> "orators argued that the dragon has its place in the natural order and a moral right to be fed. They said that it was part of the very meaning of being human

> "orators argued that the dragon has its place in the natural order and a moral right to be fed. They said that it was part of the very meaning of being human to end up in the dragon’s stomach. Others still maintained that the dragon was good for the human species because it kept the population size down"