That means I’m justified to end you, right?

When the villain discards morality and ignores law, what does the hero do? The hero stands tall, plays by the rules, and ends up dead.

The practical man sees the villain and sees what will happen. He doesn’t wait for a proper moment to speak his mind, he shouts down villainous lies. He doesn’t follow the rules of engagement, he attacks whenever the villain is vulnerable. He lives, wins, and saves the day that the hero lost.

But at what cost, you ask? What is left after all these dictums of the past have been discarded? Life. Life is left. To deal with villainy, one momentarily dons the cloak of a villain, then when villainy is gone, one simply takes it off because the hero doesn’t wear a cloak, that fool wears a straight jacket.