Are you just looking for an excuse to complain?
Your question assumes there is nothing between redesigning the game and completely ignoring the discussion.
The game was designed from the start to have multiple solutions to every situation, including non-violent ones in some cases (the premise of this topic). In the 24 minutes between the question and answer, I didn't go interview all the designers, writers and scripters about whether this topic in particular inspired anything put in the game.