Answer:
1.
suddenly and unexpectedly.
"the film ends rather abruptly"
2.
in a rude or curt manner.
"she barely conceals her irritation and speaks briefly and abruptly to the woman"
In this situation #1
Absolutely, especially if the harm was intentional (on purpose). If you harm someone, you have to think about and live with that incident for the rest of your life. Ill will and feelings eat away at a person. You start to lose sleep; your health declines in many ways; overall, you just feel terrible. This is all multiplied even more when you intentional harm someone. Often times, you relive the incident over and over again. The harm being done to you, now, can be far worse than when you placed harm on someone else.
Yes, the Elders did take the memories of the community. The Elder's believed it would be morally right to exact each individual into what they called, Sameness. They also took colour, variety, and freewill away from the citizens of The Community.
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