"Master, these people hold the passengers and crew of the aeroplane as hostages."
"Does not the Tao Te Ching say: 'In the governance of empire, everything difficult must be dealt with while it is still easy, everything great must be dealt with while it is still small (Tao 63).' 'Deal with things in their state of not-yet-being. For the tree, big as a man's embrace, began as a tiny sprout etc. etc. '(Tao 64)
Clearly, the plane must be stormed, these men shot at the spot."
"But Master, is that not revenge, the most loathed in the Way?"
"Not revenge, just a rapid attack from an indefenceable position.
Says not the Tao Te Ching also: 'When you doubt your ability to meet
the enemy's attack, take the offensive yourself!'?
Are blackmailers not the most dangerous and brutal enemies,
more dangerous than whatever beast, for all our efforts of living
together? That, then, prevails in the Way of living together."
[7], [21], [69]