# Game of Thrones, You Win or You Die, 5/22/11 and 5/29/11

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**Created:** [May 22, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825 "2011-05-22T22:58:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/80 "2011-05-27T19:55:49Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Sure it would have. The King says “Kill the dog and the butcher’s boy”, the dog and boy get killed. The kings says, “I don’t care that the Lannisters tried to kill you wife once and your kid twice, shut the fuck up!” everybody shuts the fuck up. The king yells, “Kill the whore and those bastard children!” The whore and the bastard children get killed.

But that was exactly what Ned wanted avoid and why he warned Cersei beforehand and refused Renly. And why objected to killing Dany and her unborn son.  
So the King dies, names him Protector and he tries to solve the situation with a minimum of bloodshed.

And fails miserably but you can’t blame a man for trying ;).

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