can all agree that it was necessary. if the krogan were on launching an invasion of Earth, would you not release the genophage because of the moral implications? If it was my family, my friends and my world on the line and the krogan were destroying it all, then i would have.