Would you kill?

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Would you kill?

  1. Yes

    419 vote(s)
    85.5%
  2. No

    71 vote(s)
    14.5%
  1. Hapuka

    Hapuka Te Aho

    If someone was trying to kill you with a knife, would you kill the person in order to stop them?

    Thats if they were putting up a fight.

    For starters I would never kill a human, I would rather die.

    So that would be a no.

    But what is your view? What do you say?
     
  2. tekkengod

    tekkengod the MAP MP

    if you'd rather die than end him, and hes got a knife, i'm sure he can facillitate this wish. :rolleyes: very naieve and self-destructive ideology.
     
  3. Su lin

    Su lin Gone away

    I would do whatever I needed to in the situation to stay alive,life is too good to throw away for someone who is that bad.
     
  4. Moi

    Moi Warriors live forever x

    Until you're in that situation you will never know, same goes for the original poster, the survival instinct can be very strong.
     
  5. Dragon Brush

    Dragon Brush Valued Member

    I voted no, but only because I wouldn't really WANT to kill them. I don't think I'd be able to take a life too easily, no matter the circumstances.

    But I'll have no idea how I'll react when put in that situation until it happens... hopefully not though. :eek:
     
  6. Mei Hua

    Mei Hua Banned Banned

    Yep, already have.
     
  7. angacam

    angacam Mare Est Vita Mea

  8. adouglasmhor

    adouglasmhor Not an Objectivist

    We humans can be very hard or very easy to kill. But once you do take someones life you too can look forward to any combination of broken sleep, violent dreams, binge drinking, depression and aggresive or irational behaviours. Big boys games, big boys rules, big boys stakes.
     
  9. Mei Hua

    Mei Hua Banned Banned

    Exactly.
     
  10. adouglasmhor

    adouglasmhor Not an Objectivist

    Been there Bro,You'l get though it, you'l be better, but it never totaly goes away.
     
  11. Dojo

    Dojo Shotokan fanatic

    i think my folks do need me alive and it would be better than have them visit me in the cemetery. So I think I'd take a life in order to save mine
     
  12. g-bells

    g-bells Don't look up!

    if i would come down to them or me then i would kill
     
  13. Hiroji

    Hiroji laugh often, love much

    I like your sig G. ;)

    I have never been in a situation where i might have to kill to live, so its hard to say. But maybe its just a natural reaction to kill someone in that situation so id say yes without any experience.
     
  14. g-bells

    g-bells Don't look up!


    thanks h
     
  15. aikiMac

    aikiMac aikido + boxing = very good Moderator Supporter

    "Some people need killin'."
    - my best friend in college, commenting on news stories​


    We'll never know if I would kill or not, until I am threatened.
    I like to think, though, that I didn't waste my money on dojo tuition.
     
  16. Angelus

    Angelus Waiting for summer :D

    if someone tried to kill me and there was no other way i would kill...
    if a bear attacked me and i had to kill it to save myself why wouldn't i do the same with a person?
     
  17. Mike71

    Mike71 Valued Member

    If my only option were to fight someone armed with a knife and they were intent upon causing me bodily harm I would do whatever I could to defend myself. I would not be looking to kill the person, but then again I doubt their wellbeing would even register on me until the situation was over. Having been attacked a couple of times in my life I've never found that I'm too contemplative in the midst of an unexpected violent encounter.

    --Michael
     
  18. TheMightyMcClaw

    TheMightyMcClaw Dashing Space Pirate

    If the only way to preserve my life was to end another, then I would. Hopefully, I'll never be in that situation.
     
  19. Victoria

    Victoria Pretzel In Training

    I would, given little alternative.
     
  20. Cathain

    Cathain Lily Lau Gar

    I would prefer not to, but in the event of being attacked by a knife then I would take whatever means necessary to safeguard myself or family. I refuse to kill in cold blood (theoretically ;) ), but legitimate self-defense is another matter altogether.
     

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