Could you kill a person?

[Riff Moonraker]

If someone tried to bring harm to my children, then yes. I wouldnt hesitate to take them off of this world. The only thing I would feel would be relief for the safety of my children, and not an ounce of regret for the person fool enough to try something like that.

 

[JordanMillward_1]

Depends on the context, but yea, I could.

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Anyone who's convinced he or she could never kill someone else has been very lucky to live the kind of life that leaves one unable to imagine the circumstances under which you wouldn't even know you'd done it until the adrenaline wore off and your vision cleared, by which time the slimy b_____d's tongue would be looking like a black pudding or the spade's haft would have split or your hands would have gone numb from being held under the surface of an icy river so long.

{Ex-military}Eh, it gets easier after the first hundred thousand.{/Ex-military}

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I could kill for defense of innocents or for the betterment of mankind. Aside from that, no.

 

[thehorror2]

I'd never strike to intentionally kill. But if I was in a situation where I could possibly kill someone in self defense and I did so without actually meaning to, I doubt I'd be all that bent out of shape over it.

 

[FalloutJack]

There are many people that I want to kill and deserve to die. Yes, I believe I would kill them if I could get away with it.

 

[Zeraki]

I wouldn't kill someone just because I didn't like them, but if someone tries to kill me I'm gonna kill them back.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Yeah, assuming they are either an enemy combatant, or a direct threat to me/a friend I could off them in a heartbeat.

 

[Febel]

Well if I kill them they're obviously not people. So yes.

 

[satanslawer123]

yes, but i treat people like there zombies and invisible so i dont really pay enough attention to find a reason to kill any one

 

[Wanderer787]

In self-defense? Sure. I'd rather not, but I could do it if needed.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

If there's a good reason for it, I believe I could bring myself to kill a person without much trouble. It surely isn't something I want to do though.

 

[Arkenangel]

...yes, if the ends justify the means. If it were in self-protection or in protection of my family, then yeah, definitely. If someone had deliberately caused a severe amount of suffering to someone I love, or maybe even someone I don't know, I would gladly purge their existance off of this planet. Similarly, if I know someone has used their life to committing acts of evil (and it was my job to hunt them down) I would do so without a second thought.

In a blackmail "your life or that innocent bystander" situation where the person ordering me to kill is out of my reach then yes, I suppose I would do it and then feel a horrible sense of guilt about it. Maybe I'll get over it, maybe I won't, I suppose thats my atonement.

Finally, if OP just meant kill someone randomly, then no. Definitely not.

 

[Henrik Moeller]

easily, already gone there anyway

 

[Brandon237]

If it was necessary self defence, then yes I could.
If they broke into my home and I was armed, I would tell them to back out slowly, if they did not, if they drew a weapon, or moved very quickly, Then yes I could.
If it was self defence of a loved one, yes I could.

Outside of that... eh, probably not, my conscience would kill me for it anyway =/

 

[DoubleTime]

Not for no reason, no.

If it was self defense definitely. I tend to think overkill is better than being too nice since that can cost you. If it's me or them and there's no practical way to solve things without death in the amount of time I have I'd choose to save my life because I don't know what their intentions are, but I can probably guess they mean me harm if they're attacking me. I'd also do it to save the life of someone I care about. As in person to be killed is attacking my partner, not a contrived situation where I have a gun and an innocent person and either shoot them or my partner is killed. That kind of thing wouldn't really happen unless some stranger really went of the deep end...

I think the only other situation I could conceivably see is a mercy killing in an extreme survival situation, like lost on a mountain and they fell off a cliff but didn't die and there's no way to save them, etc., although that's just as contrived. They'd have to ask though, and really seriously need it or push for it. If it's just "my leg is broken!" I'd bandage it and carry them.

 

[Arkynomicon]

The way I see it everyone (except people who are fully disabled form carrying out actions) are capable of murder. All you need is the right motivation.

 

[Dawn Patrol]

I've done it before, and I'll do it again if it meant protecting my life and/or the life of a loved one.

I find this pretty unlikely. You're telling me that not only have you killed a person but you can talk about it in a fairly casual manner.

Sorry if it's true but lots of people say dumb shit for internet kewlnezz.

And to all the people acting like apathetic assholes, stop that shit. A human life is sacred and you're not cool because you "hate humanity."

 

[emeraldrafael]

yes.

I mean, I havent yet. I've come close to a few times, but havent.

But I most surely could. its not a hard thing to get over really.

EDIT: you just have to see the other person as your opponent, and to see them as worthless to you. What they were, are, and will be are inconsequential. once you get that in your mind frame, its fairly easy to be ready to kill.

 

[Dawn Patrol]

A life isn't really worth anything.

Including yours?

How anybody could think that a life isn't worth anything baffles me. A life is worth everything.