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What does it mean?
This dark statement suggests that removing a person eliminates the problems they cause.
In plain terms
Killing someone removes the trouble they bring.
What can you take from it?
Elimination is treated as a solution to problems.

Where it applies

  • political purge
  • assassination
  • moral debate

Putting it to work

  • reject violence
  • seek nonlethal solutions
  • debate ethics

Questions to consider

  • Is death a valid solution?
  • What values underpin this?

Another view

It justifies murder as a practical administrative step.

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