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[alt_hermione]

Sorry tea was so...tense, for everyone.

Did anyone change their mind about him? Or did you go through with it after all?


Or should I not ask?

Only, I've been thinking about how some people were against it, at tea. And...and I've been thinking about it. Whether there really was no other way.

Comments

[alt_albus]

I find your articulation of the issues superb, Poppy. And much needed. Refusal of mercy makes us smaller, and harder. Poorer, individually and collectively.

I would also add the pragmatic, as well, if the moral and ethical are not sufficient. Once someone is killed, all they are - all they were, all they knew, all they held - is lost. We do not know which things might allow us to succeed in our goals, or what will be required.

I do not think we can afford such luxuries.

Clearly, we must contemplate some alternatives: this will not be the last time we are faced with this question. (Alice, my dear, I will give thought to some of the practical issues. The research that lead to the method used at Saltash might bear fruit.)

[alt_alice]

Thank you.