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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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I think this is one of those situations I'd have to be actually in it to see what I would do. I think I'd kill the guy but I'm not sure.
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Edited by A 3 Legged Goat: 2/3/2013 3:48:02 PMWould 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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I doubt I would if my friends or family were in danger, but if it was a random stranger, I would probably hesitate.
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of course i would hesitate; it's not like i've been in that sort of situation before.
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I would like to say that i wouldnt, that i would shoot a man to protect someone else, but i havent been put in a situation like that so i cant really say what i would do, only what i think i would do
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No, it's kill or be killed there is no second chance.
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I would most certainly hesitate, possibly to the point where its too late.
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I wouldn't have any problems with killing another human. The only problems I would consider would be if I'd get arrested and all that other stuff.
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I would hesitate for a moment, but then once reality sets in a second later, I"d probably pull the trigger. It would haunt me, that entire encounter and the final moments, but that's a part of life too.
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In the moment I guess I'd just do it. It's my life or his, so I suppose I'd do it by reaction. Say he's choking me, and I see crowbar. I'd grab it and hit him with, most likely in the head. If he died from that, yeah I'd feel terrible. If I had a gun, and it was a standoff (holding a family member hostage) I'd probably hesitate but end up doing. Either way I'd feel terrible... Or so I would hope.
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i'd hesitate whilst i decide whether it's worth it.
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If the first the first sentence is true for the situation, I'd have zero hesitation or second thoughts in killing someone if I had a clear shot.
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I may hesitate. But if someone I love is in danger I'll take them down. I couldn't live with myself if I failed to act in a situation I had the ability to end.
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Nope. My only hesitation would be me assuring myself that my sights are lined up properly.
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Honestly? I think I would hesitate, unless the danger was immediately urgent, like the guy was on top of me trying to turn the gun around. The shear finality of death terrifies me. It would be difficult for me not to think about the fact that by pulling the trigger I am effectively wiping this man from existence. I think too much for me to not understand that within that man is a life and personality as real as my own, and that killing him is ending something complex and beautiful. That said, if my life or the life of someone I cared about depended on me pulling the trigger, I think I would do it. If a good man can't kill in self-defense, most of us probably wouldn't be here.
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Edited by AnAverageGamer: 2/1/2013 5:59:41 AMI'd hesitate for sure. In all the videogame campaigns I play, I am extremely sadistic, hate-filled, and have a ton of blood-lust. I like to totally decimate my enemies, and tell them they're bad and should feel bad. Unless there's a reward or better ending or something for being nice (which, unfortunately, is the case 99% of the time), I like to be a total prick in every way I can. Still, reality is just... different. There's a person who has an entire history, just like you do, behind those eyes. As you said in the OP, taking a person's life from them would haunt me for the rest of my life. I think I could certainly do it, but it would never be something I'd enjoy, or do without hesitation.
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If my life or somebody else's was in danger (especially a loved one) then you better damned believe I'll pull the trigger without hesitation! A moment's hesitation could mean death for me or other said person. I'd rather live with the consequences than not have the ability to reflect due to being dead.
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I'm not an angry person, I've never been violent towards anyone in my life. I know without a doubt that if I was in that position I would do everything in my power to stop that person, I honestly don't think I'd have a hard time coming to terms with it. As soon as someone has chosen to improve their life though the suffering of others I have lost any sympathy for them and will do what I must to keep them from harming other people. He/She may not be a bad person, they may just be trying to care for others, but if you going to hurt someone else to do that he/she is cannot expect that it absolves them of their actions..
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I wouldn't I may get an adrenaline rush but I wouldn't hesitate on the matter of killing the man. I would hold it back and let the emotional repercussions come later.
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9 RepliesIt'd be easy. And I can say this with confidence because I've shot someone before, unfortunately he didnt die.
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Edited by Deadly x Monk: 2/1/2013 4:44:25 AMI dunno, probably not. But I've never been in that situation.
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Honestly? I don't know, never been put in the situation and hope I never will be. Being that the decision to save mine or someone else's life at the cost of the aggressor's, I like to think that I wouldn't hesitate but who knows, if the time ever comes I might freeze up, I don't think I would, but I might.
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Edited by Apple: 8/16/2015 6:40:25 PM
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It would be easy to kill him. It would be hard living afterward.
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