History PlayingWith / WhatMeasureIsANonHuman

* '''Exaggerated''': Humanity wages all-out extermination of nonhumans without a word of protest but would never consider the death penalty for the human dictators espousing RapePillageAndBurn.

** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[CatFolk Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For]]. [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun]]."

** All (sentient) life is treated as equally valuable.

** Alternatively: Killing robots is considered murder but verbal abuse is considered normal towards robots.

** Killing robots is considered murder but verbal abuse is considered normal towards robots.

** The hero is [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] on this bit of MoralDissonance by somebody later on... and he has no answer beyond "but they're aliens!"

* '''Exaggerated''': Humanity wages an all out extermination of nonhumans without a word of protest.

** [[HumansAreBastards Humans are speciesistic bastards]].

** Even though the aliens may be sapient, the humans don't know that, and think they're nothing more than animals.

** "[[HellIsThatNoise You hear them howling, right]]? Back when [[ZombieApocalypse all this]] started, we used to think it was their Mendulla Oblongatta hadn't shut down, making them mindlessly vocalize. [[FromBadToWorse It ain't that]]. [[AndIMustScream It's horror at what they've become]], the [[TechnicallyLivingZombie pain of rotting flesh]]. [[ForcedToWatch The final memories of being torn apart]] [[BrainFood stored in the brains they eat]]. [[NoZombieCannibals They won't kill each other]]; [[ICannotSelfTerminate they can't kill themselves]]. [[MercyKill That's where we come in]]. Welcome to the Undertakers".

** Only human enemies are considered morally right to kill. They are all bandits who explicitly murder even people who give them money to LeaveNoWitnesses or otherwise despicable people. Running away from them is considered craven. Animals are merely hungry so running away or pacifying them with food is preferred but acceptable to kill in self defense. Killing undead is highly blasphemous and a terrible idea, given that they were raised by the gods to carry out a role too important to trust to the living. Destroying them will cause major problems in the world.

** Non-humans aren't killed, but are instead taken to a place where they can live together free of human oppression.

** A human character refuses to kill non-humans on the grounds that they are just as good as everyone else.
** A human character is willing to kill non-humans, but makes it perfectly clear that they'd also kill humans without hesitation under similar circumstances.

** The non-humans are beaten and the uprising used as the justification for a fresh round of oppression.

** "I don't see [[HumansAreSpecial what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[TheGreys Greys]] or [[PettingZooPeople Kitts]]. Or '[[FantasticRacism even]]' [[NotUsingTheZWord Returners]] or [[MechaMooks Metalfolk]]. We are the good guys, and we will act like it. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Now. Set. For]]. [[AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe Stun]]."