Could you kill someone?

[Mollyiere]

I was just watching a programme where a man said something like "obviously we all the ability to kill inside us, it happens everyday".

Anyway - then I started wondering if I actually could do it. Could you?

For self defence or to protect someone I love - yes.

Meant to say I think I could in defence of my children and loved ones. But hopefully I'll never be put to the test.

Yes if I was defending myself or my family.

In defence of my children, absolutely

No, definitely not premeditated anyway. Maybe in self defence but I wouldn't be able to cope afterwards.

I could definitely kill someone.

For the same reasons as pp, possibly, but I'd never be the same again.

Do you mean physically or mentally?

Physically anyone can kill I guess.

It would be easier if I had PMT. Definitely could in self-defence or to protect a loved one.

To save my children from death or serious harm, yep I could do it in a heartbeat. Those are probably the only circumstances though.

Although I do struggle with seeing spiders killed, or animals run over. So whether I could actually take a human life I don't know.

Yes, but I would never stop re-living it and would feel marked for life and somehow soiled forever.

Yes if someone hurt/killed my family I would want revenge

If it was the only way to protect my family then yes though I would find it extremely hard to deal with it afterwards.

not without breaking my new years resolution, I've been doing so well to keep it this year as well

As previous posters, in defence of a loved one, yes.

To protect DDs.. definitely.

@Whyareblokesonhere

Yes

Absolutely 100%

I think in a "me or them" situation
I think in a protecting someone vulnerable situation
I think possibly - there are a LOT of previous conversations about this - in a loved one, in pain, with a terminal diagnosis situation.

All are possible.
I don't know as I've never been put in the situation, but they are all scenarios where I couldn't, hand on heart, say I wouldn't be able to.

Probably not I think that something honourable inside me would stop me at that crunch moment

I was traumatised when I accidentally ran over and killed a pigeon. I think I would struggle with killing a human. But I suppose if it was me or them or my kids were in peril I’d do it.

DH and I were talking about this recently. It started off talking about how people in the past killed animals for food-and I felt it would be one thing to shoot a deer from a distance with a gun, but I’d struggle to kill a chicken with my bare hands by wringing its neck. Killing a human would be the same, I think.

I’m sure I could/would kill in self defence or to protect my children though. It would probably have a huge impact on your emotional well-being afterwards!

I don't think I could.

I've also warned the family not to rely on me battling bravely against the odds in a disaster movie scenario. I'm more likely to wave them on while I sit and wait, hoping for a swift end. They announced they'd stay too, and we share the last of the chocolate while we wait.