Reply By: SuperLiberalPosted: Thursday, July 21, 2005They will surely get the death penalty for their own crimes-- Not necessarily, there is always plea bargining(sp) Can't stand that procedure.....--As for me.....i would have to say in defense of my family...only.

The best thing about this article is there is no right or wrong answer, so good on you lucas for standing up for your own beliefs

Reply By: cactoblastaPosted: Friday, July 22, 2005I don't think I would. I doubt I could be arsed. There'd just be more in a couple of years and I'd burn in eternal hellfire for it - I doubt I could accurately hit a terrorist with any weapon at range, and I'm fairly certain they'd be able to overpower me in close combat - I'm not exactly trained - so killing an unarmed, completely helpless person wouldn't exactly mesh with my principles.And add to that the inevitability that even if you kill them all today some more will be born tomorrow it seems like too much of an effort for such a small reward. After all, very few people die of terrorism - I'd rather eradicate malaria or cancer with a single bullet.

yer a good man cacto, willing to put how you feel out there.

I will hold the victim for you, the victim is a convicted child molester and killer, would that make it easier?

if it ended terrorism? Yes. I would feel duty bound to do it. What good is one life alive if all that one life does is spend time killing life after life after life? Now, if the situation was I had to kill someone? well, it would have to be me aginist them, with no possibility of two surviving.

Reply By: Miss R.(Anonymous User)Posted: Friday, July 22, 2005if it ended terrorism? Yes. I would feel duty bound to do it. What good is one life alive if all that one life does is spend time killing life after life after life? Now, if the situation was I had to kill someone? well, it would have to be me aginist them, with no possibility of two surviving.

well thought out...Most folks feel that way. "me or someone" well then "someone got to go"

Oh my G.- concerning the comments on this last one, stunned me. THE REPLY BY JOEBLOG IS RIGHT ON! ONE I HAD NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT. TIME TO CAFFINE UP MY THINKING AND CONSIDERING.
I had been going through reading the different comments and trying to decided if I could do something like that. I mean, kill one person if it ended terrorism. It's not in my nature to kill, and the question is a tough one. I am new to this site, but love it. Nothing makes me happier than to consider questions of great magnatuide. And how I would respond.
As I was reading what I kept thinking was that if one person could end terrorism, by killing, wouldn't it have ended by now?

#53 by Tarah (Anonymous user) Friday, July 22, 2005

Oh my G.- concerning the comments on this last one, stunned me. THE REPLY BY JOEBLOG IS RIGHT ON! ONE I HAD NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT. TIME TO CAFFINE UP MY THINKING AND CONSIDERING. I had been going through reading the different comments and trying to decided if I could do something like that. I mean, kill one person if it ended terrorism. It's not in my nature to kill, and the question is a tough one. I am new to this site, but love it. Nothing makes me happier than to consider questions of great magnatuide. And how I would respond. As I was reading what I kept thinking was that if one person could end terrorism, by killing, wouldn't it have ended by now?

yes it should have ended it, but my question has no right or wrong answers, it just gives me some insights into the responder.

This article is really not whether we are physically capable of killing the terrorist or child molester, it's about our mental/emotional ability.

I've been thinking about it, and I suppose that I would decide to do it. I would have to deal with taking a life, emotionally, and I would grieve for doing it, but at the same time, I would rather that a terrorist or a child killer die than worry about them walking out the door and killing my loved ones.

Reply By: CariElfPosted: Friday, July 22, 2005This article is really not whether we are physically capable of killing the terrorist or child molester, it's about our mental/emotional ability. I've been thinking about it, and I suppose that I would decide to do it. I would have to deal with taking a life, emotionally, and I would grieve for doing it, but at the same time, I would rather that a terrorist or a child killer die than worry about them walking out the door and killing my loved ones.

you got it! we are all capable of killing to protect, but I wanted to see who would make a choice to do it.

I don't want to argue semantics, but "over thinking a simple question" is only possible when the question IS a simple one, which yours doesn't seem to be. You seem to be saying that killing someone is just a matter of answering a "simple" question, which, if you have a son/daugher in law enforcement, and ask them, they'll tell you that it's never simple. By the way, your original question was about terrorism, but you wrote about "that Idaho molester" as an example, and molestation is not terrorism on the scale your question was originally posed under. Been to London lately?

58 by little_whip Saturday, July 23, 2005

Hey MM, you've been spoofed by Handy Hank, lol.

I saw that, is not copying someone the sincerest form of flattery? or something like that.

btw still waiting for your "constructive critisism" email

I wouldn't kill someone to stop terrorism, but it has nothing to do with good vs. evil. I refuse to buy into a thought that I can somehow control the world to be more like *I* think it should be. That is the way to the dark side

Reply By: OckhamsRazorPosted: Saturday, July 23, 2005I wouldn't kill someone to stop terrorism, but it has nothing to do with good vs. evil. I refuse to buy into a thought that I can somehow control the world to be more like *I* think it should be. That is the way to the dark side

good point. can one evil negate another evil.. you are right, it cannot.

I am late to this party but... yes, in a heartbeat.

I will hold the victim for you, the victim is a convicted child molester and killer, would that make it easier?

It wouldn't make it any easier. It wouldn't make a difference, really. You may as well be a terrorist yourself. They think it's okay to kill one, or fifty, or several thousand people to end western imperialism. That it doesn't work - that people aren't going to give up a weapon of warfare and power known to be effective - is the simple fact of human existence.

If it was indeed possible to end terrorism through killing a single man, i imagine that it would be suicide, because I'd be killing the last man left alive. And I have no desire to do that.

Reply By: greywarPosted: Sunday, July 24, 2005I am late to this party but... yes, in a heartbeat.

better late grey.. and somehow I knew you would.