I'd love to see the real question that was asked, what questions were asked leading up to the question, etc.
As an example, From Terror Management Theory, if people are even subtly reminded of their own mortality prior to a question of violence or punishment, then they're likely to react in a much more extreme fashion than if not.
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"I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." - Winston Churchill, 1937 --{ORLY?}--
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