Poll: Could You Pull the Trigger?
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I don't think I could, but I've done things that I didn't think I could before. I have a great deal of respect for life, and would much prefer a non-lethal method of defense. I'd much rather, say, knock someone out or something than kill them.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own.
-Being dead is kind of a bummer. So yes
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
-Not really, I mean, I'd do it in a heart beat either way.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
The ranged weapon would make it easier to do, but that's about it mostly
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
Like I said, being dead = the sucks. So it doesn't matter becuase I would want to be alive.
-Being dead is kind of a bummer. So yes
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
-Not really, I mean, I'd do it in a heart beat either way.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
The ranged weapon would make it easier to do, but that's about it mostly
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
Like I said, being dead = the sucks. So it doesn't matter becuase I would want to be alive.
I think I'd try and shoot the person in the leg or something, would rather not kill them unless absoloutely necessary.
Important question. Do I know the assailant? It matters where I aim.
If they're a complete stranger, the yes to every question. I think I'm sexist in that I would have a harder time bludgeoning a woman to death than a man. I'd still do it, but it would fuck me up psychologically.
Here's a much harder question. What if the assailant is a child? I don't mean a toddler who found Daddy's handgun and is fumbling it adorably. I mean a kid who knows what they're doing and wants to kill you. Me I'd take the shot.
If they're a complete stranger, the yes to every question. I think I'm sexist in that I would have a harder time bludgeoning a woman to death than a man. I'd still do it, but it would fuck me up psychologically.
Here's a much harder question. What if the assailant is a child? I don't mean a toddler who found Daddy's handgun and is fumbling it adorably. I mean a kid who knows what they're doing and wants to kill you. Me I'd take the shot.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own.
That's a no-brainer. I like living, so of course.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
About potentially killing him? Well I would try to get rid of him without any kind of violence, and I would rather beat him up senseless, but if that option was unavailable (family at the gunpoint, and I have him on the gunpoint), he's dead.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
Probably. Act of killing is always the same, but I think blood and gray matter spraying all over myself from close-range kill would have a bonus impact on me.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
You mean, my kill may mean saving someone else's live? I cannot imagine any else situation than being threatened by the bad guy, so if that's the case, then you must ask yourself a question: 'is the life of that stranger more important than this worthless thug threatening him?', and then pull the trigger.
That's a no-brainer. I like living, so of course.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
About potentially killing him? Well I would try to get rid of him without any kind of violence, and I would rather beat him up senseless, but if that option was unavailable (family at the gunpoint, and I have him on the gunpoint), he's dead.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
Probably. Act of killing is always the same, but I think blood and gray matter spraying all over myself from close-range kill would have a bonus impact on me.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
You mean, my kill may mean saving someone else's live? I cannot imagine any else situation than being threatened by the bad guy, so if that's the case, then you must ask yourself a question: 'is the life of that stranger more important than this worthless thug threatening him?', and then pull the trigger.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own.
Yes
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
no, there is no-one i'm related to that i care enough about for it to worry me or affect my decision. I may take it as a personal insult though that an attempt against them was made.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
I have a tendancy to get carried away in the midst of close quarters combat. My only real trouble would be stopping at the intended target.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A stranger? I don't seee the value of the vast majority of human life (there is a drastic overpopulation issue as it is). If it was someone who had some obvious significance then I would attempt to be careful.
Yes
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
no, there is no-one i'm related to that i care enough about for it to worry me or affect my decision. I may take it as a personal insult though that an attempt against them was made.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
I have a tendancy to get carried away in the midst of close quarters combat. My only real trouble would be stopping at the intended target.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A stranger? I don't seee the value of the vast majority of human life (there is a drastic overpopulation issue as it is). If it was someone who had some obvious significance then I would attempt to be careful.
The human body does alot of things when pushed to the brink of destruction. In all truth, if it was a fist fight I don't think I'd be able not to retaliate. If it was a gun pointed at me, I'd probably soil my pants before I took a swing, but I'd try my damnedest. And if it was a knife, it'd be forearms up trying to attack the person as hard as possible. In my opinion my life is worth more than a person who takes the first shot.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own.
It's a challenge to think whether or not I could, but not on the scale of how the guilt would affect me. I have long since determined that if I were put into one of these "life or death" situations, that I would become an incredibly sick individual and ensure that every second spent still breathing is regretting ever considering what they were trying to do. Some would imply that being an introverted person I'm probably weak and just talk. I do believe I am weaker than I could be, but I also believe it's because I'm introverted that it would make killing another that much easier. It's easier for me to separate myself from the rest of the world even if my body isn't and then I stop caring about what I'm doing and what effects it will have. I also have a disregard for my own personal safety when I think about things like that. I'm better if my failure would or could cost someone else their life. Then I would be harder-pressed to make sure the other is dead or completely ruined whether I survive or not.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
Absolutely, it would let out a part of me that will not allow them to die until I have decided they have suffered enough. Even if that means trying to find a place to store them and dumping thousands of dollars into equipment and methods to keep them alive until I'm finished. I don't believe in punishing someone not related to a situation, but it wouldn't stop me from threatening every person valuable to who I am maiming. If I could manage, I would bring them to a point where they want to die and nothing else, then let them go. A shattered psyche and ruined body, little more than a husk of a living thing left. Nobody threatens my loved ones. Whether I live or die, you will suffer in ways that some might consider inhuman.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
It would depend on my mind at the time. A gun would naturally be favorable for the lessened risk to your own health, but I could also have just snapped and decide that I'm going to shoot your elbows and knees and start mutilating you with whatever is on hand. I think for a kill I'd rather be up close. Knowing full well that my opinion is not shared by many others that I know, I look at killing someone as a valuable and merciful thing. If I'm going to kill you, I'm going to do my best to make it quick and easy. I don't want to kill someone that I'm maiming, that would be letting them off. I think I would prefer to be close to them and reassure them that the pain is leaving if they do not die instantly. It can be a twisted way of thinking, but if you're dying, I'd like for you to feel relieved. I'd love to delude myself into the "everything happens for a reason" set of thinking, but some things just happen because shit happens. I want to make someone's death as painless and easy as possible, even if they haven't had the chance to live their life yet.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
I might spend more time thinking than I should, which would probably get me badly hurt. If I let my mind go quickly enough, I won't need to reason whether I'm killing an acquaintance or a stranger and why. I'll just do it. It's hard to really say though. I'm a very thoughtful person, definitely to a fault. I overthink everything no matter what it is. I've found that being spontaneous and not stopping to think yields better results for what I want. With a stranger, at least, I can hope that they're worth letting die rather than worrying about who they are and what they do and what I'll be taking away from somebody else.
I don't really know. I'd have to be in the situation to really find out, but I know what I would do if I could get to that mindset before I died. I've felt before that, if I had to, I could kill someone dear to me but only if that meant sparing them from something worse. I'm afraid of a few different parts of my mind that I prefer to keep locked up. I think it would be a lot easier to kill someone than I want to admit to myself even after typing all this up. Arrogant as it may be, part of my method of dealing with the guilt would be "at least I did it" since I want so much to die easily I want to make it a point to make my kills similar to perhaps deserve a quicker death when it comes to my time.
It's a challenge to think whether or not I could, but not on the scale of how the guilt would affect me. I have long since determined that if I were put into one of these "life or death" situations, that I would become an incredibly sick individual and ensure that every second spent still breathing is regretting ever considering what they were trying to do. Some would imply that being an introverted person I'm probably weak and just talk. I do believe I am weaker than I could be, but I also believe it's because I'm introverted that it would make killing another that much easier. It's easier for me to separate myself from the rest of the world even if my body isn't and then I stop caring about what I'm doing and what effects it will have. I also have a disregard for my own personal safety when I think about things like that. I'm better if my failure would or could cost someone else their life. Then I would be harder-pressed to make sure the other is dead or completely ruined whether I survive or not.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
Absolutely, it would let out a part of me that will not allow them to die until I have decided they have suffered enough. Even if that means trying to find a place to store them and dumping thousands of dollars into equipment and methods to keep them alive until I'm finished. I don't believe in punishing someone not related to a situation, but it wouldn't stop me from threatening every person valuable to who I am maiming. If I could manage, I would bring them to a point where they want to die and nothing else, then let them go. A shattered psyche and ruined body, little more than a husk of a living thing left. Nobody threatens my loved ones. Whether I live or die, you will suffer in ways that some might consider inhuman.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
It would depend on my mind at the time. A gun would naturally be favorable for the lessened risk to your own health, but I could also have just snapped and decide that I'm going to shoot your elbows and knees and start mutilating you with whatever is on hand. I think for a kill I'd rather be up close. Knowing full well that my opinion is not shared by many others that I know, I look at killing someone as a valuable and merciful thing. If I'm going to kill you, I'm going to do my best to make it quick and easy. I don't want to kill someone that I'm maiming, that would be letting them off. I think I would prefer to be close to them and reassure them that the pain is leaving if they do not die instantly. It can be a twisted way of thinking, but if you're dying, I'd like for you to feel relieved. I'd love to delude myself into the "everything happens for a reason" set of thinking, but some things just happen because shit happens. I want to make someone's death as painless and easy as possible, even if they haven't had the chance to live their life yet.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
I might spend more time thinking than I should, which would probably get me badly hurt. If I let my mind go quickly enough, I won't need to reason whether I'm killing an acquaintance or a stranger and why. I'll just do it. It's hard to really say though. I'm a very thoughtful person, definitely to a fault. I overthink everything no matter what it is. I've found that being spontaneous and not stopping to think yields better results for what I want. With a stranger, at least, I can hope that they're worth letting die rather than worrying about who they are and what they do and what I'll be taking away from somebody else.
I don't really know. I'd have to be in the situation to really find out, but I know what I would do if I could get to that mindset before I died. I've felt before that, if I had to, I could kill someone dear to me but only if that meant sparing them from something worse. I'm afraid of a few different parts of my mind that I prefer to keep locked up. I think it would be a lot easier to kill someone than I want to admit to myself even after typing all this up. Arrogant as it may be, part of my method of dealing with the guilt would be "at least I did it" since I want so much to die easily I want to make it a point to make my kills similar to perhaps deserve a quicker death when it comes to my time.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own.
A: yes i have done it before
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
A: no the out come is the same he is dead im safe if they happen to be safe also BONUS
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
A
erhaps depending on your meaning im not strong enough to take on someone 1V1 or with blunt melee im not so bad with my sword but i am deadly accurate with with real fire arms and psychologically i see no difference in distance shooting a criminal is shooting a criminal
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A: same answer as before no the out come is the same he is dead im safe if they happen to be safe also BONUS
A: yes i have done it before
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
A: no the out come is the same he is dead im safe if they happen to be safe also BONUS
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
A
erhaps depending on your meaning im not strong enough to take on someone 1V1 or with blunt melee im not so bad with my sword but i am deadly accurate with with real fire arms and psychologically i see no difference in distance shooting a criminal is shooting a criminal Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A: same answer as before no the out come is the same he is dead im safe if they happen to be safe also BONUS
I'm a pacifist. I would never intentionally kill another human being. I may shoot him in the foot, but I'm not going to kill them.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own.
Probably, it depends on the situation, I think, and if I were in that situation, I probably wouldn't be able to shoot them from far away because I'd be to freaked out, but I could probably point it at them and get a bullet in, maybe killing them, most likely not.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
I'd probably shoot faster, because if he gets past me, then he can get to them too.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
I suppose it would, I mean if I stabbed someone, I'd have the full force of their body, and it would take a lot longer, whereas with a gun, it's just a small movement of your finger.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
Again, I'd shoot faster, but if it were a "My life or theirs" situation, I'd probably try to save them, my life isn't hugely important to me.
Probably, it depends on the situation, I think, and if I were in that situation, I probably wouldn't be able to shoot them from far away because I'd be to freaked out, but I could probably point it at them and get a bullet in, maybe killing them, most likely not.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
I'd probably shoot faster, because if he gets past me, then he can get to them too.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
I suppose it would, I mean if I stabbed someone, I'd have the full force of their body, and it would take a lot longer, whereas with a gun, it's just a small movement of your finger.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
Again, I'd shoot faster, but if it were a "My life or theirs" situation, I'd probably try to save them, my life isn't hugely important to me.
Q: Do you think you could take a life to defend your own.
A: Yes I think I could, but I have doubts it would sit well with me afterwords, no matter how much they deserved it.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
A: A little. I'd probably kill them faster and not feel as bad about it later.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
A: If I had to, I would honestly prefer to shoot someone than to stab them. A lot less traumatic to myself, and probably the victim as well since I am not trained in any form of melee weapons, and wouldn't really know where to hit for an instant kill.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A: As much as it sucks to say it, I value no stranger's life above my own. If I possessed the means to save them I would, but if I only had the means to save myself, I would.
A: Yes I think I could, but I have doubts it would sit well with me afterwords, no matter how much they deserved it.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
A: A little. I'd probably kill them faster and not feel as bad about it later.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
A: If I had to, I would honestly prefer to shoot someone than to stab them. A lot less traumatic to myself, and probably the victim as well since I am not trained in any form of melee weapons, and wouldn't really know where to hit for an instant kill.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A: As much as it sucks to say it, I value no stranger's life above my own. If I possessed the means to save them I would, but if I only had the means to save myself, I would.
Q: Do You think you could take a life to defend your own?
Quite easily.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
I'd just make it hurt more before I killed him.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
None at all beyond which it closer to hand.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
I don't honestly know.
Quite easily.
Q: The BadGuy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
I'd just make it hurt more before I killed him.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
None at all beyond which it closer to hand.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
I don't honestly know.
For those of you making the argument that "if you incapacitate someone they will sue you" you do realize that killing someone is murder, which carries a high cost. Self defense is such a convuluted mess it'll be thrown out of court quickly and it probably won't happen. I'd much rather incapacitate someone and maybe get sued then have someones blood on my hands and end up in prison.
Shocked at the amount of responses of "In a heartbeat I could care less about anyone else" quite disturbing. Acting like every threat is a legitimate excuse to maim and kill.
Shocked at the amount of responses of "In a heartbeat I could care less about anyone else" quite disturbing. Acting like every threat is a legitimate excuse to maim and kill.
WEll i am going to confess something with you guys... i have no mental block against killing people. its not that i have an urge to or anything (and i never would unless in self defense or defense of others) but i don't really have a problem with it... does this make me weird? i mean i can imagine the sorrow i would feel i would be sad that i ended something as beautiful as life but it wouldn't be like a trauma or anything i would trouble myself over
flat out answer yes, I could kill. For some reason My logic is skewed and I know it. I would have no second thoughts. If someone threatens me of my family, they will die.
As far as ranged weapon vs. close up, It wouldnt matter. The result would be the same.
As far as ranged weapon vs. close up, It wouldnt matter. The result would be the same.
Q: Do you think you could take a life to defend your own?
A: Yes.
Q: The bad guy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
A: Depending on the family members in question, not really.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
A: No.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A: Most likely not.
A: Yes.
Q: The bad guy is threatening not just your life, but your family's. Does this alter your reaction?
A: Depending on the family members in question, not really.
Q: Would the difference between the up-close kill, and the point and click of a ranged weapon have a difference on you?
A: No.
Q: Would having a stranger's life on the line with yours make you change your reaction?
A: Most likely not.