I think anyone who says that there are no circumstances in which they would kill, really hasn't it thought it through.Would you join the military and kill the enemy for your country?
If someone was attacking you, would you kill them, to save yourself?
If someone hurt someone you loved, in front of you, would you kill them?
If justice wasn't served to someone you loved, would you take justice into your own hands?
Many questions, about what it would take for you to take another human life.
If Canada was in a World War, and I was ready and able, I would join the military.
If I was in a kill or be killed situation, I would kill that attacker.
If someone close to me (may it be a friend, parent, child, etc.) was hurt or murdered in front of me I would kill them.
If, a close one I loved was murdered or damaged for the rest of their lives, and the courts did not serve justice, and I had the oppurtunity, I would seriously consider killing that human being.
What I am getting at is, almost every human being given the forumula for a certain situation would kill another human being.
This is sort of a spinoff from china's thread, but her thread was about animals and war.
So my question for you is, under what circumstances could YOU kill another human being? Or would you never kill under any circumstance?
I know alot of mothers that could easily kill anyone who hurts their child, including my mom, most mothers would kill without though, if their child was killed in front of them.
So that is the question to debate! What circumstance would it take you to kill another human life!?
Most of us (including myself) would kill in a kill or be killed scenario. That does not mean, someone is trying to punch you, rob you or breaks into your home. Those that kill with the slightest provocation or threat to their well being are too cowardly to wait a few moments to properly ascertain the threat level.
Killing someone who hurt or killed someone who you love, for me, depends on my self-control. It may feel good. it may not be preventable, but in reality, the killing of such a person would not help the person that was harmed, and it would make my life much worse. But in times like those, we are not often ruled by pen and paper logic.