It's weird how everyone focuses on the malice of Jack the Ripper, but no one ever seems to point out the malice of the Gods. I mean if they win then humanity is destroyed, right? How is that not a malice far beyond what Jack was capable of?
It doesn't matter what sophistry Herc espouses, if he wins he's still building the foundation of humanity's extinction. No matter how respectable characters seem to make him, it's like every word out of his mouth is warped and hollow given the situation.