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On modern Earth, such an act would be considered a mercy.
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Many just use their own contemporary culture for everyone in the story for narrative reasons or just to make writing it easier, resulting in an inaccurate and/or anachronistic story. Thus, when depicting other cultures, a creator has to choose whether to portray them accurately or not. Often, what is appropriate to one culture at a given time can be repugnant to the same culture at another, or vice versa.