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Re:Carthago delenda est by auggierose on Sunday July 21, 2019 @01:48AM (#20490143)
The destruction of Carthage probably included the slaughter of many children ...
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Re:Carthago delenda est by EForEndeavour on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:52AM (#20491304)
And the resection of a solid tumour inevitably involves the killing of perfectly healthy cells.

- If you do nothing, sacrifice continues indefinitely.

- If you intervene, you'll likely cause a short-term uptick in deaths of would-be sacrifices, with the goal of completely ending sacrificial deaths thereafter.

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Re:Carthago delenda est by TheGoddessInari on Sunday July 21, 2019 @12:02PM (#20491939)
If everyone is dead, they can't keep going around killing each other!
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