[His response comes immediately, tone scathing and unhesitating; he isn't thinking about what he says before he says it, but he means every word.]
That makes no sense. Ignoring minor crimes, sure, but murder? And not just murder, but murder in numbers that are incomprehensible? That isn't the sort of thing you ignore and put in the past.
[He can't believe he has to explain this. That sort of thing is not like being a thief or evading taxes or doing drugs; pretending like being willing to kill people is the kind of thing that comes from who someone is. It doesn't just turn off because they're in another setting. Not only is it morally reprehensible to just ignore it, he finds it incredibly stupid.
He only finds it even more so at her last comment, on several accounts.]
Why is that any different? And, considering you've already established that you have no problem with controlling people by fear and violence, I'm not exactly sure where you're drawing the line.
[What exactly is the distinction, besides what you call it?]
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Date: 2017-08-08 03:05 am (UTC)That makes no sense. Ignoring minor crimes, sure, but murder? And not just murder, but murder in numbers that are incomprehensible? That isn't the sort of thing you ignore and put in the past.
[He can't believe he has to explain this. That sort of thing is not like being a thief or evading taxes or doing drugs; pretending like being willing to kill people is the kind of thing that comes from who someone is. It doesn't just turn off because they're in another setting. Not only is it morally reprehensible to just ignore it, he finds it incredibly stupid.
He only finds it even more so at her last comment, on several accounts.]
Why is that any different? And, considering you've already established that you have no problem with controlling people by fear and violence, I'm not exactly sure where you're drawing the line.
[What exactly is the distinction, besides what you call it?]