...because treason typically goes unpunished in fascist militaries. You have a funny definition of unthreatened, Erik.

[she holds up a hand to forestall him]

But we weren't talking about Nazi soldiers. As important as the lessons from the second world war are, it isn't productive to conduct other moral arguments by proxy through holocaust metaphor. Absolute evil is kind of a big force multiplier, and it tends to distort things.

We were talking about the Admiral. That he isn't fair the way he claims - does he claim that? And that he has no right to judge, and that you're tired of people hurting when he could prevent it.

Which leaves us with three considerations. Can he avoid judging, given the power he has? He could always cease meddling altogether, but then most of us would still be dead. Can he really prevent us hurting one another without changing who we are or locking us up in individual oubliettes indefinitely? I'd consider either a worse violation, and it's worth examining whether or not he's as omnipotent as he lets us assume. I doubt he wanted his ship hijacked, but who knows.

And lastly, if we do decide to hold him responsible for what we do to each other, what exactly should we do about it?