stargate - Are Goa'uld naturally evil?

I understand the Goa'uld are naturally parasitic but are they naturally as evil and selfish as they are in the current age?

The Tok'ra show that some Goa'uld can be at least somewhat considerate creatures. Then the episode "Need" demonstrates that the sarcophagus has very negative mental effects on humans, including indifference for others, and paranoia.

Are Goa'uld just a victim of their own stolen technology, or are they inherently evil?

Answer

I would say not, but that their taking of hosts and the civilization that was built on that encourages them to be "evil" by our modern, western, standards. And it is a fairly easy to trace this development. Initially the creatures they could take on was hosts were animals of limited physical and mental capacity and the Unas, which while having things like opposable thumbs, were probably little more culturally advanced than modern chimpanzees. Even now, after thousands of years of abandonment by the Goa'uld, they still were a pre-bronze age culture.

As the Goa'uld began exploring the galaxy they discovered left behind Ancient tech, learned how to interface with it, and in some cases replicate it. The Unas probably didn't have the ATA not being a race descendant of the Alterans, so that limits their access to many of the more advanced pieces of tech. Chances are the majority of those were destroyed as the Goa'uld tried to take them apart to learn their secrets. But they were able to figure out how to replicate their Hyperdrive and Healing tech (Sarcophagus). But since they were limited to Unas hosts, and possibly other species of non-Alteran descent by then, the Alteran healing tech wouldn't work well for them.

Eventually the Goa'uld, Ra specifically, discovered Earth and the Humans. As with the Unas, humans were at a very early stage in their development, bronze age or just before. Not only that the Alteran tech worked much better on the fast breeding humans than the Unas, a probable reason why Unas were abandoned as hosts for the Goa'uld (and fits in with the movie reason of humans being easier to repair) given Unas superior strength and durability.

So the Goa'uld, a space faring race that lives though the domination of a primitive species, comes across another primitive species. One without much of a language or a cohesive culture beyond extended family groups. Sure they have some basic tool use but so do modern chimpanzees and modern humans hunt them for sport or food. I doubt that would sway the Goa'uld, a species that has for generations, at this point, treated creatures of such development as beasts of burden. Not only that, with the genetic memory that Goa'uld are born with every new generation has that same impression of humans.

At some point though, probably around the time of the Earth Uprising, a group of the Goa'uld saw through the generations of stereotyping the humans as a beasts of burden. Having experienced the humans coordinated repulsion of Ra from Earth Egeria was one of the first to recognize the immorality of subjugating another intelligent species. That realization probably led to a re-evaluation of the cultural assumptions of the Goa'uld and eventually the Tok'ra.

Even so the Tok'ra aren't pro humanity so much as they are in opposition to Ra's status quo. You can see parallels to this in the US's early emancipation movements. Then the opponents of slavery had moral objections to the practice of slavery, but often were not welcoming of Africans into their communities.

futurama - How much time is lost in 'Time Keeps on Slippin''

In time Keeps on Slippin' , Farnsworth creates a basketball team which he matures by abusing Chronitons. This leads to time skipping forward by random, but ever increasing amounts. How much time was skipped in this way? Answer Unfortunately, I don't think a good estimate can be made for this, for two reasons: Many of the time skips move forward by an indeterminate amount of time. At one point, the Professor mentions localized regions of space skipping forward much more than others. We then see two young boys on the street below complaining about having to pay social security, only to suddenly become senior citizens and start complaining about wanting their money. Thus, each individual could have experienced a different amount of time skippage.

game of thrones - Is Syrio Forel dead?

In the episode 'The Pointy End' (Season 1 Episode 8) when Arya runs from the Lannister guards you hear the sound of a sword being dropped (around 4:56): [embedded content] After that neither Syrio or Ser Meryn Trant is never mentioned or seen in the show again, except when Arya mentions to the Hound that Ser Meryn Trant killed Syrio. Is there any mention in the books that Syrio actually dies?

tolkiens legendarium - Difference between elves and dwarves blacksmithing in the Lord of the Rings

Both the elves and the dwarves were famous for their metal work in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but what is the difference between what they made, and which one had the better skill of making amours and swords? Answer James Christopher's answer sums up the second part of your question well, but as to the difference in what they made, a little more detail is needed. Once the Elves learned to forge with steel, the shape of the sword changed, now being able to take on the form of a great broadsword or a light and agile curved sword. Additionally, they took great pride in decorating their swords. As we see in the Lord of the Rings , some swords like Sting had magical properties such as glowing blue when orcs are near. As far as the use of Mithril, lotr.wikia has two contradictory passages: Thus, Elven blades became renowned as great weapons, capable of performing deeds beyond the skill of their handlers and were even more glorious when the use of Mithril was allowed to the Elves. ...

How do Pokemon trainers collect their winnings?

According to Bulbapedia , Prize money is the money that a Trainer pays out at the end of a battle. So we know that the money comes directly from the trainer that just lost, and not some third-party committee or sponsor. But how is this done? It can be easy seeing the random trainers who challenge you along the way wanting to wager and then, after admitting defeat, sticking to their word and handing over their hard-earned pokebucks. Then there are the likes of Team Rocket and Giovanni, who also give money once they lose. This doesn't seem like something people in a criminal organization would willingly do. From this it appears that trainers have no say in whether or not they cough up the dough after losing, but I can't find anything on how exactly the funds are transferred from loser to winner. So how do Pokemon trainers receive their winnings?

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