[Sans blinks, and then scratches his head. Welp. Alright then. Moving forward.]
Well...given that...
[He exhales heavily. Is he really doing this? Yeah, okay. He'll do it.]
This is the source of your whole problem: I start talking about the morality of killing, and straight off you take it as a discussion of you, personally, thinking about killing other people. When, in fact, it isn't just about you, is it?
Thinking about the concept of murder becomes the same as being willing to murder. Killing once becomes the same as killing constantly, unpredictably, and without discretion. A soldier becomes a murderer. A cop becomes a sociopath.
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Well...given that...
[He exhales heavily. Is he really doing this? Yeah, okay. He'll do it.]
This is the source of your whole problem: I start talking about the morality of killing, and straight off you take it as a discussion of you, personally, thinking about killing other people. When, in fact, it isn't just about you, is it?
Thinking about the concept of murder becomes the same as being willing to murder. Killing once becomes the same as killing constantly, unpredictably, and without discretion. A soldier becomes a murderer. A cop becomes a sociopath.