"Anyway, life is sacred, remember?" she continued, pointing at the screen, heating up her argument with indignation. " 'Thou shalt not kill' ? You starve thirty-seven thousand people a day. (that's just a ballpark figure, mind you.) Over thirteen million a year. Mostly women and children. You exploit a permanently impoverished underclass. You oppress strictly according to skin pigment and gender. You devote a third of your resources to weaponry. To 'preserve the peace' you've perfected the technology of genocide. And you swear you'll never use it. But you already have! Twice. You have never failed to tyrannize the weak and stupid. Your history is written by madmen who raped women and wore gold. You are a planet of criminals who claim to be innocent. And you believe in Love.
The character Laura - Door Number Three, by Patrick O'Leary
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