Mr. Trump admires authoritarian leaders who have no compunctions about harming their own people.
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Given the incident's unprecedented nature, gamers felt no compunctions about breaking their tradition of omertà.
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The boomer generation, secure in the post-war welfare state, felt no compunctions pulling up the ladder.
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That helps ensure that people who have no compunctions about lying to advance Trump's agenda, will fill top posts.
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BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, JUNE 15 Handel, who dispensed big moments by the bushel, had few compunctions about reusing them.
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Where Lorelai saw leaving her parents' home as a kind of last-ditch moral stand, Rory has no such compunctions.
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Bush's presidency was controversial even before he took office, but few major celebrities had any compunctions about performing at his inauguration.
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His wife expressed unease over part of the ruse, but Caplan expressed no such moral compunctions once she got off the phone.
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Between Once Upon a Time, the live action cinematic remakes and this, it seems like Disney has no compunctions about cannibalizing itself.
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The only family member who's escaped the curse is their sister Mellie (Keough), a hairdresser and a smooth operator with few compunctions.
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Yet they have no compunctions about using this new class of weapon against missile tests that the United Nations has already prohibited.
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Meanwhile, ByteDance — the Beijing-based creator of massive social video app TikTok — had no compunctions about building political suppression into its rules worldwide.
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Where I'd be careful cleaning the Rift's delicate cloth exterior, I'd have no compunctions taking a spray bottle and rag to the Vive.
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When it came to pursuing national objectives, the country had few if any compunctions about employing whatever means — collusive, corrupting, scandalous — might be necessary.
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She finds it frustrating that consumers find the act of paying for porn squeamish, but have no such compunctions about viewing free, often pirated, content.
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How to improve the relationship Other experts agree that for many users, the utility of ride-hailing outweighs any moral or ethical compunctions they elicit.
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And while Republicans have blatantly ignored the allegations faced by President Donald Trump, they show few compunctions about using accusations of sexual misconduct against Democrats.
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But this also shows that Bannon has no compunctions about using scorched-earth tactics against members of his former bosses' team that he sees as disloyal.
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They had no qualms about slavery, were often casually cruel, and had no compunctions at all about using extreme force to put down any challenges to imperial rule.
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Members of the Bush White House proved they had no compunctions about outing undercover CIA officers to settle scores, which also happens to be a favorite pastime of Mr. Trump.
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Democrats won't ratify their racism; Republicans, who have no such compunctions, will — remember, the party establishment solidly backed Roy Moore's Senate bid — but won't protect the programs they depend on.
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It's the rare movie where I feel no real compunctions about spoiling the ending, but also regret that I've told you even a little bit about the early action sequences.
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Star, in particular, has no compunctions about trading on her looks to get ahead, in a hammy way that brought the aforementioned camp classic "Showgirls" (and its unintentional giggles) to mind.
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Many Japanese companies have had no compunctions about automating the baking techniques or reducing the cost of ingredients, resulting in the spongier versions widely available in convenience stores for a few bucks.
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As Batman, he's a sadistic savage who tortures criminals by branding his bat symbol into their skins, and has no compunctions about mowing down adversaries en masse with high-powered artillery fire.
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Aligning himself with most conservatives, he was gung-ho about going to war with Iraq in 2003, arguing for replacing Saddam Hussein with a democratic government, and he expressed few compunctions about torturing suspected terrorists.
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But he can't ignore his mother, Bell, a monstrous matriarch who has no compunctions about resorting to blackmail (something to do with a gun withheld from evidence in a previous case) when she wants to get her way.
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Lest Americans reading about "Medicare for all" imagine that there will be room in the private sector for doctors and nurses with moral and ethical compunctions, it's important to note that this proposal is meant to eliminate the private sector.
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Vatican officials seem to have few compunctions about their relationship with secular American cuisine: They have also approved the construction of a Hard Rock Cafe on Via della Conciliazione, the main thoroughfare leading to St. Peter's Square, per the New York Times.
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Forced to work the weekend — job losses are imminent, a conundrum on which Pooh's wisdom is amusingly brought to bear — he has no compunctions about abandoning his wife and daughter, Madeline (Bronte Carmichael), who had planned to get away from the city.
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Caroline (Penelope Ann Miller), an interior designer, is guided along her path to the dark side by Bethany (Mia Kirshner), a partner in an financial services firm who, unlike Caroline, has no compunctions about bending the rules -- and then outright breaking them -- in order to do what she deems necessary for her kid.
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THE LITTLE HOURS Inspired by "The Decameron" — at least in the sense that "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" was inspired by "The Odyssey" — Jeff Baena's shock comedy is centered on a group of medieval nuns (Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie and Kate Micucci) who don't have the usual compunctions about promiscuity or foul language.
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Unfortunately, those miles must be traversed in a Southeast Asian country where the security forces have no compunctions about shooting up crowded streets as the agents run what amounts to a bloody gauntlet, guided from afar by their easily riled boss (John Malkovich, doing what little he can to class up the joint).
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MTM's "well-made sitcoms" blended a light dash of social issue storytelling — Moore's Mary Richards was a single career woman and had no compunctions about being so — with workplace settings and strong ensemble casts of talented goofballs (Mary Tyler Moore alone gave big breaks to Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, and numerous others).
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A performer who's been holding out on doing an anal scene until she gets offered a rate she feels comfortable with could find herself scooped by her digital counterpart; a performer who is morally opposed to performing in scenes with racist themes might find that her swapped face or avatar does not share those same compunctions.
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Based on the end of the first round of his title fight with Lesnar at UFC 116 in 2010, it looked like Carwin would be the one to do the chewing: he had fewer compunctions about hitting and getting hit, and another referee under other circumstances might have stopped the fight after seeing Lesnar shrink under so many punches.
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Another French film at TIFF, Let The Corpses Tan, struck me in the same way, though it couldn't be more different: Revenge is a glossy, modern story with no compunctions about graphic male nudity or a man spending long minutes pawing around inside his slashed-open, heavily bleeding foot, trying to fish out the piece of glass that cut him.
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His inclusion allows the show to reframe its complicated relationship with homosexuality; the writers, actors and Gabaldon have all emphasized that Black Jack Randall's fascination with Jamie was driven by his sadistic tendencies, not his orientation (he also had no compunctions about torturing women, as Claire can attest) — but it's inevitable that Jamie would instinctively view any male attention as predatory in light of that experience.
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In a career spanning 20 of the UFC's 24 years, Vitor Belfort has played the young upstart and the young dinosaur, the bulldozer and the bulldozed, the title contender (and, under technical circumstances, light heavyweight title holder) and the veteran veering into a ditch, the fighter who never backed away from the challenge and the system-gamer who had few compunctions about working the blurry edges of the rules.
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The pregnancy, which coincided with the increased availability of digital cameras and the "bump watch" they facilitated, set the standard for celebrity pregnancies to follow: Hudson had a "cute" pregnancy (described by former Us Weekly editor-in-chief Janice Min as a pregnancy that looks like you've swallowed a basketball — with all weight gain isolated in one cute, round area) and ignored all cultural compunctions about what she should and should not wear during it.
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However, Dowling describes Müller as "impercipient of the subtle twists of theological argument, the fine shadings and compunctions of Victorian religious feeling" – a weakness that was held against him.
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Though he had no compunctions about using lethal force if necessary, Chapel refused entirely to use guns. Current clients were sent away, if at all possible, to keep them out of the line of fire (and provide them plausible deniability). There are hints throughout the series that Chapel began his crusade after suffering a traumatic personal tragedy.
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As the head of the Department of Inquisition, Francesco does not believe in compromise, preferring to respond to situations with violence and force. He has no compunctions about making decisions that might kill innocent bystanders claiming his actions are done "in the name of God", and would gladly sacrifice his brother to further his own cause.
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He is quiet and reserved in his expressions but decisive in his actions. He likes to travel light and has good knowledge of geography. He is not immune to softer emotions like love. He has no moral compunctions about using money to grease the wheels yet he has his own high moral standards specific to his era.
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Daken and Donna the share a long passionate kiss, before Donna stops the embrace. Daken questions why, and she tells him that he is a murderer, cop killer, and a monster. Daken laughs hysterically and then is smacked. Daken admits that this is who he is and has no compunctions regarding murder and sleeps well at night.
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Lazlo is the green-skinned zombie assistant of the Zombie Priest. He differs from most other zombies in that he can form complete sentences. He has been seen in flashbacks as having once looked far more human. When Labrazio takes over, Lazlo seems to have no compunctions with the change in leadership, and happily participates in the beating of his former master.
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On his journey he meets many people and he is also misunderstood as a great sage by some villagers. After 8 months, he thinks of what mess he has become and thinks about his parents. Due to the compunctions and the realizations, he decides to return home. He takes up a job as a newsagent and decides to marry, in order to please his parents, thinking of the discomfort he had caused them earlier.
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The information gathered was shared with other drug enforcement agencies in South-east Asia, Europe and the United States. The Singapore authorities found that the make-up of Ah Kong consist of Singapore gangsters, seamen and fugitives, and there were four key leaders. They were a highly dangerous group of men who had no compunctions about killing to protect The Company's interests. Within itself, the Ah Kong functioned like a close- knit family, demanding uncompromising loyalty from all members.
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Unlike other forms of discrimination, there are no strong norms against accent discrimination in the general society. Rosina Lippi-Green writes, > Accent serves as the first point of gate keeping because we are forbidden, > by law and social custom, and perhaps by a prevailing sense of what is > morally and ethically right, from using race, ethnicity, homeland or > economics more directly. We have no such compunctions about language, thus, > accent becomes a litmus test for exclusion, and excuse to turn away, to > recognize the other.
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Giulio Rosati, Inspection of New Arrivals, 1858–1917, Circassian beauties The concubines were guarded by enslaved eunuchs, themselves often from pagan Africa. The eunuchs were headed by the Kizlar Agha ("agha of the [slave] girls"). While Islamic law forbade the emasculation of a man, Ethiopian Christians had no such compunctions; thus, they enslaved and emasculated members of territories to the south and sold the resulting eunuchs to the Ottoman Porte.Gwyn Campbell, The Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia, 1 edition, (Routledge: 2003), p.
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At the same time he impressed Arghun with his own ability by his knowledge of the Mongolian and Turkish languages, and by his intimate acquaintance with the conditions existing in the province. He was soon made general controller of the finances of Baghdad, and then of the whole empire, becoming grand vizier. "Thus," remarks Abu al-Faraj, "were the Muslims reduced to having a Jew in the place of honor," a situation which they greatly resented. Arghun, as a Lamaist Buddhist, had no such compunctions.
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His partners, of course, had few compunctions. > But they killed in the way of business or to facilitate their escape. The > situation never was so desperate and pursuit never so near but what Procopio > had time to slash or stab with his knife, or to drop some inoffensive person > with his pistol. One of his favorite pastimes was to ride gravely and > innocently past when he met a stranger on the trail, and then to bury his > huge knife to the hilt between the unsuspecting victim's shoulders.
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Roxelana (also known as Hürrem Sultan), another notable example, was the favorite wife of Suleiman the Magnificent.Ayşe Özakbaş, Hürrem Sultan, Tarih Dergisi, Sayı 36, 2000 Giulio Rosati, Inspection of New Arrivals, 1858–1917, Circassian beauties The concubines were guarded by enslaved eunuchs, themselves often from pagan Africa. The eunuchs were headed by the Kizlar Agha ("agha of the [slave] girls"). While Islamic law forbade the emasculation of a man, Ethiopian Christians had no such compunctions; thus, they enslaved and emasculated members of territories to the south and sold the resulting eunuchs to the Ottoman Porte.
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A group that, while altruistic, had no compunctions about killing or blurring the lines of legitimacy with their respective goals. She soon became romantically involved with her teammate Alexander Montez, a man who had managed to bind the demon Eclipso to himself, and for a time they were happy with one another. Of course, as with many such tragic romances, this was not meant to last for long. At some point in the series, Alex finally lost control of his body, allowing Eclipso to kill Soseh when her guard was down.
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As neither side will give in, he reluctantly volunteers to operate the waste processing machinery himself; as an outsider, he has no cultural compunctions against doing so. Realizing that the ruling council can always import a strikebreaker, Ragusnik capitulates and returns to work. Lamorak assures Ragusnik that now that other Elseverians and the rest of the galaxy are aware of how unhappy he is, they will eventually end his family's isolation; Ragusnik is unimpressed. Lamorak learns that he must leave immediately, as other Elseverians will no longer have anything to do with him.
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When deciding whether to prosecute cases under Bhutanese law, the Prosecution and Litigation Division of the Office of the Attorney General first evaluates whether there exists a prima facie case – whether the elements of the offense are met. When a prima facie case is established, the matter is subjected to an "Evidential Test" and a "Public Interest Test." The "Evidential Test" requires sufficient to convict the accused, and that "any reasonable judge would, without compunctions, hold the accused guilty." The "Public Interest Test" requires further that such a prosecution would not have an adverse implication on the public.
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His discourse on primitive society, his unscientific and unhistoric notions about the original condition of man, were those common in the middle of the eighteenth century."Equality by Charles Dudley Warner In 1919, Irving Babbitt, founder of a movement called the "New Humanism", wrote a critique of what he called "sentimental humanitarianism", for which he blamed Rousseau. Babbitt's depiction of Rousseau was countered in a celebrated and much reprinted essay by A.O. Lovejoy in 1923. In France, fascist theorist Charles Maurras, founder of Action Française, "had no compunctions in laying the blame for both Romantisme et Révolution firmly on Rousseau in 1922.
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Until Jill was revealed to be a Fulcrum agent, Tommy was the only Fulcrum agent to have appeared in more than one episode, and a picture of Tommy is seen on Chuck's diagram detailing the connections between the Intersect and several Fulcrum members. He was played by Anthony Ruivivar as cool and ruthless, with no compunctions against killing innocent civilians in pursuit of his mission objectives. Tommy's birth date and birthplace are the same as the actor who plays him. Though he appears in only two episodes, Tommy is one of the most important characters in the show's mythology, as his actions set the plot in motion.
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Native to the planet Krolotea in Space Sector 2812, the Kroloteans who were also known as Gremlins were an insidious race who performed genetic experiments on subjects in a lawless as well as unethical attempt at creating a scientifically advanced race of super warriors to sell to the highest bidder. They had no compunctions on manipulating the evolution of other species as part of their experimentation's so long as it produced highly destructive "weapons" which they could sell to their clients. At some point, they began arriving on the planet Earth where they became known as Gremlins. They are responsible for the experiments done on Hector Hammond, Black Hand, and The Shark.
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The work was published by the state press as a mass popular history, and it sold 1.85 million copies within two years. In the new era, Qin Shi Huang was seen as a far-sighted ruler who destroyed the forces of division and established the first unified, centralized state in Chinese history by rejecting the past. Personal attributes, such as his quest for immortality, so emphasized in traditional historiography, were scarcely mentioned. The new evaluations described approvingly how, in his time (an era of great political and social change), he had no compunctions against using violent methods to crush counter- revolutionaries, such as the "industrial and commercial slave owner" chancellor Lü Buwei.
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Mack, a 48-year-old man, described as "the elder, leader, mentor, and to a small extent exploiter of a little group of men who had in common no families, no money, and no ambitions beyond food, drink, and contentment. But where as most men in their search for contentment destroy themselves and fall wearily short of their targets, Mack and his friends approached contentment casually, quietly, and absorbed it gently." Mack has few compunctions about lying, stealing, or swindling, but his intentions are generally good, so he is able to justify his actions and those of his friends as means to an end. It is said he is highly intelligent and "could be President if he wanted to be".
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When marooned on Goat Island and finding himself locked in a deadly confrontation with the two equally marooned Germans, Bert is full of compunctions and does not want to kill them. After having killed the Prince, Bert speaks to the kitten he had rescued in the middle of all the carnage, telling the innocent little creature of his regrets at having committed this act. Moreover, Bert does spare the other German officer roaming the island, even when having him in his gun sights. Nevertheless, Bert did become "blooded" through the killing of the Prince, and undergoes further unspecified "violent incidents" during his harrowing crossing of the Atlantic and then while crossing on foot a starving English countryside which is fast reverting to barbarism.
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A neutral evil character is typically selfish and has no qualms about turning on allies-of- the-moment, and usually makes allies primarily to further their own goals. A neutral evil character has no compunctions about harming others to get what they want, but neither will they go out of their way to cause carnage or mayhem when they see no direct benefit for themselves. Another valid interpretation of neutral evil holds up evil as an ideal, doing evil for evil's sake and trying to spread its influence. Examples of the first type are an assassin who has little regard for formal laws but does not needlessly kill, a henchman who plots behind their superior's back, or a mercenary who readily switches sides if made a better offer.
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However, he is also something of a coward, preferring softer targets that he can inflict more pain upon while chanting his catchphrase: "Big jobs!" He has no compunctions about massacring humans, evidenced in The Third Element when he is annoyed about having missed most of a battle because of the time it took to remove all the "human gristle" clogging his caterpillar tracks. In his early stories he openly loathed Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws (as a result of their time in Ro- Busters), but later this hatred was toned down to a general dislike of everything and everybody except videos of chainsaw torture. Despite this Mek- Quake is eager to show his intelligence and importance, and in Kronicles of Khaos he kept trying to join in at the end of Deadlock's statements so he could seem like he was already versed in Khaos.
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The ghilmān were highly proficient militarily, but also very expensive, and a potential political danger, as their first priority was securing their pay; alien to the mainstream of Muslim society, the ghilmān had no compunctions about overthrowing a vizier or even a caliph to secure their aims, as demonstrated during the "Anarchy at Samarra" (861–870), when five caliphs succeeded one another. Caliphal authority in the provinces collapsed during the "Anarchy at Samarra", with the result that by the 870s the central government had lost effective control over most of the Caliphate outside the metropolitan region of Iraq. In the west, Egypt had fallen under the control of Ahmad ibn Tulun, who also disputed control of Syria with al-Muwaffaq, while Khurasan and most of the Islamic East had been taken over by the Saffarids, who replaced the Abbasids' loyal governor Muhammad ibn Tahir. Most of the Arabian peninsula was likewise lost to local potentates, while in Tabaristan a radical Zaydi Shi'a dynasty took power.
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However, most sentient species in the galaxy have evolved to be incapable of committing violence against other sentients (violence of any sort being most uncivilized, but against another sentient being a [literally] unthinkable crime), which leaves a shortage of warriors on both sides. The Amplitur, with their mind- controlling abilities and therefore ease with which they control conquered populations, have gradually been pushing the Weave back for centuries and seem to be on track for final victory. On a mission to find new resources and allies, a Weave scout ship discovers Earth circa late 20th/early 21st century and finds that humans are uniquely suited as allies, in that they have the ability to fight, are adaptable to a wide variety of environments, have few (or sometimes no) compunctions regarding war (humans having been fighting each other for all of their recorded history), and above all seem even more enthusiastic when their aggression is focused on non-humans. Eventually Weave xenopsychologists determine that Earth's fragmented continents resulted in a species that evolved to fight, compete, and kill for dominance.
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