在一次有关亚洲地区虐待人权的秘密会谈上，另一位外交官极具说服性地问道，难道这些亚洲地区的暴行会比西方列国对待伊拉克囚犯的残暴更加恶劣？

During a private discussion of human-rights abuses in Asia, another asked rhetorically if they were so much worse than the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by some Western powers.

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但是跟拉环争论哪个种族更加阴险残暴，并不会让他更乐意帮助我们，不是吗？

But arguing with Griphook about whose race is most underhanded and violent isn't going to make him more likely to help us, is it?

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