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Could you actually kill someone?

  • 25-06-2012 08:57PM
    #1
    RaRaRasputin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 394 ✭✭


    I was just wondering about this question because it seems to be a big issue for people, especially in this country since Irish people (to me) seem generally placid and non-violent (drunken brawls aside, because drunken stupor doesn't count). I don't mean this in any bad way but in a positive one that should be rather exemplary for many others.

    I can safely say I could kill another person, if the situation required it, i.e. they threatened someone else, particularly someone close to me, or myself, and I don't think it's wrong.

    Could you actually kill someone? 145 votes

    Yes, I could definitely kill someone.
    0%
    No, I would never kill a person.
    76%
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    I would kill someone ONLY in extreme circumstances, i.e. self defense.
    23%
    RaphaelPushtrakPaparazzocrosstownkBlowfishquickbeamjolterfrisbeefacesheesh[Deleted User]GrimeboxstekTiGeR KiNgSAve SodalisRayMShivers26allthedoylesbrummytomderfderfEathrin 34 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    py2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,845 ✭✭✭py2006


    No


  • #3
    paddy kerins
    Site Banned Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭paddy kerins


    Depends on the money :cool:


  • #4
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    If it was a situation involving defending myself or a loved one (Such as that man who walked in one his 5 y/o daughter being raped) it's hard to say what could happen.

    In cold blood though? Not a chance, I'm too much of a wimp.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #5
    Pantsface
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 449 ✭✭Pantsface


    sometimes I fantasise about giving someone a good hard kick


  • #6
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    No, I would never kill a person.
    Again?


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  • #7
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    No, I would never kill a person.
    If someone broke into your house and you had a gun would you fire a warning shot into their face?


  • #8
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    I would kill someone ONLY in extreme circumstances, i.e. self defense.
    Not sure what I'd do unless I was in a situation where it was my only choice... but somehow, I don't think I would, even then...


  • #9
    Merkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,230 ✭✭✭Merkin


    I think we're all more than capable of it but because we are civilized rather than savages it's seen as unacceptable. I could definitely see how people might just flip in a fit of rage or in an act of vengeance though.


  • #10
    Mr.Crinklewood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,983 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Does Craig Doyle count?


  • #11
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    No, I would never kill a person.
    Sociapaths are winning at the moment


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  • #12
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    if anyone harmed my family then i dont know what i would do


  • #13
    bee_keeper
    Site Banned Posts: 222 ✭✭bee_keeper


    No, I would never kill a person.
    yes

    anyone can be driven to take such an action


  • #14
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    No, I would never kill a person.
    After the first punch any fear of harming a person disappears and you really feel empowered. The adrenaline even just from a boxing match is so intense. I can imagine it being so incredibly easy to kill a person if the situation actually required it.


  • #15
    Jesus Shaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    No, I would never kill a person.
    yes, i have killed on more than one occasion


  • #16
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Some people take more effort to kill than others, eh, OP?


  • #17
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    If someone was definitely about to kill me or one of my family members or one of my very close friends and my only option was to kill them I would.


  • #18
    blindside88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭blindside88


    No, I would never kill a person.
    I believe I could, I don't think I could kill a child but a grown man and some grown women I could


  • #19
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    I would kill someone ONLY in extreme circumstances, i.e. self defense.
    What is that expression again? Genocide them with kindness?


  • #20
    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,320 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    The wannabe internet tough men will cream themselves over this thread.


  • #21
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    Yes. I was in Starbucks this morning and I asked for a large Pike's Place coffee. The hipster behind the counter, wearing enormous eyeglasses, a dreadful attempt at a moustach, shorts and dress shoes yelled behind himself, without looking, 'VENTE PIKE!'

    I could kill. I could definitely kill...


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  • #22
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    No, I would never kill a person.
    Chucky the tree wrote: »
    The wannabe internet tough men will cream themselves over this thread.

    I wish I could kill all the people like you


  • #23
    Syllabus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Syllabus


    No, I would never kill a person.
    i have asked this question of myself many times and the answer i have arrived at is yes

    i feel i could kill a person if i needed to

    however, i dont believe i could do it if i knew the person


  • #24
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    refusing to vote due to possibility of incriminating myself


  • #25
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Only in self defense.

    I can't understand how people kill as hitmen/serial killers/revenge etc. Just can't get my head around it, if you're stabbing them to death how do you keep going as they cry in pain. Some sick people out there.


  • #26
    southcentralts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    I would kill someone ONLY in extreme circumstances, i.e. self defense.
    I do not know how accurate it is but, my internet tells me 3/4 murders are committed by somebody known to the victim... Are you alone in your house? Of course they could be hiding in the bushes...


  • #27
    bee_keeper
    Site Banned Posts: 222 ✭✭bee_keeper


    No, I would never kill a person.
    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Only in self defense.

    I can't understand how people kill as hitmen/serial killers/revenge etc. Just can't get my head around it, if you're stabbing them to death how do you keep going as they cry in pain. Some sick people out there.


    if someone wrongs you enough , revenge is a natural urge , happens all over the world and in large organised numbers in some places , happened here for a period


  • #28
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    No, I would never kill a person.
    I was trying to use the Revenue.ie PAYE online site earlier today, and if I ever find the person who designed that poxy site I'll beat them to death with their own shoe.


  • #29
    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    Them teenagers in America that bullied the granny on the bus, I'd wear a Hurley on their heads.

    Oh and kian Egan. I'd do time for 5 minutes in a room with that prick.


  • #30
    djk1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭djk1000


    My life or theirs the yes
    My life of one of my family then yes
    With a gun from a distance if I was convinced they deserved it then yes
    Up close and personal if I was convinced they deserved it then no

    I would however be up for some vigilante style severe beatings for scumbags, pm me ;)


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  • #31
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »
    Does Craig Doyle count?

    Are you putting up with ordinary broadband? :D


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