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The two choices were take a mild to moderate beating and lose some posessions or kill the attacker. It's not a choice of his life or mine; that's not the choice presented in the poll. If that were the choice, I'd choose killing over dying.
But given these two exact options, I would suffer less harm by being a little bruised than I would at having to live with the knowledge of having killed someone.
I've had my purse snatched, being knocked down in the process, and recieved a few bruises and a very light sprain of my ankle. I lost some makeup, a brush, some life-savers, tampons, about $45 and my shoes, pantyhose and skirt were ruined in the process. That's pretty close to the first option--take some minor damage and lose some possessions.
Would I rather the boy who took my purse and knocked me down be dead instead to save me about $100 some abrasions, and walking with a limp for a week? I don't know enough about him to say that his life is worth less than my $100 and a few minor inconveniences.
If I'd had a gun, it'd have been in my purse, and the purse snatcher would have had it and I'd have been in the same situation, but now out the cost of the gun also.
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