live by the sword die by the sword theme
The idea is held forth that people who choose to live lives of violence are likely to die violent deaths.
3 total · 1 choice · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e1x03 | choice | The moral of the story was simply this, and very nearly spelled out by Al Denton. |
| nightgallery2x18a | minor | The doctor went on about how they lived by the gun and were obliged to die by the gun. |
| tftc1989e4x08 | minor | One of inhabitants of the strange afterlife depicted in the story spoke of how those there had "lived by the gun and died by the gun". |