What could drive you to take a life?

[Froggy Slayer]

For me, I honestly don't think that I could. Too many ideals. There's a little voice in the back of my head that would be shouting at me forever if I took a life.

 

[LittleWings]

I'd like to say I wouldn't take a life to save mine or someone I cared about cause of... you know, it's bad, but since I've never been in that situation and there's been times before when I've done stuff and afterwards thought "why did I do that?", I really don't know what would happen in certain hypothetical situations.

I hope I wouldn't.

 

[hazabaza1]

Oh, I saw the title as "What would you drive to take a life" and I had ideas about running dudes over with a tractor or something. Now I'm disappointed.

 

[manic_depressive13]

I like to think I could bring myself to kill someone if I absolutely had to in order to save someone I love. But the truth is I'd probably hesitate until it's too late, be too cowardly to get involved, or be too weak and incompetent to actually manage it even if I wanted to. Besides, how embarrassing would it be if I missed shooting someone standing five meters away, or tried to shank someone but couldn't muster enough force to do any damage. It would be like witch slayer ulting a creep. Better not to try.

 

[Queen Michael]

Free ice cream.
I mean, it's ice cream. Who wouldn't?

 

[Nouw]

Many things 'could' drive me to take a life. The most likely would probably be a 'me or them' situation. I'm sure I have some kind of primal instinct in me .

 

[Thaluikhain]

Impossible to really say until you've given it a try.

 

[capper42]

It's a bit of a cop out to say this, but I honestly have no idea without being put in that situation. Like several others have said, I'd like to think nothing would drive me to the point of being able to kill someone, but in reality who knows?

That said, free ice cream does sound pretty tempting...

 

[JoJo]

In self-defence or the defence of people I care about are the most clear situations in which I would take a life. Also possibly revenge if someone grievously harmed someone close to me, wrong in most cases I know but I'm not perfect and I could see myself doing that in anger.

 

[Hoplon]

Bored, it's a wednesday, that colour of shirt clashes horribly with his shoes...

Anything really.

It's reason not to kill I have to find. Thank god for ice cream and girls in short shorts.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

To be honest probably not much. I have a terrible temper and I'm extremely protective of family and friends.

I'm not saying I wouldn't be horrified afterwards, but shit happens.

 

[The Event]

Self defence
Defence of others
War
Mercy
Revenge/Justice

 

[Karhukonna]

I would kill to preserve the wellbeing of myself and my friends and family. I would take a life to protect my home and country. That's about it. I would not kill for religion or other disagreement. I might hurt people for less, but it's gonna take a lot to push me towards violence.

 

[Phasmal]

`Har har fake geek gi-`
BOOM dead.
And then bathe in the blood of my enemies.

Seriously now, self defence or defence of another.
And revenge.

 

[Uszi]

I think if we were in some sort of Fallout post-apocolyptic landscape and cannibalistic raiders were trying to kill me just so they can use my body to decorate their den of evil, I think I could probably fight back with lethal force quite easily.

That sort of kill or be killed situation doesn't really come up too much in most Western Countries. Unless you live in South Side, Chicago.

 

[Squilookle]

A known killer intent on killing again? I dunno.

 

[Tactical Pause]

Well, if there's one thing that could drive me to take a life, it would have to be...


In all seriousness though, it would depend mostly on two things unrelated to whatever the main issue was. First, would I incur any legal ramifications for doing so, and second, am I in any serious danger if I don't take the life?

If the answer is no to the first and yes to the second, I'd probably do it.