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Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
(November 24, 2015 at 7:35 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I don't know.  But the moral answer to me is simple.  I should kill the killer.  Actual laws which don't always reflect my moral sensibilities, squeamishness, and risk might stop me.

In real life it's not so simple.  How would I know the killer was going to kill?
OK, say that you had been in Chicago when that cop shot the defenseless kid 16 times. Would you have shot the cop to prevent him from filling the kid with hot lead or would you have given him a high-five for doing so?  Seeing that the cop-lovers charged the cop with murder even they appear to think that he went overboard with 16 shots.  They would have let him off with three or maybe 7.  After all, the cop that jumped on the hood of a car and killed the people with lead got off so the Chicago cop had no reason to think that he would be charged with anything at all.
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Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by brewer - November 24, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Wyrd of Gawd - November 26, 2015 at 12:31 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by c172 - November 24, 2015 at 10:42 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Heat - November 25, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Silver - November 26, 2015 at 12:32 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Silver - November 26, 2015 at 12:37 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by IATIA - November 26, 2015 at 11:34 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Spooky - November 26, 2015 at 10:55 pm

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