Let's just apply this to everything then! River flooding? More Water! Getting attacked by a lion? Get another lion! Got Aids? More Aids please! Got an F in Biology? May as well go for an F in Chemistry too!
It does somewhat depend- for instance if you have flooding upstream and you open damns to allow more water down stream- you can alleviate the upstream flooding without causing downstream flooding if done right. Likewise- if you have flooding because a reservoir is full and rains are coming- you could have prevented the flooding by allowing more water to flow.
But realistically the rebuttal doesn’t state that because fire is sometimes fought with fire that all things should always be countered with themselves. Even fire isn’t ALWAYS fought with fire. We can infer that rebuttal refutes simple logic based in rhetoric and illustrates that what may seem to be intuitively true is not always true f we consider facts and evidence. It would be unfortunate for society had people who found the idea of fire fighting fire had dismissed it out of hand as the premise seemed counterintuitive. Good thing some people keep open minds and try many ways to solve a problem no?
I mean- Jared probably can’t even work out for Jared since they took away the weights in prison. As for lions distracting lions- that’s not too hard. Lions are highly territorial. Makes and females. So for instance f you had a problem with a particular lion, selecting the right lion for the job could scare it away or even kill the “bad lion.” Likewise- you may be able to occupy the time and energy of a lion or group of lions that way- such as by introducing mating pairs. Not the most humane solution either- but in a competitive survival biome where preservation of native prey species is not a concern or even where extermination is favored- introducing far too many lions for survival to be viable could kill two birds with one stone.
I mean- certainly not the most humane or efficient methods of lion control- and like our other examples a lot depends on circumstances etc- but I could theoretically see some type of situation where more lions could solve your lion problem. Another might be a solo lion terrorizing an area of limited resources. Introducing a mate would likely cause the new pride to relocate to an area that can sustain their larger size.
All you'd really have to do is tilt the ratio of male lions and female lions, as the males will kill the cubs of other mating rivals. With less females, less cubs are produced, and with more males, the more cubs are killed, which would shrink their numbers after a few generations.
Or there's a Russian trick that I like..