君主的仁慈

Feisal: Since starting this campaign four months ago, we have lost 37 wounded, 156 dead. Do you remark at this proportion between our dead and wounded?

Bentley: Yeah. Four times as many.

Feisal: That's because those too badly wounded to bring away we ourselves kill. We leave no wounded for the Turks.

Bentley: You mean...

Feisal: I mean we leave no wounded for the Turks. In their eyes, we are not soldiers, but rebels. And rebels, wounded or whole, are not protected by the Geneva Code and are treated harshly.

Bentley: How harshly?

Feisal: More harshly than I hope you can imagine.

在被敵人殘酷虐待之前，把重傷者親手殺死被認為是一種比較好的選擇。這種價值觀成為了沙漠中預設的一種仁慈。

勞倫斯是一個內心非常溫柔的人。來到沙漠他也受到了這種價值觀的洗禮。殺死誤炸自己的少年隨從時，他感受到了這種仁慈的必要，可是也難以避免來自內心的痛苦。

人本想決定自己的生死，但很多時候真的是無能為力。於是上級像家長一樣，出於愛和利益為你做了選擇。