Only A Sith Deals In Absolutes

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

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[KulakxFilms]

Haha, out the windu

[Archer25001003775]

Wow. Two false dichotomies in one scene.

[myfrees]

"He who is not with Me is against Me." —Jesus Christ, the first recorded Sith Lord?

[Roland Lamb]

They're basically the same one, too.

[TheJmanster]

Maybe it is a good thing George Lucas won't be making anymore Star Wars movies.

[Pandem07]

I have a question to you, guys. I don't think I fully understood meaning of "only a sith deals in absolutes". Does it mean that only a Sith admit just 2 possibilities? Could you paraphrase it for me? How do you interpret it? Thank you!

[crazedmartinez]

What do you mean the jedi deal in absoultes.? ...archer sounds like a sith to me...

[Archer25001003775]

No, no no. The False Dilemma are the "If you're not with me, then you are my enemy" and "*Only* a Sith deals in absolutes". The keyword there is "only".

[crazedmartinez]

So obi is saying if you deal in absolutes your a sith and evil..and that in itself is also an absolute? so hes contradicting himself? what do you mean jedis deal in absolutes? So is this a false dilemma?or a dichotomie?

[Archer25001003775]

This actually has nothing to do with absolutes (though Obi is being a hypocrite here, since EVERYTHING the Jedis do is an absolute), but there's the false dichotomy that if Obi-Wan is not siding with Anakin, then he is automatically his enemy (like Bush's speech); and Obi-Wan's assertion that only Siths deal in absolutes.