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How close have you come to committing murder?

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?
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 10:27 pm
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 10:28 pm
The serious thought of killing my stepdad crossed my mind once, I'm not going to say why. But it went away.
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 10:33 pm
I have had a mostly air tight plan to kill my scumbag landlord for the last 3 years. It takes a toll mentally and emotionally to restrain myself from going through with it.
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 11:12 pm
Not even a thought. If someone upsets me...I just pretend they no longer exist. ^_^
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 11:13 pm
(November 9, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: I have had a mostly air tight plan to kill my scumbag landlord for the last 3 years. It takes a toll mentally and emotionally to restrain myself from going through with it.

Move out. And stop letting him live in your mind, rent free. No pun.  Heart
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 11:51 pm
The thought crossed my mind once, when son's mom and I got together. Her ex- was an abusive stalker and one day caught her out and about and beat the shit out of her.

I weighed the pros and cons and decided to let the law handle it. It took them three months, but after my initial rage passed, we were patient with the system (she had no idea of my initial thoughts), and it worked for us -- he got eights months in jail, and after getting out he moved out of state.

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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 9, 2015 at 11:53 pm
(November 9, 2015 at 11:12 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Not even a thought. If someone upsets me...I just pretend they no longer exist. ^_^

Point them out to me and they will cease to exist.

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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 10, 2015 at 12:24 am
(November 9, 2015 at 11:53 pm)Beccs Wrote:
(November 9, 2015 at 11:12 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Not even a thought. If someone upsets me...I just pretend they no longer exist. ^_^

Point them out to me and they will cease to exist.

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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 10, 2015 at 12:46 am
(November 9, 2015 at 11:13 pm)Deidre32 Wrote:
(November 9, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: I have had a mostly air tight plan to kill my scumbag landlord for the last 3 years. It takes a toll mentally and emotionally to restrain myself from going through with it.

Move out. And stop letting him live in your mind, rent free. No pun.  Heart

Easier said than done.  Living here is expensive and trying to find a suitable place that accepts dogs (I have two small chiuauas) that doesn't cost and arm and a leg is very hard.
That said the damage and torment he has done is deserving of at minimum a swift kick in the gonads
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RE: How close have you come to committing murder?
November 10, 2015 at 2:38 am (This post was last modified: November 10, 2015 at 2:40 am by robvalue.)
(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.

More like the legal sense. I'm not counting self-defence or even self preservation in extreme circumstances (it's your only realistic means to escape or survive). And not combat situations like war.

I'm talking about laying a plan in advance to kill someone, when there are at least some viable alternatives.
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