Why the Avatars should not have been made

[joeylovesgaia]

Has anyone actually thought over how the Avatars are made?

First the alien scientists take genetic material from (dead?) Na'vi (possibly killed by SecOps); the gene-harvesting itself would likely be regarded by the Na'vi as graverobbing and theft of sacred essence.

Then the scientists mash Na'vi and alien (human) essence to make strange hybrids, mostly Na'vi but with quite a few human (that is, alien) features. They are grown not in a mother but in a glass tube. This whole process might well be considered a blasphemy against Eywa (not to mention showing a striking disrespect for the People).

Finally, at some stage of the hybrids' development they are lobotomized; their minds killed to make an empty shell that the "driver" can possess without trouble. Starting to see why this is wrong?

Imagine the horror and anger of the Na'vi, upon discovering how uniltirantokx are made. They would probably kill every last one on their world, every single user of one, and every Sky Person vrrtep who helped make them. And yes, they would include Mr. "I've gone completely native" Jake Sully in that judgement--he still, in effect, killed and replaced the Na'vi person that should have lived in that body.

Really, really unethical. This is Mengele-scale mad science, yet the science branch are supposed to be the good guys. Moral dissonance anyone?