Just reposting this excellent point from lemmygrad

  • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I think I take issue with the choice of calling the act monstrous. It was both necessary and understandable, while we can be detached from emotion, that family sat at the top of a system that had plagued people for centuries. Expecting cold rationality, especially in those conditions, is silly.
    I don’t think a monstrous act can be necessary.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      I think, as you mentioned elsewhere, this is such a situation where it’s not black and white. The family had been a true blight on the people and could not be allowed to continue their rule. You are absolutely correct in that expecting cold rationality is a mistake humans are emotional creatures (something that I’ve had to get comfortable with myself). To me, killing a child will always be a monstrous act and being found necessary or understandable doesn’t change that.