RE: Killing the Hypothetical
April 15, 2015 at 10:32 am
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2015 at 10:33 am by Faith No More.)
(April 15, 2015 at 10:09 am)Napoléon Wrote: Seems like a bit of a pointless poll to me. Or at the least I'm not seeing the relevance of the question, or even how it pertains to a discussion on gun legislation.
I'd be very surprised if anyone would say no, and surprised further still if those who did would actually sit by and watch their loved ones be harmed in the scenario in the OP.
Most everyone would defend their family/loved ones with whatever they had to hand, would they not? So what does this even remotely suggest about guns? A poll asking the same question for knives would be equally as irrelevant IMHO.
I think the main point of the question is about the killing, and the gun part is just a curious addition on Cinjin's part. Perhaps he added it because it's one of the more impersonal ways to kill someone and he thought that would affect people's choice?
(April 15, 2015 at 10:18 am)Alex K Wrote: It's called the duck dynasty scenario...
I don't follow.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
