[His eyes are fixed unmoving on the ground as he hears all of that. He tries to reserve judgment; he tries to hear all of that impartially. And yet that last statement stays in his ears -
Monsters aren't. Some of them deserve to be -
Isn't that how he lives with himself? Not monsters, but criminals. His responsibility is to see that through. His responsibility is - will be, when he finally sets foot in court - to see them to their deaths. The only difference will be that he'll be acting through the aegis of the state -
But that's all the difference. If you don't act through the aegis of the state, then you're a murderer.
Right?
God, he can't stop thinking about the dead people. The dead pirates. He's supposed to be happy that they're dead. He's -
He's still fighting to think through that; his next statement is listless, automatic, a statement that he doesn't even have to think through so many times has he said it.]
Self-defense isn't murder, and nor is using force in defense of another so long as it is not excessive.
I measure my successes in the number of <s and >s you end up having to use, actually
Monsters aren't. Some of them deserve to be -
Isn't that how he lives with himself? Not monsters, but criminals. His responsibility is to see that through. His responsibility is - will be, when he finally sets foot in court - to see them to their deaths. The only difference will be that he'll be acting through the aegis of the state -
But that's all the difference. If you don't act through the aegis of the state, then you're a murderer.
Right?
God, he can't stop thinking about the dead people. The dead pirates. He's supposed to be happy that they're dead. He's -
He's still fighting to think through that; his next statement is listless, automatic, a statement that he doesn't even have to think through so many times has he said it.]
Self-defense isn't murder, and nor is using force in defense of another so long as it is not excessive.