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In reply to the discussion: OK...the million dollar question. Why would you want to kill someone? [View all]ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)123. The correct term is homicide, not murder
The generic definition of murder is:
- That a human being died
- That they died unlawfully
- That there was malice aforethought
This was clear cut self defense. No arrests, just statements and a perfunctory investigation. Its was also a black on black homicide. They don't get nearly the level of police attention.
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OK...the million dollar question. Why would you want to kill someone? [View all]
Taverner
Dec 2012
OP
easy question you kill someone to save yourself or someone else from death or serious injury
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#1
I think he's going to the sense of tragedy in "having" to kill someone that is absent in most
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2012
#179
You resolve your feelings before you put yourself in the position.
socialindependocrat
Dec 2012
#201
in a life or death confrontation i am happy if someone dies as long as its the other guy
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#208
pretty much evolution does or do you still think we are single cell creatures
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#89
I honestly believe that if ever confronted with it live and in person,
Ruby the Liberal
Dec 2012
#122
"If you beat that man to death to stop him from raping you, whatever will you say to his mother"?
Ruby the Liberal
Dec 2012
#111
He's aiming for the greatest page, no matter how asinine a statement must be made.
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#126
DU is full of stories from gun nuts who "defended their family with their glock"
Taverner
Dec 2012
#11
Not kicking down the door, but you can hear someone breaking in, if you're awake.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#17
I have posted about my wife scaring away a would-be mugger. No shots fired.
GreenStormCloud
Dec 2012
#170
If you are a good person, and you kill someone and feel nothing...you are not a good person
Taverner
Dec 2012
#12
Roger That - The Culture Of Death And Gun Enablers Have Debased America Significantly
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#209
So it's not ok for law enforcement to kill criminals in their defense or the defense of others?
jal777
Dec 2012
#16
Yes. Yes I am. If you kill someone in the process, and you don't feel anything...
Taverner
Dec 2012
#30
If you have a gun and never asked yourself this question, you have no business with one
Taverner
Dec 2012
#24
There is a huge difference between "accidentally blundered" and "breaking and entering".
GreenStormCloud
Dec 2012
#191
Because I think the idea that you are going to stop a determined attacker with a bat is foolish
Taitertots
Dec 2012
#62
My late wife killed a home invader who had a gun on me many years ago
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#43
Whether your wife killed him or murdered him he's still just as dead, isn't he?
TheDebbieDee
Dec 2012
#112
Yes, but the justification of the murder is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it?
TheDebbieDee
Dec 2012
#121
His solution to this would be to hide and hit the killer in the knee or he would become a sociopath
jal777
Dec 2012
#71
It is not something one takes lightly, but I would not lose sleep over it
The Straight Story
Dec 2012
#67
If it was a horde of crazy hippies on meth who were trying to hurt me or my family...
renie408
Dec 2012
#104
Just keep in mind that police are not personal security and are not obligated to render aid.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#145
My point was nothing of the kind, I am not fixated on one scenario with every thought revolving
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#216
Why would you want to allow yourself or a loved one to die? Would you sleep better THEN?
jmg257
Dec 2012
#142
Having been in positions where I killed people and then failed to kill someone I should have
Victor_c3
Dec 2012
#156
And you've done nothing but WASTE one more opportunity to honestly address your authentic
patrice
Dec 2012
#180
Let's get this straight. No non-psychopathic/sociopathic person "wants" to kill anyone ever
nachosgrande
Dec 2012
#189
If I were in genuine fear for my life, I'd be prepared to use lethal force to defend myself.
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#198
If someone's trying to harm me, I AIN'T WORRYIN' ABOUT HIS MOTHER, PAL. THAT'S HIS CONCERN.
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#215