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Everyone is improved by the general being executed, yes, agreed. Maybe not the goat, I think a human body is probably less good for being a goat than a goat body is. But I think the lifespan is longer, so maybe a win there?

> The film says: Humans are no different than animals, not better, not worse. Godwin doesn't believe in souls and his first monologue compares a dead body to a butcher's table. Just meat and bones.

OK, I think I'm butting up against your religion here, in which case experience has told me it's best not to continue. Humans *don't* have souls, and a dead body *is* just meat and bones. If your beliefs state that's the only thing that makes humans different from animals is "a soul" then I see where you're coming from. But the movie isn't being philosophical here, it's just not bothering to indulge any religion. Which is very on-brand for this movie, it didn't have any original sin or sex-shame or anything else either. Just interesting people interacting in the real world without religious baggage at all. I loved it! :)

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