Have you ever killed? - Democratic Underground

Feanorcurufinwe

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:39 PM
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Poll question: Have you ever killed?

Have you ever killed a human being, whether accidentally, in combat, in the course of your police work, or in any other circumstance?

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AndyP

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:40 PM
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1. not yet.......

Better watch out. :evilgrin:

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m-jean03

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:41 PM
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2. I award you

Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 12:46 PM by m-jean03

The Creepy Poll Award
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commander bunnypants

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:44 PM
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6. i will second that

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amandae

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:59 PM
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14. I'll agree with you also

Although ... he did get 8 people (so far) to admit that they've killed someone ....

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:04 PM
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16. War veterans, probably

Or police.

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amandae

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:22 PM
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22. Ahhh ....

Good point!

:hi:

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11 Bravo

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:40 PM
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26. In combat.

Over 30 years ago.

And I still have nightmares.

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never cry wolf

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Fri Apr-02-04 04:02 PM
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32. Thank you for your openness

And for your service! I would lay my life down for my country or to save another human, but I have determined that I would have a hell of a time pulling a trigger, even in combat.

Keep your soul in peace, you were young and did what you had to. If dying for your country is the supreme sacrifice, killing for it must be second. It could have been any of us almost 50 somethings in your shoes. Don't blame yourself, you did what you had to at the time.

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Feanorcurufinwe

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Fri Apr-02-04 04:04 PM
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34. I wondered

if I would stir up bad memories, but I decided chances are, most wouldn't be able to forget such a thing anyway.

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Turbineguy

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:41 PM
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3. There's a possibility

that I helped an elementary school teacher into an early grave.

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EstimatedProphet

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:41 PM
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4. No

And frankly I really don't want to either.

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Qanisqineq

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:43 PM
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5. yes, it's part of my job

it is an unfortunate fact that I must kill bugs to study them.
Oh wait, did you mean humans?

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mobuto

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:50 PM
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12. Entomological excesses

Reminds me of the Alabama politican who railed against his opponent, who he called a "heterosexual and a thespian." No one knew exactly what that meant, but it sounded real bad.

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Qanisqineq

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Fri Apr-02-04 07:28 PM
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35. I, personally, don't do most of the killing

I usually allow others to do it for me. But it is all for a good cause, I swear!

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galadrium

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:47 PM
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7. Well we all buy gasoline, right?

Not a very pleasent thought but it does fund terrorism.

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benburch

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:49 PM
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10. More directly...

Miners and oil workers die so we can have fuel and electricity...

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Bertha Venation

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:49 PM
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8. Dang.

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demnan

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:49 PM
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9. God, no

I hope I never do.

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Nicholas D Wolfwood

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:50 PM
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11. No, however...

if the next week is anything like the previous two, a murderous rampage may indeed be in my future. :argh:

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OneBlueSky

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:57 PM
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13. no, but I once told a really good joke, and . . .

people told me they died laughing . . . does that count? . . .

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sniffa

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:00 PM
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15. weLL

when i was a yong & impressionabLe youth, i ran a stop sign and hit a popuLar footbaLL pLayer from my high schooL. i panicked and Left the scene. the poor kid died, but i managed to not face any charges over the matter.

oh wait minute, that wasn't me. i was thinking of Laura bush.

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Fenris

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:10 PM
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17. If I didn't tell the cops, why should I tell you?

And stay out of my basement.

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m-jean03

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:14 PM
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18. lol

lighten this thread up, would ya?:-)

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Fenris

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:17 PM
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20. My purpose on this board is to lighten up threads

And mock others' taste in music. ;)

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hiphopnation

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Fri Apr-02-04 04:04 PM
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33. I love Chicago ballads.

Mock away...

:)

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Whitacre D_WI

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:15 PM
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19. I have never been convicted of a crime.

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shekina

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:19 PM
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21. not yet

but start talking bad bout my momma or Johnny Cash and that could change real fast.

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mobuto

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Fri Apr-02-04 03:20 PM
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29. Rush-hour traffic

Every time someone drives at 15 mph below the speed limit in the left hand lane, the devil tempts me.

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maggrwaggr

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:23 PM
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23. yes, indirectly, through my tax dollars

that's why I'm so pissed off.

Here's a picture.

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Feanorcurufinwe

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:29 PM
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25. I guess you didn't understand the poll.

I didn't ask if you were a taxpayer, or if your actions enabled others to kill, or if you felt guilty about things that others did in your name.

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Khephra

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:24 PM
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24. Tried to kill...

yes

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Mr. McD

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:46 PM
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27. In war we must kill

"But with or without God, I think it is a sin to kill. To take the life of another is to me very grave. I will do it when necessary but I am not of the race of Pablo." - Ernest Hemingway - For Whom the Bell Tolls

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underpants

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:50 PM
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28. No but I am willing to learn

Oh that's right I WAS trained to kill (offically according to international law).

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camero

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Fri Apr-02-04 03:23 PM
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30. No, but I have beaten my stepdad up real bad

I told my stepdad my next step was killing him. Me and my family never saw him since though he has written my mom letters. She tells him I'm still here. He knows to stay away.

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bif

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Fri Apr-02-04 03:24 PM
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31. The way we used to go through babysitters as a kid

They'd only sit once for me and my twwo brothers. Most of them were never to be heard from again. Makes one wonder, eh?

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