If I feel it is justified, I'm sure I could. Can't accurately say one way or the other outside of the situation, but I think I could.
Could you kill a person?
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If I needed to to defend myself or my friends/family, yes I could. I wouldn't enjoy it, and I'd be pretty fucked up afterwards, but I would.
The urge is always there..... 
In all seriousness, I would avoid it at all costs, but if someone was going to kill me or someone I loved I wouldn't hesitate. One less fuckhead in the world is a small sacrifice.
In all seriousness, I would avoid it at all costs, but if someone was going to kill me or someone I loved I wouldn't hesitate. One less fuckhead in the world is a small sacrifice.
Back at school, my English teacher once said to me I was the most likely student he'd ever met to become a serial killer; I took it as a compliment.
Yes I could kill someone, but it depends. I wouldn't kill my friends or family, but I'd gladly kill a stranger or someone I dislike, however only if I could get away with it.
Yes I could kill someone, but it depends. I wouldn't kill my friends or family, but I'd gladly kill a stranger or someone I dislike, however only if I could get away with it.
I believe I could if it were to protect my family or friends, or to save another's life. But I don't know how I'd feel mentally about it, I believe I would convince myself into thinking it was for the best but still.
However, even if you think you can't mentally, you more than likely could. It would be a basic human instinct to do so, alas, I believe the ramifications in your mentality after the incident would slowly tear you apart.
However, even if you think you can't mentally, you more than likely could. It would be a basic human instinct to do so, alas, I believe the ramifications in your mentality after the incident would slowly tear you apart.
I wouldn't know, I've never been in a situation where I had to make a choice like that.
But if I could, I would not be proud of it
But if I could, I would not be proud of it
Given the right circumstances, yes, certainly.
I wouldn't want to kill someone who didn't deserve it, obviously, but I wouldn't have any problem using lethal force against someone who was trying to kill me or my loved ones, for example. Or in assisting someone who wanted to die. There is a certain point after which you are committed to accepting the consequences of your actions. That's just how the world works.
Just because something is complicated, or trying, or emotionally difficult does not mean that sometimes it still needs to be done. Hiding from something that's necessary just because you're afraid of the emotional consequences is childish. It is weak, it is petty, and it is small.
I wouldn't want to kill someone who didn't deserve it, obviously, but I wouldn't have any problem using lethal force against someone who was trying to kill me or my loved ones, for example. Or in assisting someone who wanted to die. There is a certain point after which you are committed to accepting the consequences of your actions. That's just how the world works.
Just because something is complicated, or trying, or emotionally difficult does not mean that sometimes it still needs to be done. Hiding from something that's necessary just because you're afraid of the emotional consequences is childish. It is weak, it is petty, and it is small.
Yes, there is no doubt in my mind that, were a person to push one of my three berserk buttons one too many times, and I were to have the means to kill them, I would kill a person.
I probably wouldn't even think about past that, I have a terrible memory and it wouldn't put any real burden on me, I've got some pretty severe berserk buttons.... well, except the third one which would likely get me some accusations of craziness.
I probably wouldn't even think about past that, I have a terrible memory and it wouldn't put any real burden on me, I've got some pretty severe berserk buttons.... well, except the third one which would likely get me some accusations of craziness.
That mostly depends on the circumstances. HWW:
How?
Who?
Why?
Kill a person I seriously hate, with an assault rifle, from a good distance, to definitely prevent them from doing something horrible?
Without hesitation, consider it done.
Kill a person I don't know, with nothing but my fists and boots, for unknown consequences?
Rather unlikely / won't happen.
See, depending on the circumstances given, it gets more likely / unlikely if a person (not only me, assuming it works like this for most people) kills someone.
How?
Who?
Why?
Kill a person I seriously hate, with an assault rifle, from a good distance, to definitely prevent them from doing something horrible?
Without hesitation, consider it done.
Kill a person I don't know, with nothing but my fists and boots, for unknown consequences?
Rather unlikely / won't happen.
See, depending on the circumstances given, it gets more likely / unlikely if a person (not only me, assuming it works like this for most people) kills someone.
Absolutely.
If it came down to it, I'd put them down without a second thought. I grew up learning that violence is only a last resort. You don't fight people unless you intend to hurt them. I can't count the number of times in high school that someone tried to fight me and I avoided it by explaining that if it went to fists flying, he had better not be prepared to leave the fight of his own accord.
If I get involved in a violent situation, I intend to hurt the offender as quickly and efficiently as I can in order to end the confrontation. That means I'll go for throats, eyes, balls, joints, you name it. If weapons become involved, then if killing them is the fastest and most efficient way to keep them from hurting me or others, then that's how it goes.
If it came down to it, I'd put them down without a second thought. I grew up learning that violence is only a last resort. You don't fight people unless you intend to hurt them. I can't count the number of times in high school that someone tried to fight me and I avoided it by explaining that if it went to fists flying, he had better not be prepared to leave the fight of his own accord.
If I get involved in a violent situation, I intend to hurt the offender as quickly and efficiently as I can in order to end the confrontation. That means I'll go for throats, eyes, balls, joints, you name it. If weapons become involved, then if killing them is the fastest and most efficient way to keep them from hurting me or others, then that's how it goes.