> Killing the kids of your enemy is bad, but was happening long before humans showed up. What does this mean, and why is it relevant? Some animals eat their we

> Killing the kids of your enemy is bad, but was happening long before humans showed up. What does this mean, and why is it relevant? Some animals eat their weaker young. Would you include this in an argument defending a child cannibal? Did he eat fewer or more children than others? I think this is how you reason when you have no values. "I know it's probably bad or whatever, but it's 5% fewer than the French!" "Who are the French?" "An excuse to kill 4% more kids. If we need to kill even more kids, I'll find another country that at some point in the past could justify a few more basis points." "You know, some invaders in the past killed all the kids as a matter of policy. Who are we to say they weren't great or moral? It's culturally insensitive." "Lets consult Heinlein. I know he has a lot about sleeping with your children, but he's got to have something about killing them."