Posted by ChrisMoses at adsl-66-137-224-2.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net on August 10, 2003 at 19:26:16:
In Reply to: If you can't answer 'yes' to this question... posted by Eyes Only on August 10, 2003 at 19:15:37:
Its kind of hard to imagine without experiencing it. I mean, have I been so desensitized to violence by video games, movies, and books that it doesn't frighten me anymore?
But, I do not see myself taking a life; not for my COUNTRY. For my family, frieds; perhaps. But, not someone who is only a piece to a threat to a country, not to me personally. Besides, there are regiments that DON'T kill people right? I mean, I could just do what Stan Lee did, and write combat manuals or something non-life threatening.
: : ...don't go there.
: It's the obvious moral question...
: Would you be prepared to take the life of another human being because they are a member of the forces of a country with whom your country is at war?
: (I have tried to make that a straightforward question. Terrorsit scum should be killed without hesitation and do not enter into the moral issue.)