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Is killing a human always a bad thing?

Is killing a human always a bad thing?

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WI Crippler said:
Sometimes it is necessary, and thus is not a bad thing.
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That's a different component of the question. Even if you're "forced" into something, that something can be universally bad. You can be justified in killing another human, that doesn't meant hat killing that human was good. In fact, because of the base nature of killing it's a bad thing to have to kill that person.
 
aps said:
As cold as this sounds, when I heard that Jeffrey Dahmer had been killed in jail, I was happy.

If I found out that Scott Peterson was killed, I'd be happy.

If I found out that the pediatrician who molested over 100 kids was killed, I'd be elated.

There are circumstances where I would celebrate someone being killed when that someone was what I considered "evil." That usually involves a person who has inflicted terrible things onto others.

I'd be lying if I said otherwise. This is how I truly feel.
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I totally agree with that. I am glad when evil people get killed.I do not think it is cold to think that way. Its prioritizing on who you have sympathy for. I have sympathy for the innocent.I do not believe it should be extended to those on death row and other scum.
 
Apocalypse said:
In another thread(Human shields), a poster has argued that whenever you kill a person, no matter the situation, the result, or the person's deeds, it is always a bad thing.

Is it so?

Just to clarify, the question is not if killing a human can be a good thing, but if it is always a bad thing.
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for me, it would always be a bad thing. justified maybe, necessary maybe, but nevertheless bad.
 
jamesrage said:
I totally agree with that. I am glad when evil people get killed.I do not think it is cold to think that way. Its prioritizing on who you have sympathy for. I have sympathy for the innocent.I do not believe it should be extended to those on death row and other scum.
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It's hard to have sympathy for those whom have committed grievous crime. Yet they are still human beings and I don't think that revenge against them or killing them accomplishes anything. Revenge is not something I want to take up a sin for.
 
Ikari said:
It's hard to have sympathy for those whom have committed grievous crime. Yet they are still human beings and I don't think that revenge against them or killing them accomplishes anything. Revenge is not something I want to take up a sin for.
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Some people confuse vengeance for compassion and actually think they are being altruistically motivated--just separating wheat from chaff.
 
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Blackdog said:
Absolutely not. Even if I consult my religion it says you shall not murder.

Murder is always killing, killing is not always murder.
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please make this more clear. if you are somehow trying to say that the Us military in Iraq is not guilty of murder i would say flat out that you are wrong. this was in fact an invasion of a nation and any deaths caused would be murder and in no way justified.
 
It isn't always a bad thing, but it is always the responsibility of the one who pulled the proverbial trigger.
 
katiegrrl0 said:
please make this more clear. if you are somehow trying to say that the Us military in Iraq is not guilty of murder i would say flat out that you are wrong. this was in fact an invasion of a nation and any deaths caused would be murder and in no way justified.
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As the abortionist always say murder is a legal definition.Murder is simply an illegal killing of another human being.
 
katiegrrl0 said:
please make this more clear. if you are somehow trying to say that the Us military in Iraq is not guilty of murder i would say flat out that you are wrong. this was in fact an invasion of a nation and any deaths caused would be murder and in no way justified.
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Well according to US and international law it is not.

So you can say it all day and it means little.
 
I don't believe in the death penalty for a great many reasons. However, I do believe that people have the right to defend their life from those who would do them bodily harm or threaten their life, even if it comes to the defender taking the attacker's life. In that regards, no, I don't think killing a human is necessarily a bad thing. If someone threatens the life of another, then they forfeit their life if that's what it comes down to to defend against them.
 
windovervocalcords said:
I love it. A 'pro-lifer' who can't wait to kill someone.
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Again it is usually an abortionist who always says "abortion is not murder, its legal so it can't be called murder". Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being. I find it amusing how libs(usually abortionist libs) when the issue of abortion comes up will say its not murder since it is legal, But when it comes to Iraq or some other war argue that its murder even though it is legal.
 
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jamesrage said:
As the abortionist always say murder is a legal definition.Murder is simply an illegal killing of another human being.
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abortion is not killing. it is the removal of an unwanted fetus.
 
Blackdog said:
Well according to US and international law it is not.

So you can say it all day and it means little.
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has there been a trial in an international court? i don't think there has. you can say what you like as well. according to the US means zero.
 
katiegrrl0 said:
abortion is not killing. it is the removal of an unwanted fetus.
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A fetus is a human being.Is that baby somehow another species just because it is in the womb?
 
katiegrrl0 said:
has there been a trial in an international court? i don't think there has.
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That is what happens when you have no charges to bring.

katiegrrl0 said:
you can say what you like as well. according to the US means zero.
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Well considering we are the only super power, most would disagree. ;)
 
jamesrage said:
Again it is usually an abortionist who always says "abortion is not murder, its legal so it can't be called murder". Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being. I find it amusing how libs(usually abortionist libs) when the issue of abortion comes up will say its not murder since it is legal, But when it comes to Iraq or some other war argue that its murder even though it is legal.
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I am personally against abortion for ethical reasons. It is the taking of a human life.
 
liblady said:
for me, it would always be a bad thing. justified maybe, necessary maybe, but nevertheless bad.
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How is something that is necessary and justifiable "bad"? That would completely alter the meaning of "bad".
 
Ethereal said:
How is something that is necessary and justifiable "bad"? That would completely alter the meaning of "bad".
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if i had to take a life, justifiable or not, it would be bad for me. in fact, awful.
 
Ethereal said:
How is something that is necessary and justifiable "bad"? That would completely alter the meaning of "bad".
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I believe what she's trying to say is that while the taking of a life, such as in self-defense, may be justified and understood, it can still be regrettable that that person's life had to be taken and therefore is bad.
 
for me, yes. the op didn't ask bad for who.
 
liblady said:
if i had to take a life, justifiable or not, it would be bad for me. in fact, awful.
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samsmart said:
I believe what she's trying to say is that while the taking of a life, such as in self-defense, may be justified and understood, it can still be regrettable that that person's life had to be taken and therefore is bad.
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I see, fair enough.
 
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