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You put too much confidence in human reason.

Everybody agrees that this is a nuke-them-all situation, but the president, given himself part of the task of ripping apart human bodies, thinks more about the subject and decides a another diplomatic round is a better option.

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I think that's the point. I'm personally not an advocate of this because it seems to be a little too "beat you over the head" with its moral metaphor, but the whole point is that the President should have to personally kill someone to understand the gravity of what they are about to do.

From the perspective of an advocate I'd say: If they can't come to terms with killing one, who are they to execute hundreds of thousands?

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