Would you kill someone?

[jcp988]

Would you kill someone?

For any reason

 

[Jade Margery]

Would you kill someone?

I don't know about you but I have killed a man.

Here's how it happened: The Thoughts of Schmurtis: I Killed a Man...

Oh for crying out loud. Yes, you're totally guilty for killing someone who, if he did exist, died almost two thousand years before you were born, because of your innate human nature which you never had a choice to have or not have because an all knowing, all wise being made you imperfect and flawed. You killed that guy by existing! How could you!? You monster!

 

[Jro]

For all of the author's hand-wringing, I wonder how he feels about more recent atrocities.

 

[Jade Margery]

For all of the author's hand-wringing, I wonder how he feels about more recent atrocities.

Aye. How about 'I maimed a child because I'm wearing cheap sneakers made by child labor in unsafe conditions.' Or, 'I let a person starve when I spent money to buy more food than I was going to eat and then tossed it when it went bad, instead of giving that money to a good cause.' Or, 'I paid someone to commit genocide and slavery and murder when I bought a ridiculously expensive but ultimately useless rock for my wife/girlfriend/significant other.'

Really, there are lots of people that members of the first world are guilty of harming inadvertently. We don't need to feel guilty for stuff that went down before we were even born which we haven't had anything to do with as well.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

And there I thought this was about killing in the normal, everday sense of the word. Silly me. Should've known better.

 

[variant]

I never thought of the claim that I caused Jesus to die retroactively.

Seems kind of silly when you put it that way.

Round when that guy was supposedly dying for me I hadn’t existed going on about 13 billion years.

 

[keith99]

I'm sorely tempted to say I'd gladly kill the OP and the writer of the link he referenced and in so doing improve the gene pool.

 

[The Nihilist]

I wouldn't be thrilled about it, but in the right context, I'm sure I would.

 

[Eudaimonist]

If we don't sin, Jesus will have died for nothing.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[davidhaunte]

it depends if it was to save many lives than maybe I would kill a guy

 

[The Paul]

Would you kill someone?

For any reason

Well, they'd have to really have it coming, and I'd have to be short on options.

Murder isn't ever really justified in a wealthy, just society, but outside the power and influence of such a society it might be.

Plus I guess fear and or anger could always push a person into a reptile-brain, irrational fight-or-die state.

 

[Xenocide]

Aye. How about 'I maimed a child because I'm wearing cheap sneakers made by child labor in unsafe conditions.' Or, 'I let a person starve when I spent money to buy more food than I was going to eat and then tossed it when it went bad, instead of giving that money to a good cause.' Or, 'I paid someone to commit genocide and slavery and murder when I bought a ridiculously expensive but ultimately useless rock for my wife/girlfriend/significant other.'

Really, there are lots of people that members of the first world are guilty of harming inadvertently. We don't need to feel guilty for stuff that went down before we were even born which we haven't had anything to do with as well.

I totally agree, especially in the first world with all the luxuries we have, we should be more conscious of how the things we personally do effect others and the world at large.

 

[ReasonSeeker]

Would you kill someone?

For any reason

Depends upon the reason. Be more specific.

 

[Mabuz]

Yes, if my life or the things I valued was threatened.

 

[plindboe]

I don't know about you but I have killed a man.

Here's how it happened: The Thoughts of Schmurtis: I Killed a Man...

No you didn't. According to the Bible some romans did it a couple of thousand years ago. You didn't do it and you're not responsible for it.

Peter

 

[hollyda]

My initial response was, "No."

But if someone was threatening me, my family, my loved ones...I'm sure I could.

 

[juvenissun]

Would you kill someone?

For any reason

To kill and to subdue are two different situations. I may use a gun to shot a person under a certain circumstances. But I don't mean to kill him. I just want to disable him.

So, would I shot a person? I might. If I am a sharp shooter, I will not aim at his heart or head.

 

[TomZzyzx]

Would you kill someone?

For any reason

I would kill someone if I had to defend myself, my family, or my country (if I was in the service). Although I would never murder someone. There is a difference.

 

[hollyda]

I would kill someone if I had to defend myself, my family, or my country (if I was in the service). Although I would never murder someone. There is a difference.