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"If you don't want someone to kill you for something you're doing, maybe you shouldn't be doing it."


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The line of thinking is unreasonable. The line of thinking is this:

"I don't want somebody doing something I don't like. Therefore, I have the right to kill them."


> the basic principle of: "you only kill when your life is in danger"

Emphasis mine. Is it not okay to shoot at someone who's shooting at your partner?


Killing people isn't right though. You shouldn't do that or even threaten that.

It's a moral point. Maybe I'd rather be dead than kill someone.

Lol so if you don't do murder, don't want murder, and don't want to do murder... then why are you here talking about murder? What's your skin in the game?

Do you see the absurdity of your argument? It makes perfect sense to criticize something you find profoundly unethical even when you're not directly concerned by the situation.


I know what to say… how about… “don’t murder people if you want to live a good life”

> Killing someone for the "right" reasons, either by yourself or by proxy, is morally right.

Avoiding the consequences for running your large criminal enterprise, through which you are enriching yourself, doesn't strike me as a good case for justifiable homicide.


But there's a difference between avoiding helping someone and intentionally taking action to kill someone.

> Not that I would kill anybody

Made me think of this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4097602514885833865...


Actually, whenever anyone does something I don't like, it would probably be best if that person were killed.

/s


Obviously poor phrasing on my part, I would not like to be killed by anyone.

My point is that I hope you don't find out where I live, because I don't want to be eaten. Also, that if you ever say it's wrong for anyone to murder anyone else, you'll be a hypocrite.

It is kind of telling that you are dismissing "not murdering people" out of hand.

Not having any concern for people that want to kill you is something that should have broader support.

So it's ok to kill other people but not yours?

Yet it reflects the natural reaction of not deliberately killing someone for the greater good, because people judge that more evil than the neutral position of not intervening.

Also, if you don't intervene, you don't have to answer to the police about why you deliberately killed a man. Murder is murder, even if your intentions were good.


Where did I say I wanted to kill anyone?

This is like saying murders can be prevented by simply telling wouldbe-murderers not to murder.

Just like killing someone might be good for society sometimes. Doesn't mean you want to do this indiscriminately, or have this as standard practice.
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