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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4482547" data-attributes="member: 22779">Hardly a straw man.&nbsp; Lots and lots of people insisted, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, that Belkar wasn't evil.&nbsp; There are threads upon threads entirely devoted to the idea that Belkar wasn't evil.Now, I'm not sayning that V is actually evil here.&nbsp; He might be.&nbsp; But, this is, in my mind at least, a blatantly evil act.&nbsp; Killing someone, very permanently, simply because it's expedient is evil.&nbsp; The problem with the idea of &quot;capital punishment&quot; is that private citizens are incapable of carrying that out.&nbsp; Particularly when the legal leader of the land is about ten steps away.&nbsp; Capital punishment has a very narrow definition and, &quot;vigilante justice&quot; isn't one of them.&quot;The last time you captured someone, it turned out to be your brother and he was evil, so, this time, I preemptively permanently killed your prisoner to forestall any such nonsense.&quot;&nbsp; is V's entire justification.And this is considered a good act by some of you?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4482547, member: 22779"] Hardly a straw man. Lots and lots of people insisted, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, that Belkar wasn't evil. There are threads upon threads entirely devoted to the idea that Belkar wasn't evil. Now, I'm not sayning that V is actually evil here. He might be. But, this is, in my mind at least, a blatantly evil act. Killing someone, very permanently, simply because it's expedient is evil. The problem with the idea of "capital punishment" is that private citizens are incapable of carrying that out. Particularly when the legal leader of the land is about ten steps away. Capital punishment has a very narrow definition and, "vigilante justice" isn't one of them. "The last time you captured someone, it turned out to be your brother and he was evil, so, this time, I preemptively permanently killed your prisoner to forestall any such nonsense." is V's entire justification. And this is considered a good act by some of you? :confused: [/QUOTE]

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