User blog comment:Blinkn/Is Hope Summers a Tyrant?/@comment-4750091-20120604224113/@comment-821254-20120605002914

I don't doubt that killing the Hellfire men was the only real time solution, however admitting I do diminish that I feel having Oya do it was a HORRIBLE decision. You, Hope, and Cyclops can hide behind the distinction of wording and phrasing and place her action on her shoulders but "do what she needs to" isn't the instructions you give when you want a polite ending. Its the order you give when you want deniability for the blood about to be shed.

It's the order you give a seasoned killer like Wolverine, who can handle the weight of killing another human being. You don't give the order to a child who already thinks of herself as monster.

I don't envy Cyclops the position he is in, leading the remnants of the mutant race against a world of enemies, even amongst allies like the Avengers he must remain vigilant. He has doubtlessly harden his heart some to meet the demands of leadership, to make the terrible calls that must be made.

However, I do not believe that the situation is nearly as desperate as you seem to think, to the point where children must be taught to kill. Teach them to defend themselves and with that training if all else fails the instinct for self preservation will handle the rest, but you do not train them to kill. Because shortly you will have trouble distinguishing the X-Men from the villains the world already thinks they are?

As it was when the X-Men were based at the school the children were trained and taught but the X-Men fought and defended.