...I think it may say the opposite, honestly. Even someone like me has found themselves willing to take lives in the course of this competition; there is nothing to say that things would have been much different, in the end, though the number of bodies may certainly have been lower.

[his sigh is heavy, at that thought.]

Though there is still a chance that you are right. Either way... this is still the position we find ourselves in, and we still must find a way to try to ensure the best ending we can.