Mao, Stalin and some other well known people thought so.
When Herod realised that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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I think you put your finger on the problem.
Satire/humor/sarcasm depends on comeuppance/self infliction.
When “the boss”, “teacher”, dictator, evangelist, bully, etc. eliminates the helpless/dependent/subordinate, it is an abuse of power: frightening, not humorous.
(as I recall, certain peoples objected to this sort of thing: Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, WW II, etc.).
Judge/jury/executioner in one person? Bad idea.
Now if Franny or Al Gore had been the “explosion” due to their hypocrisy in consuming resources and flying all over the world, beach front homes, etc, rather than Gillian, that could be funny.
But helpless kids, employees, athletic team members?
Do on to others as you would have them do unto you (and your spouse, parents, family, relatives, compatriots, villages, county,….)
“Do on to others as you would have them do unto you”
Let’s not. According to your analogy we should be blowing up the warmists instead.
In my sport we’re thought not to kick someone when they’re down. Besides that, why bother when they are doing it so well themselves?