What would push you to kill someone?

@JosephP (1116)
Jamaica
October 10, 2011 1:27am CST
Life is complicated and wild. A person can be pushed to do something that they never thought they would ever do even killing someone. Do you think you could be pushed to the point? What would cause you to do that?
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18 responses
@Judy890 (1644)
• United States
10 Oct 11
I get angry, but not to an extent where I want to kill someone. I've had such negative thoughts of that but I thought about the consequences I might face, so I usually just ignore and pretend they don't exist.
• South Africa
11 Oct 11
No, No, No! that would certainly be a snare that one would be trapped in. I cannot imagine taking another person's life. One will be haunted for the rest of your life, you will never be free or happy, that persons blood will be on your hands. I would like to think God gave me my hands to work, to pray , to hug, etc, definately not to kill. Maybe one should pray everyday not to be tempted by evil, because i can assure you that is an EVIL SNARE!
• United States
11 Nov 11
The only thing that would cause me to kill someone would be to save my life; if my life depended on it. I would put my life at risk to save another in harms way as well so I think this is how most people would react. It's normal instinct to protect.
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
11 Oct 11
The only things that would drive me to even think of this would be if someone hurt my children, husband, sister, brother, mom or dad. And then of course if it was a protection thing. Like of they were coming at me to put great bodily harm on me. Then I would be in a position to protect myself. And that would be the closest I would come to harming another person. The others would have to be an immediate response to the action. Having time to think about this would most likely calm me,. However that rage would be hard to cap.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Oct 11
If I was in a position to see someone being cruel to an animal and they did not stop and I had the means I would do what was necessary to stop that person. I cannot abide people who are cruel to animals.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
11 Oct 11
In defense of my family I would kill. Maybe to protect myself, and even my animals. I have very little concern for anyone who trys to kill or harm me and mine.
• United States
11 Oct 11
Personally I have never been pushed to that point, but if anything would push me to that level, would probably be if they were to cause any type of harm to my children. I hear these stories about how children get abused, and when I hear that it really pisses me off. If that were to ever happen to my children I don't know how I would react, that would probably be my turning point.
• United States
11 Oct 11
When I was younger , when a person teased me , I thought of killing them!But now , I prefer torture. The aim is to make them Want to die!So the only reason to actually to kill someone is because they want to kill me or my loved ones.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
10 Oct 11
I would have to answer yes to this question even though I would try to avoid it all costs. I would want to do that to someone if they took someone from me that I do not want to live without.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
10 Oct 11
I could never see myself being pushed so far by someone that i would want to see harm come to them. Such rage and anger would have to be boiling up inside of me to even consider a thought and that is a thought i would never want to have enter my mind.
@danitykane (3183)
• Philippines
11 Oct 11
Hi joseph, I hope I will not get to that point because that would be some damn scary. But to answer that question if it would happen one day (wish it won't..omg!..LOL) I think the only thing that would push me to kill someone is if there is a bad guy who tries to kill me or my family. Who wouldn't right? I will defend myself and especially my family to some psycho killers or alike.
@safety69 (592)
• Taiwan
11 Oct 11
I dont think my anger would lead me to kill someone , doesnt matter the situation I am involve in. Maybe I have had bad thoughts about someone who is bottering me and I want them to disapear of the earth, but , not by my hand. I am sorry for those who were tempted to do it , I can not say anything about it, because ,I need to be in his shoes. I hope I never be in any of those situations where You the only option of killing someone. God help Us all everyday.
@jmrudd (2)
• United States
10 Oct 11
That is a pretty crazy question. Remember the 6th commandment "Thou shalt not Kill". If somenone is driving you that crazy then it is just time to get away from them and move on.
@billant8 (48)
• Greece
10 Oct 11
Probably a murder of a very familiar person of me...I am not sure that I would committed it...But it would be a reason to 'at least' think of it....
• China
11 Oct 11
I have to say this is a crasy topic. I suppose when someone feel despairly they would be do
• Philippines
10 Oct 11
Always, a person will be forced to kill someone when it involves the instinct for self preservation. When it is already one's life which is at stake, a person will always do everything within his power to keep himself from getting harmed. This is the law of nature. No one can question this matter about self preservation. This is a fact for life that will always be recognized no matter where will we be. However, the problem will always be proving one's need to fight for dear life that is why a homicide, or however it may be called, was committed...once we face the courts of humans.
@Porcospino (31367)
• Denmark
10 Oct 11
I can't imagine killing another person unless the situation is really extreme. If I were in a situation when my husband and or a member of my family was a serious danger and that they would get killed unless I killed the person who was about to kill them, I think that I would do what I had to do to protect them including killing another person. In that situation you don't have time to think, you have to make your decision right away otherwise it is too late, and I think that I would protect my loved ones without thinking much about the consequences.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
10 Oct 11
Well that is quite the morbid situation. Have their been times where I considered it? Sadly once or twice? Have their been times where I would seriously actually do it? I don't know about that. There tends to be people who push our buttons and it is really frustrating. The temptation to strangle them or worse is going to be something that we have to battle a lot of the time. I think that a severe threat to close friends and family, might cause me to strike out. When I think that their life is in danger and the only way to save their life is to end said life of the person threatening them. That would be the most extreme circumstances but I'm sure that would be one that there could be some small amount of justification offered for this grisly situation.
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
10 Oct 11
I would not want to think about it and that i could kill someone as I value life as i value my relationship with my God. It is not for me to judge and God has His own way of giving justice to any transgression done to me and i will not dare kill a person's life.