[auggierose]

The destruction of Carthage probably included the slaughter of many children ...

[EForEndeavour]

And the resection of a solid tumour inevitably involves the killing of perfectly healthy cells.

- If you do nothing, sacrifice continues indefinitely.

- If you intervene, you'll likely cause a short-term uptick in deaths of would-be sacrifices, with the goal of completely ending sacrificial deaths thereafter.

[TheGoddessInari]

If everyone is dead, they can't keep going around killing each other!