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Gilda · 04-12-2005, 04:54 PM

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.

04-12-2005, 04:54 PM	#47 (permalink)
Gilda 32 flavors and then some Location: Out on a wire.	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.