[quote=Vordak]
Aaah. Card is trying to to confront the cause, not the consequence, bringing up the topic of how poor fucker Elliot became a poor fucker.
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Yes. It's fairly easy to jump in on the hatefucking of a guy who commits these crimes, but I would like to point out that the "nice guy" issue, and the Elliot issue by extension, was preventable.