But they replied: should he have treated our sister like a prostitute? The question of the brothers is the question the narrative leaves unanswered. The wrong done to Dinah was real. The response was disproportionate. Both are true. The application: the question should he have treated our sister like a prostitute — the righteous anger at genuine injustice — and the question should you have killed a whole city — the righteous rebuke of disproportionate violence — must both be held. Neither answer cancels the other.

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