>... his new clone (5th one) proclaimed he could not be held responsible for any of the actions his former models had taken, such as destruction of property, failure to return equipment, etc.

**"Only a despicable mutant traitor would suggest that the Computer *can't* do something! Execute him!"**

The premise of Paranoia is that the troubleshooters *can’t* win through their own actions. The Computer is the font of all beneficence from which all good things flow and everything that flows from the Computer *is* good. Everything from elsewhere *is* bad. Even if they are the same thing!

The player has put forward a perfectly sane and rational argument that limits the capability of the Computer to take action. Therefore it is insane and irrational by definition.