focusing on the consequences, it would be a very difficult earth to live on if a a response (the gp's point) was that using violence/punishment/retribution to s

focusing on the consequences, it would be a very difficult earth to live on if a a response (the gp's point) was that using violence/punishment/retribution to stop further aggression was rational. I agreed that in the context of pure overwhelming aggression it might be possible (ender's game), but I doubt we would have gotten very far as a species or a planet if everyone followed that mentality with each other.