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They tell you what its ingredients are, and how it’s guaranteed to exterminate every insect in the world, but they do not tell you whether or not it’s painless. And-and I say, insect or man, death should always be painless.
— Psycho
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker complains that a product's label lists ingredients and boasts of wiping out every insect but says nothing on whether death is painless. They then generalise: whether insect or human, dying should always be free of pain. The remark moves from a practical grumble to a striking moral claim.
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