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* '''Justified''':
** The non-humans are shown as being irredeemably evil.
** [[Humans Are
** The particular non-humans in question (e.g. robots, zombies) cannot suffer, so the hero has no problem killing them.
** Even though the aliens may be sentient, the humans don't know that, and think they're nothing more than animals.
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** ...And then they start treating humans the same way they were treated.
** The non-humans are beaten and the uprising used as the justification for a fresh round of oppression.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some humans firmly believe that non-human life is just as valuable as human life, other humans believe non-human life is inferior, and still others flip-flop on the issue.
* '''Averted''': All (sentient) life is treated as equally valuable.
* '''Necessary Weasel''': Childrens' programming is not allowed to show people being killed, so there has to be something for the heroes to shoot at.
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* '''Defied''':
** A human character refuses to kill non-humans on the grounds that they are just as good as everyone else.
** "I don't see [[Humans Are Special|what makes a Human more of a person]] than [[The Greys|Greys]] or [[Petting Zoo People|Kitts]]. Or '[[Fantastic Racism|even]]' [[Not Using the Zed Word|Returners]] or [[Mecha
* '''Discussed''': "Of course we can kill him! He's [[Not Even Human]]!"
* '''Conversed''': "All the slaughter in this show is fairly gruesome, but I guess they get away with it because they're not killing humans."
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