28-04-2007, 01:16 PM
You shouldn't kill things, it's not a good idea. I don't really believe in karma but more likely than not whatever you do comes up to bite you square in the ass sooner or later. Then there's also the guilt etc etc.
I know someone who almost killed another human being in defending his little brother, and I don't think he was too messed up by it. I mean if you're like 12, and some giant muscle man skin-head starts to attack your younger brother, and you have a knife... Well what choice do you really have just being a kid?
I think the defense of others close to you can also be a strong motivation to kill in a defensive manner. Maybe if you're bigger than the other guy, or at least able to compete physically, or if you're a ninja... Then yeah maybe it's not right to use whatever weapons you have as a defensive measure.
But otherwise, you don't really have much choice. It's the fight or flight reflex and at a certain point instinct makes us fight to survive when we percieve no other means of escape EVEN if we see ourselves to be outmatched.
Now if you are outmatched and are facing your mortality, or the mortality of a loved one and the only defense you have is a lethal weapon (not a weapon which you can choose the power or damage output of) then let me ask you this - would you feel more guild having killed some potential child murderer, or would you feel more guilt for knowing your kid brother died and you could have done something about it?
It's all a matter of perspective...
I know someone who almost killed another human being in defending his little brother, and I don't think he was too messed up by it. I mean if you're like 12, and some giant muscle man skin-head starts to attack your younger brother, and you have a knife... Well what choice do you really have just being a kid?
I think the defense of others close to you can also be a strong motivation to kill in a defensive manner. Maybe if you're bigger than the other guy, or at least able to compete physically, or if you're a ninja... Then yeah maybe it's not right to use whatever weapons you have as a defensive measure.
But otherwise, you don't really have much choice. It's the fight or flight reflex and at a certain point instinct makes us fight to survive when we percieve no other means of escape EVEN if we see ourselves to be outmatched.
Now if you are outmatched and are facing your mortality, or the mortality of a loved one and the only defense you have is a lethal weapon (not a weapon which you can choose the power or damage output of) then let me ask you this - would you feel more guild having killed some potential child murderer, or would you feel more guilt for knowing your kid brother died and you could have done something about it?
It's all a matter of perspective...