Talk:Do-S/@comment-28955765-20190521075143/@comment-24.192.251.216-20190614191214

No no, Lucci is more about representing the "banality of bureaucracy" or something like that (since they're like the one piece equivalent to the CIA) imo, look up "highway of death"

I feel that was a similar situation,  separating normal traffic from soldiers from hostages from non-commissioned supporters, etc. That would be a big job, and everyone asks the next person in the chain of command "well, do you wanna do it?" After everybody says no, the only obvious answer left is "blow them to hell" because there just isn't enough time or willingness to make that time to be cautious about it. Also the world government makes it pretty clear that they detest weakness, so in Lucci's mind, they knew that risk when they signed up, and there's also the possibility they would be punished worse for being captured than simply being killed (Look up how charges of "incompetence" were treated by like, Napoleonic era armies, or France and England during the 100 year war, or most relevant Spain during the piracy age, hundreds of lashes, branding, keel hauling, blinding, etc.) Unlike with Do-s, it's a callous but practical decision,  informed by tons of precedent. You risked the lives of others being dumb, so now you're punished as if you directly threatened them yourself. Keep in mind what the nobles do to people who merely trip and fall in front of them. Lucci probably believes  (with good reason) he's actually sparing those Marines.

If you look at other works with villain protagonists like Akumetsu or Basilisk or Jormungand or Bloody Monday, the rationales become a little clearer. This was just shooting through hostages to take out a harmless drug dealer, Punisher style.