That's right. I'm sure some would have no problem passing that judgment, but that it wouldn't be so easy for others to decide who dies and who gets to live. So one could argue that it's better this way, if they valued stability over truth.
Though it would be quite a precarious stability.
[ with all the distrust that would inevitably end up festering in the silence. ]
Unless there’s a confidence boost they get from getting away with it which means they push the boundaries again.
[ he shrugs. ]
It’s not good either way — discussion of who voted what way would become more and more likely, and if someone you were fond of was killed because someone wanted to protect someone they were fond of, you’re gonna be mad about it. Even if it’s just human nature to want to protect your own.
[ … maybe ignorance is bliss, in a situation like this. even if the loss of someone and the lack of closure finding their killer could fester unpleasantly. ]
Ironic that in Hell we might be given the questionable ability to play God with two people’s lives like that.
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Though it would be quite a precarious stability.
[ with all the distrust that would inevitably end up festering in the silence. ]
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[ he shrugs. ]
It’s not good either way — discussion of who voted what way would become more and more likely, and if someone you were fond of was killed because someone wanted to protect someone they were fond of, you’re gonna be mad about it. Even if it’s just human nature to want to protect your own.
[ … maybe ignorance is bliss, in a situation like this. even if the loss of someone and the lack of closure finding their killer could fester unpleasantly. ]
Ironic that in Hell we might be given the questionable ability to play God with two people’s lives like that.