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originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
Edited by Felicia402: 1/30/2013 5:39:25 AM
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Would you hesitate to kill a man if...

Your life, or someone else's was in danger? I've have seen it in movies thousands of times; The "good guy" is put into a situation where he needs to shoot the "bad guy". However in nearly all of these scenes, the "good guy" hesitates. Personally, the thought of having to take another person's life (necessary or not) scares me. It would definitely haunt me for all my life, no matter what type of person they were. It's funny, because I had a dream last night where I was kidnapped and I knew this guy was going to kill me. I end up finding a gun, pointing it at him but I can't shoot, I run away instead. I got the idea for this thread from Jake's, were he talked about a guy getting shot for simply going in someone's driveway, and it scares me how easy it is for someone to just pull the trigger and end someone's life for such petty reasons. So, would taking someone's life be easy for you? Hard? Would you think twice or not look back? EDIT: Also, the question isn't if you would do it or not, but if you'd hesitate. Would doing it be easy or hard?

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  • Edited by A 3 Legged Goat: 2/3/2013 3:48:02 PM
    Would not think twice. My chest would be tight and my heart would probably want to jump out, but that would not stop me. It doesn't have to be easy to bear; you hesitate for even a second and you're a dead man. As soon as somebody has made a decision to put you or someone you care for in danger, they have already accepted death as a possible outcome. Knowing that, I'd hope I would not hesitate. However, I've always thought that weapons should be made to disarm or incapacitate people rather than kill them. "Set to stun" in other words so the person can at least answer for their actions. If I could, I'd choose to disarm every time. Once the threat is eliminated, there really is no reason to continue. There are too many unnecessary and senseless deaths as is.

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