We aren't looking for trouble." "Doesn't mean you won't find it. - Steve Perry

Could he use the same excuse as the Confed—the end justified the means? Sometimes it did, of course, but could one ethically justify using the same methods as a deplored enemy, in order to get it to stop?

The mark of a civilized man was to know when to leave the party.

Why would he do that?"
"Because he is insane, a fool, a man so devious they will have to guard his corpse after he dies, or he'll steal it himself!