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 im not sure i agree that people dont murder bad people because murder is illegal.

im pretty sure in the same way many people would have a hard time murdering a squirrel, are people pretty reluctant to murder another human being whether it is legal or not.

as in, if you are having atypical thoughts divorced from the emotional weight & the cost on the body .. im not really sure what the practical point of it all is

as in: a thought experiment for no purpose that wouldnt play out in reality anyway

just seems like a strange way to spend time?
but then, what do i know
& i do hope you are getting something from it even if i cant see what it is 
 I'm trying to say inappropriate things to stir up controversy, things you won't find on other social media platforms, nostr "exclusives" to draw people over to see stuff they don't see discussed anywhere else.

And why not understand better the French Revolution or the Russian Revolution? It's useful to understand history to predict the future.

I've never killed anybody. I'm not going to start.

But if I was going to start I wouldn't start with a squirrel!  Squirrels are so cute and innocent!  I'd start with a rabbit.