Are you asking us questions so you can decide if its a smart enough idea to go murder someone?
I'd love to 'murder' (more like cleanse the tainted) people but I have a belief that we souled humans are not aggressive like our biological comrades who run on instinct instead of a 'conscious' (just another word for soul, if you ask me)
This thread is kind of retarded if you ask me...
No I did not make this thread to make up my mind.
I made this thread as a sort of survey, just to see what people could come up with. Not surprisingly, nothing good came up until Doodan wrote his reply.
Oh, and by the way, noone asked you. Go away if you have nothing to add.
I do not murder because of empathy (and legal reasons, of course). I admit, at times I wish I could completely turn it off, but I always ask myself "How would I feel if that were me?" In the 5th grade, my scrawny self almost came to blows with the class's football star because I was determined to stop him from squishing a spider on the playground. I remember pleading, "What if that were you?" He said, repeatedly, "But it's not!" I still managed to talk him out of it. He probably didn't want to get in trouble for having to beat me up in order to get to the spider. Don't overestimate human nature.
Indeed, I'm sure that empathy gives most of us pause before taking any action that we know might be harmful to another. But then, the question arises, does this other person's (or thing's) survival and comfort outweigh my own or of those I care about? I've had many cases where another's comfort was not as important as my own (or others that I was in a position to protect), but so far there has never been a case where I deemed it necessary for someone to die. I'm sure if it did come to that, I would again consider the legal consequences. Like I said, don't overestimate human nature.
This is by far the first response giving a good reason. Thinking about someone else for a change. How would it effect their families if they were to just die... I know if my Mom, Dad, Dog, Cousins, were to just die because they made the mistake of pissing off some psycho, I'd be devastated...(Well if it was my Mom, Dad or Doggeh). Lul.
I've personally never murdererd anyone and I don't PLAN on murdering anyone as i'm a very socially accepted person. Society, the bringing together of humans and the order we've created is what makes us more then just primative animals. Those who defy the social order or considered in my opinion... more primative... However in the act of survival I would murder someone, however that's not primative. You have to look at murder as more then one way. Could you kill someone if you needed to? Versus... Would you kill someone if you wanted to?
I have no urges to kill someone... I've developed past that point. However if someone of lesser development is attacking me and my life is at risk, of course I will drive a knife through his heart.
Also.. if you're looking for an optimistic reason as to why you don't kill someone, as some sort of way to talk to your friends and say 'You know what's funny... there's no real reason we don't kill people other then the law, deep down we're all serial killers' you have to remember you ARE talking about murder... it's not an optimistic topic... What were you expecting... 'I don't murder cause santa clause won't bring me presents on christmas...'
I'm not talking about just walking up to some random person and saying "Hi." then stabbing him in the face, I'm talking about someone that has pissed you off so much, you'd want them dead. If that HAS happened to you, what woulda kept you from doing it, other then fear of imprisonment.
I personally don't have a happy outlook towards humans, they do way too many stupid things. Yet I thought I'd be able to come up with a reason (other then prison) to not kill some asshole that nearly kills me and my family, because she doesn't want to wait 10 minutes to talk/text somewhere, say, not going 60MPH through a red light. (that's just an example)
Marijuana is illegal, but texting in a car isn't? Cmon now, America... Way off topic. LoLwut
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