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Comment author: Ritalin 18 June 2013 07:34:31AM 1 point [-]

Well, Values Dissonance aside (as in "Why don't you just not shoot him?"), a lot of old stories, especially tragedies, rely on people being stupid, stubborn, impulsive, and otherwise unwise. And this can be silly.