Would/could you kill someone?

[PaulMaster]

What are your thoughts on killing someone? Be it self defense, throwing the switch on a condemned criminal, first degree murder...whatever you're in to...

What is your interest level in killing someone?

 

[Jennywocky]

Depends somewhat on context:
- Is the person a threat to me or others?
- Is it a loved one or a stranger?
- Is it out of anger or a mercy killing to alleviate pain (AKA euthanasia)?
- Is it a hands-on kill or a ranged one?
- Am I fulfilling an important duty (pulling the switch), or is it something I'm doing for my own reasons?

I'm a little hazy on how I'd respond. My concern: I'm capable of detaching enough to kill someone, at least for the act, I think, if I feel I have a good reason... but I'm not sure of the impact on me afterwards. I'd likely have to keep detaching to avoid dealing with some level of negative resonance.

Needless to say, I don't have much interest in killing people. If there was a need, I could do it to spare gentler souls the pain; but I don't like it.


... too much Walking Dead flashbacks...

 

[Yellow]

That's a tricky question.

I don't enjoy confrontation, and it's my instinct to be escape-focused when threatened with/experiencing violence. Aggression simply doesn't occur to me "in the moment". I am also particularly averse to the consequences of murdering someone in traditional societies.

That being said, I've never experienced a feeling of guilt or any kind of remorse for an action I've taken. Even my rare feelings of shame are deeply selfish. If I choose to do something, "wrong" or "right", I don't look back.

So, I can say with some confidence that in situations where external consequences for my actions are removed, and my own morality presents no obstacle, I could easily kill a person and sleep well that night.

Unfortunately, I can't think of a single instance where these conditions could exist. I hold myself to some fairly complex, if atypical, rules, and I doubt I'll be bestowed with a "license to kill" any time soon.

 

[Rualani]

In self-defense and to survive. Ideally, I would not want that person to, actually, die, but if I'm using such force in a critical moment, I acknowledge that his/her life would be the last thing on my mind.

 

[kora]

In self defence I expect so, say if I was being held captive and tortured I would do my best to kill person in question if I could, or any other such scenario of the sort.

 

[Sly-fy]

Yes in self-defense. My personal feelings aside, it is for the greater good as it becomes a deterrent to prospective perpetrators of crimes and that way we can have a safer, more law abiding society. Of course, I`d only actually consider killing if I felt it necessary to protect my own or someone else`s life, otherwise I`d threaten using lethal force.

 

[Brontosaurie]

Sometimes i want to be attacked so i could get the chance to... But probably i wouldn't like having to do it.

 

[Grayman]

There is a wall between violent action and me and for some reason I cannot even kill an ant. I don't know what creates this wall.

 

[Sly-fy]

There is a wall between violent action and me and for some reason I cannot even kill an ant. I don't know what creates this wall.

I can`t kill an ant either, because they`re innocent. All animals are innocent IMO except ones that viciously attack their owner or another pet or person for no reason. Such animals should not be allowed to reproduce and should be put down (the same goes for such human animals.)

I`m all about fairness and peace, so unless you`re threatening me or causing me physical harm, I`ll leave you alone.

One exception when I will kill ants is when there`s a swarm of ants aiming to ruin my food, and I justify this change of heart by thinking that I`m acting in my own self-preservation.

 

[PaulMaster]

Anyone watch the movie Hostel? What if it was like that? The person in the chair is your version of the worst person imaginable, condemned to die. You can do the deed, in any way you wish, do you accept?

 

[Grayman]

I can`t kill an ant either, because they`re innocent. All animals are innocent IMO except ones that viciously attack their owner or another pet or person for no reason. Such animals should not be allowed to reproduce and should be put down (the same goes for such human animals.)

I`m all about fairness and peace, so unless you`re threatening me or causing me physical harm, I`ll leave you alone.

One exception when I will kill ants is when there`s a swarm of ants aiming to ruin my food, and I justify this change of heart by thinking that I`m acting in my own self-preservation.

You would die if you gave them the food?!!! Are you a severe diabetic?

 

[Pyropyro]

I'll probably kill Self-defense and if a person that I care about has no other choice but euthanasia.

Anyone watch the movie Hostel? What if it was like that? The person in the chair is your version of the worst person imaginable, condemned to die. You can do the deed, in any way you wish, do you accept?

No, I might like the feeling.

 

[Sly-fy]

You would die if you gave them the food?!!! Are you a severe diabetic?

That was a hypothetical, like I'm out in the woods camping and there are ants swarming all of my food that I need to live. You're reading too much into it.

 

[TheScornedReflex]

I'd kill.

 

[PaulMaster]

No, I might like the feeling.

Look at how Ted Bundy ended up. He couldnt stop himself. Like a drug addiction.

Nasty MF even dug up bodies to fuck them...he said there were times he had to wipe away maggots to get in there...fucking disgusting.

Although, escaping custody twice is admittedly respectable.

 

[crippli]

I can't imagine there exist anyone who would be able to become a large enough problem for me that I would need to get my hands dirty.

So a pretty clear no to that question.

 

[PaulMaster]

I can't imagine there exist anyone who would be able to become a large enough problem for me that I would need to get my hands dirty.

So a pretty clear no to that question.

Sounds like a yes to me.

 

[crippli]

Sounds like a yes to me.

It's the most sweet to simulate scenarios in ones head. Unfortunately the real thing is usually mundane and boring.

So no. Waste of time and energy. There would have to be someone incredibly special and unique if it should be worth the effort. And if that one existed, they would take me out instead.

That make it a double negative, a true no go.

What is there to be gained?

 

[Sly-fy]

What is there to be gained?

Self-preservation. Doing community service by making the world a better, safer place. Administering justice.

 

[crippli]

Self-preservation. Doing community service by making the world a better, safer place. Administering justice.

Feel free to tell yourself that.

 

[PaulMaster]

Feel free to tell yourself that.

Self preservation I agree with. But you're right too - any other reason reduces to getting off.

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

Self-preservation. Doing community service by making the world a better, safer place. Administering justice.

What you've just listed are usually delusions of post-rationalisation or ideological propaganda.

 

[Rudolph Mondal]

Would I kill someone?

No.

Could I kill someone?

Certainly. Who's to say that I might not go out of control in the future?