Would you kill to save someone you love? - General

I think I would.

Yep. If the situation (metaphorically) had "you must kill X person to saved your loved one" above it in big bold letters I don't think I'd hesitate. That's not to say that every situation in which loved ones are in danger requires you to use brutal killing force without restraint... Life is inherently short, and if somebody chooses to threaten somebody else's life or well-being (especially the life of one of your love ones) then they have brought death upon themselves if death happens. Albeit violence should always be the absolute last resort for any situation. [editline]21st January 2012[/editline] Oh, misread. If we're talking a life exchange I think I'd do it. Not that that situation would ever arise. It is selfish but somebody would be dying either way and I'd rather it not be a loved one of mine.

Yes.

I don't have loved ones. But I'd still shoot the guy anyway.

I'd easily have any number of random strangers killed, innocent or not, if it meant saving my family from death. Selfish as fuck, but I'm honest.

I would. Sure, I'd be taking the life of someone else who has a family but I'd never be able to live with myself knowing that I let someone I love die. It'd haunt me forever. Even if I was thrown in prison for life for killing someone, it'd be worth it to know the one I love is safe. I'd hope that the person I made a widow or a husband and wife who lost their child would understand. I'd even write them a little explaining everything and apologize for what I had done. I don't care if they hate me for it, I just want them to know I'm not a bad person.

I would. I don't see the big problem in this. I hold no emotional attachment to the stranger, but I do to my loved ones, for example my girlfriend or mother, maybe even father. If saving them would mean killing someone I've never met, so be it. I'd make sure though no other options would be available. Now, if I had to kill a loved one to save another, that would be much more complicated.

I definitely have some people in my life that I would kill for to save.

Noo.. maybe.. depends. If that person I had to kill had all kinds of diseases, had no family members left or anyone who would miss him or her... Yes, I would.

Yes easily without a doubt.

me and mine matter most

it would matter how much I care about the person, but yeah i would kill to save loved ones.

Yes, I'd kill for, and die for, my companion.

Utilitarian here; depends on who for whom. Kill a stranger? Doubt I'll have too much of a problem with it unless I get to thinking about their possible value. But I'm skinny as heck so I'll need a gun anyway.

I couldnt see myself ever hurting someone unless its self defence. And a life is a life, no matter who it is.

Fuck yes I would, I'd kill an army to save her.

yes

I definitely would.

I'd say I would but honestly, at the last second I would be hesitant. Talking about taking a life here. If time becomes a factor though, I'd probably wouldn't have time to think about that and just kill.

if i could do it without them even noticing definitely

If I had to, I would. Without question.

Yes... Why would I want someone who i love die rather than someone who is endangering that person's life? If the man, say, didn't have anything to do with endangering the person i love but he/she would still die if I didn't kill the man then I'd still do it but probably be mentally scared. Of course, absurd hypothetical situations are just absurd hypothetical situations.

Yes, but I'd have issues later.

I wish I could be all righteous and say that I would never take another life, but that'd be lying. Yep, I admit I would kill another person to save someone I love. Not exactly proud of it.

either way somebody would die, so yes, I would rather that other person than the one I love

[QUOTE=minilandstan;33698450]Yep. No matter how painful it would be to the stranger.[/QUOTE] They won't feel pain for long.. because you're killing them. When you kill someone, they [i]die[/i].

Yes

I don't really know because imagine if you were on the other side. Someone would kill you because they want to save someone, and you don't even know what's going on.

I dont care about people i dont love, since i am better than everyone else all that matters is me and if someone i loved was in danger that means who ever i dont know well has to die.

I'd like to think I'd be capable of it, I wouldn't feel good about having to do so however, probably rationalising that either way someone was going to die and it might as well not have been someone close to me. Doesn't make it any better for the other person however.