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Poll: How close have you come to committing murder?
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I don't believe I'd ever be capable of it except in extreme circumstances
26.32%
10 26.32%
Maybe I'm capable but I've never given it serious thought
23.68%
9 23.68%
The serious thought of murdering someone has crossed my mind
21.05%
8 21.05%
I've had serious fantasies about murder
10.53%
4 10.53%
I've made plans to commit a murder but never went through with it
5.26%
2 5.26%
I was about to execute a plan to murder someone and had to really restrain myself
5.26%
2 5.26%
I have murdered someone
5.26%
2 5.26%
Other (please explain)
2.63%
1 2.63%
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How close have you come to committing murder?
#31
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
(November 9, 2015 at 7:18 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I once got into it with a school chum. He made me so angry that I STABBED him in the abdomen with a pocket knife. I just knew he was a goner...but somehow, his belt buckle had deflected the blade! I ran into a restroom and I prayed, and prayed, and prayed some more.....until I emerged a changed woman and Very Safe Negro.

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#32
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
I answered "Maybe I'm capable but I've never given it serious thought" rather than "I don't believe I'd ever be capable of it except in extreme circumstances" because, you know, never say never. Wink

Honestly, though, I've never seriously considered murdering anyone. I can't think of a single person that I hate enough to want to end their life.

On the occasions that I've imagined killing someone it's always either been in the bounds of fiction (If I were in this character's situation, how would I have done it?), in self-defense scenarios (how bad would things have to get before I felt like killing the person was my only way out of the situation?), or in the proverbial "walk a mile in their shoes" situations (What would need to happen in my life to make me do what Jeffrey Dahmer/Susan Atkins/Ted Bundy/Ed Gein did?)
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#33
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
(November 9, 2015 at 7:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote:
(November 9, 2015 at 7:18 pm)Thena323 Wrote:


Congratulations on remaining a VSN.

Unfortunately, my VSN status fell by the wayside after becoming an atheist, along with my political aspirations.
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#34
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
What if you are planning a final solution for the human race and it is justified?
Hey, I take inspiration from the best. I read up on Heidegger and Hitler.
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#35
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
As we're headed out to the WW1 memorial service soon, we've been discussing the war and how horrific it must have been to fight in it.

I feel like getting me to the stage where I could actually kill another human would involve totally breaking me psychologically. I can't bring myself to stand on a fly, even when I know it's suffering and it might be the kindest thing to do. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm special, I'm just describing how I am. There seems to be something hardwired in me that will fight to the last to stop me hurting or killing another living creature on purpose.
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#36
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
When I did seriously consider murdering someone, it was over money. Money is a major stressor.
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#37
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
Murder in the legal sense or any killing, i.e. self-defense, property protection or war.
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#38
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
(November 9, 2015 at 8:28 pm)IATIA Wrote: Murder in the legal sense or any killing, i.e. self-defense, property protection or war.

How about Mass Genocide in the eyes of the law?
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#39
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
Other. I'm in the middle of killing someone right now. [You be quiet now!]
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#40
RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
(November 9, 2015 at 10:21 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: Other.  I'm in the middle of killing someone right now.  [You be quiet now!]

Killing them in a gentle, controlled manner, or going full out and making a huge mess.

Remember, lime is your friend when getting rid of the body...
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