The dramatic-necessity excuse for violence is tautological self-deception

Evidence

One of the more candid script writers dismissed the asserted dramatic necessity for violence as analogous to saying, “I never put cotton in a wagon that’s not prepared for cotton but I never use anything but a cotton wagon” (Baldwin & Lewis, 1972). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 866

Categorization

• CANDY: Great anecdotal quote that punctures a familiar rationalization with one memorable image — usable in conversation about how people justify routine choices.
• XREF: connects to: Determinism functions primarily as an excuse mechanism against anguish. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 254