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this is honestly a tough one. I value all life, even if it is someone who is inherently evil. there is no justification for taking another's life even if it IS in self-defense. and i'm also a firm believer in kharma, and violence never solving anything and only breeding more violence. I wouldn't attack even if I thought the chance of me dying would be high. Nor do I believe I could live w/ the guilt of having to take someone elses life regardless of the circumstances...
about the notion "Killing in self defense is not murder", IMO, killing is still killing no matter how you try to justify it to yourself. you still took the life of someone else regardless of the situation. you may have been driven into the circumstance where it was kill or be killed, but your still a murder. I'm not trying to be a jerk about this, like I said it's my opinion and philosophy and apoligize if you took offense in that statement...
HOWEVER, if there was someone else with me, I'd do what I could to protect them, even if it meant my own life. but as far as if I needed to go as far as killing someone else in order to do that, I honestly have no idea what I would do. I'd like to say I wouldn't kill them or cause them any pain, but never being in that sort of situation there's no way I could really answer that question. at least in the end I hope i wouldn't...
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