#imagine if someone drops the show because they got fed up of Ed's dogma not matching reality when. that's. that's the plot. intentionally.

[fullmetal-scar-simping]

Posts through no fault of the op make me go insane because YES. YES EXACTLY. YOU NAILED A MAJOR PART OF THE SHOW'S TRUTHS DOWN EARLY. No, no stop, stop. The show isn't being hypocritical or badly written, it isn't unaware! You have discerned what it is laying out! Please, stop assuming the writing is already foolish and ill-thought simply because it hasn't been spelled it out by one of the characters yet (and just because it's an anime for teens).