I have a general rule: If you are a functioning adult who treats others with contempt and cruelty,

[Writer]

you have forfeited your right to live.

There are many I would add to this list.

This world is too heavily populated to support the behavior of highly functioning sociopaths.

[Pamela Troy]

1. And of course, you're JUST the person to determine who "doesn't deserve to live..."

[Deep13]

71. We could do worse...

...like we always do.

[Pamela Troy]

75. No we couldn't. This kind of crap is pretty much the bottom of the barrel.

[Deep13]

88. The odds Writer is actually willing or able to do it: ...

...one in crapdillion. So, I'm not too worried. She's just writing out of anger and frustration, the same as well all feel.

[Writer]

90. Thanks, man.

It's nice to get the benefit of the doubt. :)

[Deep13]

91. .

:thumbsup: :pals:

[Pamela Troy]

95. Most people who write this garbage aren't.

But they are perfectly content to cheer on and hold the coats of those who do.

This kind of "venting" is not okay.

[Deep13]

102. Sure it is. It's cathartic.

And no one is holding any coats or cheering on executions. Get over yourself.

[woo me with science]

105. It's narcissistic drama with a particularly ugly cast,

and others respond accordingly.

[redqueen]

2. You're deciding who deserves the right to live...

but calling out others for their contempt.

Yeah... um... nevermind.

[HamdenRice]

6. Rofl!

God has spoken. Ye who have contempt for others shall be smited from the face of the earth!

[Writer]

7. I wish that were the case. n/t

[HamdenRice]

15. Aw, somebodies got a case of the Tuesdays, and wants to smite whole nations! nt

[Writer]

17. That would be a bit difficult. n/t

[aquart]

23. I get that all the time.

Not little nations, either. Great big ones.

[Hugin]

3. You mean you wouldn't put them on a TeeVee show or in high office?

Not even a bonus?

Why do you hate America?

[baldguy]

4. Isn't judging people unfit to live the same as treating them with contempt and cruelty?

[Writer]

5. Are people who unabashedly treat others inhumanely fitting for this world? n/t

[Pamela Troy]

9. Deeming someone "unfit to live" definitely qualifies as "unabashedly treating others unhumanely."

Are you "fit for this world?"

[Writer]

11. Probably not! n/t

[Pamela Troy]

14. Yeah, people who spend their time compiling lists of humans they'd like to kill

are rarely very happy or healthy individuals.

Get help.

[Writer]

16. Your assumption is that I intend to kill others...

and that is not the case.

But those who treat others cruelly do not deserve humane treatment - that is my rhetorical belief.

[Pamela Troy]

21. Nahh, you'd just hold the coats and cheer on those who'd do the dirty work.

[Writer]

24. No, I wouldn't cheer at all.

I'd find the entire situation rather sad.

But a person who wields contempt and cruelty on others regularly doesn't deserve mercy.

[Pamela Troy]

26. I see. You'd put on your frowny face and shake your head sadly over the necessity of killing them.

Which is SOOOO much nicer.

[Moochy]

99. Thanks for exploring this particular bit of crazy n/t

[PassingFair]

31. Her accomplishments and inherent greatness have not been sufficiently recognized nor awarded!

You shall be smote.

Smited.

Smitten.

Smute.

There must be accolades!

Attention must be paid!

[Pamela Troy]

33. When I see from a presumed liberal the kind of crap I'd denounce if it were coming

from a conservative, I comment.

Deal with it.

[woo me with science]

35. I think the poster was agreeing with you. nt

[Writer]

36. Yes, he or she was agreeing with her. n/t

[Pamela Troy]

40. Then I owe that poster an apology, which I've sent via email.

[PassingFair]

41. Sorry....forgot this....

:sarcasm:

Smoot?

[Deep13]

73. How so?

:shrug:

[panader0]

8. What about just contempt?

Forfeit an arm or leg?

[Enrique]

10. that's pretty out there n/t

[Writer]

22. I know, but I do find it ironic that some are responding to this with their own contemptful

statements.

[Pamela Troy]

25. which don't, as a rule, include the notion that you should be killed.

[rrneck]

12. Sanctimony is so self gratifying. nt

[onehandle]

13. Did Dick Cheney come out of his hole again today? nt

[woo me with science]

18. Ah, the mantra of the permanent victim. nt

[Mika]

19. I think you've got America's next sensational "Reality" show.

You could call it - "America's Greatest Death Panel - I'm the Decider"

:crazy:

---

[Writer]

20. LOL! Like "The Running Man" but very brief. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

27. I would ammend that only to say that you have forfeited your right for me to give a flying fig what

happens to you. Life is too short for me to worry about the life, care, and well-being of violent criminals and sexual predators.

[Writer]

28. That's a good way to look at it... n/t

[Forkboy]

29. Sounds fairly sociopathic to me. When do you die?

[Writer]

30. I'm not sure... I would suppose when you decide, Forkboy. n/t

[Forkboy]

39. That's your game, not mine.

Like Bush, you're The Decider.

[Writer]

43. It is my game, but the decision isn't mine - it's up to the person who is cruel to others.

Do you want to treat others with kindness or not? Do you care for others? Do you care for humanity? If not, why should we treat you with mercy?

[Forkboy]

44. So you don't become just like them.

It's a revolutionary concept, I know.

[Writer]

47. Actually the world would be a better place for a short time...

until society replenishes the world with more cruelty.

[Forkboy]

49. The cruelty isn't going away at all.

You're just taking their place.

[Writer]

51. What if those who were cruel weren't killed, but simply disappeared?

Would the world not be a bit easier for at least a short time?

[Forkboy]

53. What if we all lived in Candyland?

:shrug:

[Writer]

56. That would be just as bad... but in a completely different way.

And we'd all be fat from the high sugar content of our society.

[Pamela Troy]

50. Ah yes -- the world would be sooo much better if we just killed enough people.

[woo me with science]

58. Just the abusers.

Didn't you know? The world is made up of victims and abusers.

It's quite simple, really.

Even facile.

[Shell Beau]

32. This should go well. Really, I personally have no use

for cruel people, but I don't wish death on them.

[Writer]

34. I don't wish death on anyone either, but I think that if you treat others with such extreme contempt

that you don't deserve mercy. If your M.O. on this planet is only to cause others pain and live off of the results, then what good is your existence?

[Pamela Troy]

46. You don't wish death on someone -- you just don't think they deserve to live.

Riiiiight.

[stray cat]

37. Whats contempt - looking down on a repub? or a co-worker who is lazy?

[Writer]

38. It's seriously damaging someone else's life. True cruelty. n/t

[Pamela Troy]

42. ...which doesn't include putting people on lists of those who don't deserve to live?

[Writer]

45. Do you seriously think - beyond the rhetoric in my OP - that I have a list of people I want dead?

Seriously?

Like I'm sitting here writing down names and plotting?

[Pamela Troy]

48. You were the one who referred to a list in your op.

[Writer]

60. Wow. n/t

[Pamela Troy]

63. Yes. Reading comprehension is our friend.

[Writer]

64. So you actually think I have a list of people and are now plotting to kill them?

Truly?

[Pamela Troy]

67. I truly believe you invoked such a list as if compiling it were a moral thing to do.

Do you really believe that shooting your mouth off in that manner, talking about how people you dislike don't deserve to live, is okay? Do you really imagine your op stands as some sort of moral statement?

[woo me with science]

70. I seriously doubt it was meant to be a comment on morality as much

as a proclamation of victimhood and self-righteousness.

Drama is necessary. If the abuser does not deserve death, then surely we must be minimizing the severity of the wound!

[HamdenRice]

52. I no wish I could undo my unrec and rec this thread on the off chance that it will be a DU classic!

On the level of Walt Starr's "tombstone me right now" or the critter in the forest that was part badger, part monkey, or the one criticizing DUers for spelling "moron" as "moran" or some of the other grammar Nazi threads.

[PassingFair]

54. "This world is too heavily populated to support the behavior of highly functioning sociopaths."

Why, do they compete too vigorously with
narcissists?

[woo me with science]

55. rofl! nt

[Writer]

57. Actually - in all seriousness - narcissists ARE highly functioning sociopaths.

And yes, I do see the Nietzschian dimensions of this conversation.

[woo me with science]

61. Guess that explains your lust to kill.

:rofl:

[Writer]

62. I have my list ready, woo... here I come! n/t

[woo me with science]

65. You slay me. nt

[Writer]

66. But - in this concrete, all-too-real situation we've developed - I haven't yet deemed you...

"fit to live!"

[Pamela Troy]

69. Yeah, talking about people being a waste of skin is SUCH a hoot!

I mean, it's not like anyone ever, EVER acts on such a notion.

[Morning Dew]

83. But if this ever changin' world in which we live in

Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

[demmiblue]

103. One of he most astute comments on this thread!

:rofl:

[Crabby Appleton]

59. You sound like the guy that killed Dr. Tiller

[BlooInBloo]

68. (gives Writer a cookie)

[Writer]

74. ((munching)) n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

72. Become an hero.

[woo me with science]

77. I never understood

use of the word, "an," before a hard "h."

How do you pronounce it to yourself?

[Moochy]

96. Jump Jump!

Said the Loathesome Drol.

[arcadian]

76. Cruel people play a part in society.

Haven't you seen 'Demolition Man'?

[rd_kent]

78. Uhm, okay?

What is your definition of contempt and cruelty?

[PassingFair]

79. Whomsoever does not break into a rousing chorus of THIS:

...upon the entrance of the offended, is defined
as contemptible and cruel.

Which nobody can deny!

[Writer]

80. Actually I'd prefer a little Nine Inch Nail's "Head Like a Hole," but thanks. :-) n/t

[Hekate]

81. "And there are many who deserve life. Can you give it to them?" said Gandalf to Frodo...

I think there are others on this thread already telling you your OP is a rather odious one.

Go out in the sunshine with your cup of coffee. Breathe some clean air. See me in the morning after a good night's sleep.

Hekate

[Bluerthanblue]

85. !

excellent response-

:hi:

[CakeGrrl]

82. I'll cosign this to a degree - tough topic.

And as a backdrop I'll quote Chris Rock, as I often do, on a point he made:

"Crime? I'm conservative. Prostitution? I'm liberal."

No, I'm not advocating that we put people in prison for life for stealing candy bars, but I hold the OP's view about those who would kill others at random, or, as one murderer in my state explained, simply to watch someone die.

[Bluerthanblue]

84. you forgot the sarcasm thingie-

:shrug:

or else you are having one hell of a bad day.

[woo me with science]

92. I suspect that was the actual intended message.

The OP betrays a fondness for drama.

[pipi_k]

86. some of those people who treat others that way have mental illnesses

But hey...

that doesn't matter.

Kill 'em. Even if they really can't help what they say or do.


Maybe we can kill some disabled people too while we're at it.


sigh...
:eyes:

[Bluerthanblue]

87. this OP is an oxymoron-

:hi:

[ItNerd4life]

89. You are being cruel

are you going to execute your own directive?

[G_j]

93. you're nuts n/t

[Occulus]

94. Batshit insanity.

No, I meant your OP.

[Moochy]

97. "The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword"

SO SAYS WRITER!!

[spanone]

98. will you kill them? i won't.

nwmhtt

[Moochy]

101. Job Stimulus Package!

Outsource the dirty work, with Writer's Job Stimulus Package!

[Posteritatis]

100. Maybe you should also forfeit that right if you claim to deny it to others? (nt)

[Odin2005]

104. One problem, who decides who dies?

If it were up to me my friend's rapist would be 6-feet under, justifiably so, but that same rage can lead to, say, African-Americans getting lynched.