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The Beave | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Sure.

But... If there was a group of thoroughly evil, corrupted beings that were trespassing on your land, what would you do? 

That's what I consider a more contextually correct understanding of the situation in that and the surrounding passeges. 

I'm sure that's not particularly satisfactory, though.
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m4dire0701 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Kill women and children doesn't even fit with "just war theory". Good luck trying defend this shit
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The Beave | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I'm not defending it. I'm providing context as I understand it. I don't pretend up have all the answers. I never will. Neither do you.

I find it encouraging that you're so disgusted with the idea of killing women and children. I agree with you about that, which is why this is both hard to comes to grips with.