At 10:38 AM 11/23/97 -0600, Captain Jack wrote:

Author’s notes:

After reading so many fics about Gendou being a cruel heartless man, I
decided I’d take some time away from my other Eva fic to write this
one.  I was planning on using some of this in my other fic, but I
decided I’d write it now.  In case you were wondering, I find Gendou
Ikari to be an admirable character in that his thought process is one
very similar to mine.  His is one which is purely based on logic, void
of emotions that cloud his judgment.  He is able to do all this while
playing with very high stakes.  For him to let his emotion rule his
judgment could mean mistakes that would cause the Third Impact.  I think
he hides behind a front, just like every other character in the series
does.  That’s why I believe he does not deserve all the hatred many fans
thinks he deserves.  C+C much appreciated.

  "emotions that cloud his judgement"  So much horror has been done this
century by those who believed that emotions only cloud judgement.  The
starvation of the kulaks, the murder of the Jews, the killing fields of
Cambodia, all ordered and performed by people who believed that their
judgements were cool and rational ones, unclouded by emotion.  Allowing a
role for emotions in one's decisions does not mean letting passion overrule
intellect.  

  The biggest problem I have with Gendou and SEELE is that they do not have
the right to make the decisions they do.  They arrogate to themselves the
right to decide humanity's fate by decisions arrived at secretly.  They
aren't even elected representatives with that mandate.  They do not inform
the world of the choices before them.  They and they alone decided.  This
is why I despise Gendou and SEELE.

                                                                 dml