User blog comment:Blinkn/Is Hope Summers a Tyrant?/@comment-4750091-20120604224113/@comment-4750091-20120607153450

If, as you say, killing the Hellfire cronies was the only real time solution- then surely there can be no criticism? Criticise the situation, criticise the Hellfire Club for putting Idie in that spot- but to say it was a horrible decision is indicative of you saying there was a better option?

Wolverine (conveniently) wasn't there during that event. He was off sulking in a bar somewhere. Regardless- the fact remains Logan won't always be there to do what must be done.

There very well could have been another way to put down the Hellfire cronies, but for whatever reason, Idie chose to kill them. I'll concede that Cyclop's words were carefully chosen (and arguing semantics is probably irrelevant in the scheme of this argument) and he would condone her killing the cronies- but the fact remains Idie had the choice there. If her actions were the result of her ever-infuriating brainwashing that she is a monster, then surely that is the fault of the ignorant human villagers and religion that made her feel this way as a child.

Frankly- the situation IS that desperate- but that is irrelevant. Cyclops prepares his students to defend themselves in a variety of situations- but never has he taught students to kill senselessly or as a first result. You're merely insisting that that's what he does. Where is your evidence? The fact remains that the X-men teams under his leadership still manage to save the world time and time again. Anyone who would mistake them for villains is quite frankly paranoid, irrational and detached from reality.