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When read as a whole the essay is over the top. Mr. Card is a subtle and skilled writer, and the essay was incredibly inflammatory. It is very likely that he did not intend it to be taken literally.
That is what I see as the context of the essay.To leave out the rest of the essay does twist the meaning of the quoted passage.
Plus, you dug up a 7 month dead thread with a post that was entirely off topic and did not have a link to the source of the quote. You created a situation where one has to consider your intentions. It looked like your intention was to be malicious. That is why I responded the way I did.
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