How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Hadn't been any indignation over their invasion and (nuclear!) bombing of us four days earlier. Great New York Times demanded that entire Lunar "rebel" government be fetched Earthside and publicly executed—"This is clearly a case in which the humane rule against capital punishment must be waived in the greater interests of all mankind." (27.6)
So… the Terrans want to punish violence and death by waiving the rules against capital punishment so they can dish out violence and death. Does that make sense? The world of this novel truly does live by an eye for an eye mantra.