Slayer Anderson
Orthodox Heretic
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I agree that the number is probably not accurate, but what I find more disturbing than the number used is the reaction the heroes have to the stated possibility that half the nation could be killed as a direct result of their prolonged conflict with the villains.I'm the same way, which is why I have to question the rest of it.
Sure, Zatanna mentioned that killing the syndicate would end up killing half the country, but A: Where did that number come from? And B, why is that a hard number?
zero.
For me, it's less about an exact accounting for the possible casualties and more the fact that Enigma and the rest just casually accept and brush that potentiality off. It speaks of either a blithe surety that it won't get that far or, more likely given the context of the conversation as a whole, an acceptance that even the deaths of one hundred and fifty million people are worth their goal.
In either instance, that is a really bad thing.