[ it’s a fair response — one he expected, and almost feels relieved, to hear. ]
[ almost. ]
[ he espoused it once himself, lauded that same moral high ground without impunity: he rebelled for it, bled for it, believed in it… until it killed someone he wanted to protect, until it began to wring dry the only best friend he’d ever had, until he realized that everyone he cared about, the strong people with whom he surrounded himself, would all die a slow and miserable death — ]
[ all thanks to the weak populace. ]
Why? [ he isn’t defensive or pompous in the question. if anything, maybe Scott can explain him to himself — ] Scientists are required to risk infection to save diseased rats?
If a society culled the weak, wouldn’t it be that much stronger for it, overall?
sorry for the delay! my week's had hospital visits & pet (not mine) deaths; i hope yours is better!
[ almost. ]
[ he espoused it once himself, lauded that same moral high ground without impunity: he rebelled for it, bled for it, believed in it… until it killed someone he wanted to protect, until it began to wring dry the only best friend he’d ever had, until he realized that everyone he cared about, the strong people with whom he surrounded himself, would all die a slow and miserable death — ]
[ all thanks to the weak populace. ]
Why? [ he isn’t defensive or pompous in the question. if anything, maybe Scott can explain him to himself — ] Scientists are required to risk infection to save diseased rats?
If a society culled the weak, wouldn’t it be that much stronger for it, overall?