User blog comment:JoxFox2109/PE Removal: Shere Khan (2016)/@comment-30634893-20190914211106

Keep. After his initial PE proposal, I'm tired of discussing the scene with the cubs. Sure, he didn't kill them when he had the chance, but that means basically nothing when you consider that moment in its entirety. Firstly, Khan makes it clear to Raksha that he could kill her cubs if he wanted to, threatening her into staying in line. Secondly, the entire reason he took them away and told them about the story about the cuckoo bird was to "teach" them why a mother should never care for a child that is not her own--in essence trying to corrupt them into believing that Raksha was wrong to care for Mowgli. And thirdly, the saying that he didn't kill them when he could've is NOT an argument for why he can't be considered PE. Just because someone is entirely evil doesn't mean always they kill others without reason--and even though Khan did do that in the coyote's case, as I just said, there were two legitimate reasons for him not to do the same to Raksha's cubs.

Can we stop talking about this one moment in the movie/book now?