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easy question you kill someone to save yourself or someone else from death or serious injury loli phabay Dec 2012 #1
And you are saying this is a good thing? Taverner Dec 2012 #4
yes its a good thing if you kill someone to protect others loli phabay Dec 2012 #13
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
Used to? GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #168
Who says we've actually crawled out of the swamp? Wouldn't appear so n/t condoleeza Dec 2012 #83
pretty much evolution does or do you still think we are single cell creatures loli phabay Dec 2012 #89
Jury is out on that one condoleeza Dec 2012 #92
I don't think it's the right question because underthematrix Dec 2012 #130
I ran over a squirrel once and couldn't sleep for three days. tridim Dec 2012 #2
Me too. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #70
Had to drown a gerbil condoleeza Dec 2012 #84
You win. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #95
It's one of those moments you never forget, Ruby condoleeza Dec 2012 #154
Poor baby...thank you for helping it out of prolonged pain lunasun Dec 2012 #178
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #158
I would imagine it would be a lot pintobean Dec 2012 #3
If someone tried to break into my house and I had a gun (which I don't), RebelOne Dec 2012 #5
You may say that now. Taverner Dec 2012 #9
Honestly? "Sorry for your luck". Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #72
So who did all those Newtown first graders Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #80
Perhaps I missed something. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #91
I think you just think so.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #101
Once, I had a dream that someone grabbed my cat Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #110
No, I don't think you are the least bit psychotic.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #120
I honestly believe that if ever confronted with it live and in person, Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #122
You're a good person Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #128
LOL! Glad to know you would volunteer. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #132
But of course... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #137
"Did we just kill a kid?" he asked the man sitting next to him. green for victory Dec 2012 #159
This has nothing to do with the Newtown kids. RebelOne Dec 2012 #100
I think people who believe they can kill and be indifferent to it Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #103
Thank you. n/t RebelOne Dec 2012 #99
The mind boggles, sister. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #114
The mother didn't raise them right. Confusious Dec 2012 #94
"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
+3 :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #118
He's aiming for the greatest page, no matter how asinine a statement must be made. X_Digger Dec 2012 #126
Hes got 7 recs to go for that, and Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #131
It has to be a caricature. (At least I fervently hope so.) X_Digger Dec 2012 #135
Happy Boxing Day to you as well! Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #138
Yes, I would say to that mother that she must've done a really shitty job. Bake Dec 2012 #214
What if it was a drunk neighbor thinking it was his house? jberryhill Dec 2012 #46
No. He has no business breaking into my home. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #169
"illegally breaking in" jberryhill Dec 2012 #172
Confused break in is still illegal, and will be shot. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #173
A legal scholar you are not jberryhill Dec 2012 #183
You are the one who is not a legal scholar. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #188
You fail to recognize the circular argument you are making jberryhill Dec 2012 #192
"Breaking and entering" then. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #194
Like I said, believe what you want jberryhill Dec 2012 #196
Read the law: GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #203
That story is tragic Jenoch Dec 2012 #174
Jesus, you people don't read the daily drumbeat of this stuff jberryhill Dec 2012 #184
+1 cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #187
as I understand it, even military personnel have problems zbdent Dec 2012 #6
According to my dad, who was a soldier and a cop SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #18
"with that FIRST kill." Whovian Dec 2012 #26
Unfortunately, I think so Taverner Dec 2012 #28
wow ... I really don't know where you're going with that one ... zbdent Dec 2012 #69
want to =/= have to Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #7
I understand the logic behind it Taverner Dec 2012 #23
I think we're probably very similar in that regard. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #82
Seriously...... charlyvi Dec 2012 #8
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
FULL of stories? Simple. Hyperbolic. Bullshit. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #34
Prove to me that these stories are true. Taverner Dec 2012 #35
I must be blind. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #53
Yeah, they never tell you the guy kicking the door was someone they knew... hunter Dec 2012 #75
I've been on DU for several years and have read pipoman Dec 2012 #78
I have posted about my wife scaring away a would-be mugger. No shots fired. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #170
I don't own guns or any of that. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #10
If you are a good person, and you kill someone and feel nothing...you are not a good person Taverner Dec 2012 #12
I didn't say I wouldn't feel anything. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #25
So would you tell his/her mother that their kid was worthless? Taverner Dec 2012 #33
Truth is ugly. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #64
The OP doesn't give a fraction of a damn what you said. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #38
No, I took every word for what it was....nt Taverner Dec 2012 #42
Yeah. But I have a penchant for attempting the impossible. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #77
Why? Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #81
I've heard you don't know how it feels to kill someone until you do it. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #14
Nah, it's just like in the Rambo movies! Taverner Dec 2012 #31
What I find amazing is SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #15
+100 Taverner Dec 2012 #19
Roger That - The Culture Of Death And Gun Enablers Have Debased America Significantly cantbeserious Dec 2012 #209
Amen To That. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #212
So it's not ok for law enforcement to kill criminals in their defense or the defense of others? jal777 Dec 2012 #16
If you felt nothing, then you just discovered you're a closet sociopath Taverner Dec 2012 #20
Wow... jal777 Dec 2012 #27
Yes. Yes I am. If you kill someone in the process, and you don't feel anything... Taverner Dec 2012 #30
Ok I would feel something. It's called recoil.... jal777 Dec 2012 #55
Because I would only be able to kill sir pball Dec 2012 #21
Not an absolute pacifist Taverner Dec 2012 #29
And now the shark is jumped with room to spare cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #22
If you have a gun and never asked yourself this question, you have no business with one Taverner Dec 2012 #24
I understand and agree. jp76 Dec 2012 #163
No shit. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #32
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #37
You need to take a few deep breaths. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #48
You need to try and get some empathy... Taverner Dec 2012 #50
It's not a joke to discuss what the SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #51
You may have been taken in by the OP cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #90
imo that one has been on the other side of the tank Union Scribe Dec 2012 #146
I would kill someone only to save something that I was willing to die for slackmaster Dec 2012 #36
That is very different than killing whomever enters a home Taverner Dec 2012 #40
That's fine. No reason to kill someone who doesn't pose a real threat. slackmaster Dec 2012 #44
Why the hell are you assuming Jenoch Dec 2012 #136
Because lots of DUers claim that is exactly what they would do. ieoeja Dec 2012 #171
I do not believe the majority Jenoch Dec 2012 #175
There is a huge difference between "accidentally blundered" and "breaking and entering". GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #191
We don't get many occupied burglaries ANYWHERE. ieoeja Dec 2012 #200
Not blood thirsty. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #206
A good person kills to protect themselves and their loved ones Taitertots Dec 2012 #39
Why kill when you can stop? Taverner Dec 2012 #41
Come on, bats only work in gang fights. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #56
Hide in a spot, when they come near, swing to the knees Taverner Dec 2012 #58
Sometimes that works, sometimes that doesn't ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #98
I saw a post the other day advocating playing darts... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #129
Because I think the idea that you are going to stop a determined attacker with a bat is foolish Taitertots Dec 2012 #62
And if the bat didn't work? atreides1 Dec 2012 #87
My late wife killed a home invader who had a gun on me many years ago ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #43
Did you ever meet the mother of the murdered? Taverner Dec 2012 #45
Why do say "the murdered"? That was not "murder". (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #66
That poster has been on a hypebole high for quite some time ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #107
Whether your wife killed him or murdered him he's still just as dead, isn't he? TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #112
The word 'murder' always means unjustifiable homicide cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #115
Yes, but the justification of the murder is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #121
The correct term is homicide, not murder ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #123
It was not murder, it was homicide ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #124
No one was murdered, and they met and talked for awhile. ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #96
You wouldn't shoot someone to save your child? dkf Dec 2012 #47
I would but who says I would want them dead? Taverner Dec 2012 #52
So you would take a chance you don't stop them to save your conscience? dkf Dec 2012 #86
He appears to be a trick-shot artist cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #97
Dude got kicked off the thread. Too bad. dkf Dec 2012 #144
You sleep very well at night in that case jmowreader Dec 2012 #49
When you kill someone you become a different person after. Robb Dec 2012 #54
+10000 Taverner Dec 2012 #59
It's a fairly ridiculous question. Jenoch Dec 2012 #57
I don't know if I could Flatpicker Dec 2012 #60
How do they sleep at night? OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #61
I am no fan of guns Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #63
Turn the tables Taverner cbrer Dec 2012 #65
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
I have never wanted to kill anybody PD Turk Dec 2012 #68
You correctly focus on the offensive "want" cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #102
I wrote this down this week- "Can barbarism eliminate barbarism?" Gregorian Dec 2012 #73
Lots of people have killed... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #74
Spoken like a neighborhood watchman. Robb Dec 2012 #76
Spoken like someone... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #108
Sure you have, tiger. Robb Dec 2012 #113
Classy... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #125
You may live in a black and white world Peregrine Dec 2012 #79
In real life, one can't foretell the future. Gregorian Dec 2012 #85
I would try everything I could to stop him. And if that didn't work, yeah renie408 Dec 2012 #105
Several years ago in the Twin Cities Jenoch Dec 2012 #141
If they're trying to kill me. baldguy Dec 2012 #88
This message was self-deleted by its author man4allcats Dec 2012 #93
If it was a horde of crazy hippies on meth who were trying to hurt me or my family... renie408 Dec 2012 #104
The cop who took out exboyfil Dec 2012 #106
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #109
Tough question... smccarter Dec 2012 #116
I would never want to kill anyone. rrneck Dec 2012 #117
I thought about that, and that's why I'll probably never own a gun ecstatic Dec 2012 #119
Just keep in mind that police are not personal security and are not obligated to render aid. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #145
So what you are basically saying HockeyMom Dec 2012 #202
At the Columbine shooting the police were of little help. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #204
My point was nothing of the kind, I am not fixated on one scenario with every thought revolving TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #216
Who says I do? (Want to kill someone..) X_Digger Dec 2012 #127
I was stuck on an elevator with Karl Rove and... valerief Dec 2012 #133
I don't have any stories about defending my family with a gun... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #134
Would probably sleep better than if I failed to defend my family RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #139
For a million dollars and the right person I may do it n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #140
Why would you want to allow yourself or a loved one to die? Would you sleep better THEN? jmg257 Dec 2012 #142
Why would you want to allow a "horde of crazy hippies on meth and PCP" rl6214 Dec 2012 #143
You know what, Tav, I'm going to make an example of you for this. flvegan Dec 2012 #147
just to watch him die Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #148
caught her messin' around with another man arely staircase Dec 2012 #211
Who would really "want" to kill anyone, or anything? beevul Dec 2012 #149
I've seen a lot of death and horrid shit in my life HEyHEY Dec 2012 #150
Oh shit! JVS Dec 2012 #151
HAAAAAAAA!!!!! HEyHEY Dec 2012 #152
I'm ok. JVS Dec 2012 #153
I will protect my family! In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #155
Having been in positions where I killed people and then failed to kill someone I should have Victor_c3 Dec 2012 #156
Kicking because I know at least one DUer who has been in multiple shootouts zappaman Dec 2012 #157
Do you mean "want to" or "would" easttexaslefty Dec 2012 #160
A lot of people could not kill marions ghost Dec 2012 #161
Big Difference Between HAVING To Kill And LOOKING FORWARD To Killing. Paladin Dec 2012 #162
You're going to die early in the Zombie Apocalypse NeedleCast Dec 2012 #164
If they added an i to your name? tavernier Dec 2012 #165
Some folks just need killin' Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #166
Why? To stop him from killing or badly hurting me. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #167
Killing someone feels like shit Nevernose Dec 2012 #176
there are some in the gungeon that believe it is ok to kill someone DrDan Dec 2012 #177
And you've done nothing but WASTE one more opportunity to honestly address your authentic patrice Dec 2012 #180
I never WANT to kill anyone sarisataka Dec 2012 #181
I would never want to do that. However, BlueCaliDem Dec 2012 #182
why? Maine-ah Dec 2012 #185
Never would I want to riqster Dec 2012 #186
Let's get this straight. No non-psychopathic/sociopathic person "wants" to kill anyone ever nachosgrande Dec 2012 #189
Million Dollar Answer: "Because I had shitty parents" stlsaxman Dec 2012 #190
People actually responded to that steaming pile? 99Forever Dec 2012 #193
My husband said this same thing ellie Dec 2012 #195
Please transfer the million electronically. LWolf Dec 2012 #197
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
Soundly. H2O Man Dec 2012 #199
There is no crime......... Jim Warren Dec 2012 #205
I don't think I completely understand your post DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #207
well there is the old time machine/kill hitler scenario arely staircase Dec 2012 #210
Oh good lord. Bake Dec 2012 #213
If someone's trying to harm me, I AIN'T WORRYIN' ABOUT HIS MOTHER, PAL. THAT'S HIS CONCERN. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #215
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