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This reminds me of a thread I put up a while ago.
I asked a Q like - "what would you rather... you are packing in a situation, and for the sake of argument it has to go one of two ways... either you are beaten and robbed of your wallet and phone - hurt but not seriously (black eyes, bruises), or you kill the guy who attacks you. The fight is caused by a mugger who attacks you without provocation"
I would chose to be mugged and beaten up rather than kill someone in self defence. To me, I cannot comprehend how I could follow the other path, to kill someone would be far more painful than bruises or lost possessions - even if I was acting in self defence. But I think about 2/3's of people said they would kill to defend themselves rather than take a medium beating and be robbed. I can only say how I am and how I feel. It may not be the majority view, but I cant be anything else, myself.
And yes, obv in real life you dont have a choice that stark and clean cut.
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