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<blockquote data-quote="LittleFuzzy" data-source="post: 4857264" data-attributes="member: 79881"><p>Not at all.&nbsp; You simply have to put aside the modern Western idea of humanitarian universalism, that everyone is part of one Community.&nbsp; Violence has always been generally acceptable directed toward that which is Other.&nbsp; Kin groups, tribal extended kin groups, your village, your nation, all these might be considered your Community and killing within your Community is generally considered evil *with exceptions.&nbsp; Particular provocations, a ritualized system for violence, etc*&nbsp; In any Points of Light setting, just about everything outside a Point of Light is going to be considered Other to the population of that Point.&nbsp; All those things, including the monsters, aren't part of the Community and violence against them is going to be generally understood and tolerated.&nbsp; In no few situations, such violence against particular Others will probably even be formally sanctioned.&nbsp; But what is permitted and ethical wrt Others is a far cry from what is permitted and ethical against your own.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="LittleFuzzy, post: 4857264, member: 79881"] Not at all. You simply have to put aside the modern Western idea of humanitarian universalism, that everyone is part of one Community. Violence has always been generally acceptable directed toward that which is Other. Kin groups, tribal extended kin groups, your village, your nation, all these might be considered your Community and killing within your Community is generally considered evil *with exceptions. Particular provocations, a ritualized system for violence, etc* In any Points of Light setting, just about everything outside a Point of Light is going to be considered Other to the population of that Point. All those things, including the monsters, aren't part of the Community and violence against them is going to be generally understood and tolerated. In no few situations, such violence against particular Others will probably even be formally sanctioned. But what is permitted and ethical wrt Others is a far cry from what is permitted and ethical against your own. [/QUOTE]

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