Trowl said:
Darth Caelum said:
Anyone who murders another human being must always be prepared for the Consequences, saying that a murder will have none seems blind to me. Even if society will accept him again, even if the law will not punish him, the taking of a human life will forever scar your memories or, if it exists, your soul.
This is the smartest thing that has been said on this forum. However the inherent flaw is that you are applying a empathy and guilt to everyone. I also disagree with the idea of scarring ones memories. Your emotional response is what you make it to be. There is never a reason to feel guilt, any decision you make is the best option you had at the time with the information on hand.
True and i respect your opinion on the memories. Empathy and Guilt is an integral part of Humanity, Guilt and Empathy helped guide us in our early days as a species and they are still here now. While yes, some murders are done out of hate which means you won't have guilt about it (probably), most murders (i.e murder of a loved, an enemy) is done because, one way or another you had emotions for that person. Because you feel emotions, not just of anger but love and sadness as well, it follows that you will probably feel guilt afterwards. Of course i speak about the (generally) sane majority of our population. I know little about the psychological workings of the insane and disturbed. The last part of your sentence also says 'best option you had at the time'. True, you can hardly let the other person kill you and, logically you should not feel guilt about it. But since when has Humanity been THAT logical? A person can always feel guilt about a murder (my opinion anyway), and what if the person did not mean to kill him/her? Then the guilt is even more present.
Also, you forgot the Tea part.
P.S Friend? you seem like a logical guy here!