"Repairing means repairing. If a tool is imperfect, you repair it, if a person is imperfect, you repair them. Repairing something is mutually exclusive to destroying it" The Argutus said to the Griffon, then tilted his head "Cruelty here is irrelevant, though torture can be brutal and harsh... Torture is ineffective as a means of acquiring information, any way, we find it more effective to just take what we require from the minds of our enemies... But how do you define torture? As for Civilians, this would render any form of planet or city destroying weaponry illegal by law. But what of when their planet has been taken? Keeping them in line may require violence, and after taking a planet would the civilians not fall under the rule of the conqueror, and thus be able to be treated in anyway the conqueror pleased to treat their citizens? Also, avoiding damage to civilian property is near impossible in war, especially when soldiers take it upon themselves to take cover in structures, or when weaponry is constructed to run along the walls of certain, otherwise peaceful structures. Civilians also tend to have a rather annoying habit of taking up arms against invaders. I agree on the thought of purposefully using Chemical or biological weaponry on civilians being illegal, however." The Argutus paused and turned the humans "What do you mean by religious tolerance? The thou..." The Argutus paused, and looked out into the distance, as if regarding some far off sound, his eyes glowing slightly, then he turned back to the others and asked his question again "What do you mean by religious tolerance?"