I once posted a question here asking what the worst crime someone would commit if they could get away with it. I was stunned by the answers. I always thought people were law-abiding because of their personal morality, as opposed to the deterrent of punishment.
The answers I got stunned me so much that I chose not to believe them, and that the people answering just thought it was cool and gangsta to "say" they'd kill others.
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GTA, assuming the dealer has insurance to cover cars that are stolen off of his lot (if he's smart, he does. If not, well, lol idiot). Mass GTA too, my driveway would look like a car lot. Fuck those insurance companies.
Wow. No.
That's pretty awful. I couldn't kill someone. I'm an asshole, for sure, but I couldn't end someone's life. I think that there is a good possibility that most of them have either not thought it through or believe what they see on TV, that it's so simple and one can be so apathetic. All the while we have large numbers of soldiers coming home traumatized. Killing isn't pretty and I doubt that everyone that does it gets that special little feeling of accomplishment. Like I said above. I'm a pussy.
I couldn't kill anyone, either. I'm pretty much an atheist so the thought of stealing away the only life a person will ever have is utterly horrifying to me.
I'm amazed that we glorify killing in films and computer games.
"I'm amazed that we glorify killing in films and computer games. "
No wonder everyone likes you.
I never thought about killing from the atheist perspective though but I like your perspective. I am a multi-religious Mormon, so my views are a bit different on the subject of killing but ultimately it's a personal matter of empathy.
I don't understand why the media glorifies killing but I wish I did. It's horrible and barbaric. There are certainly better ways to solve one's problems than through violence. The "I want to kill them" mentality is so horribly flawed... I really wonder if people know just how horrible it is to kill another human being...
Yeah, taken from an atheist perspective, it's the worst possible crime. The annihilation of self for all eternity. It's not just a theft in this life; it's a theft of all and only chance of life.
And yet I've played computer games in which the aim was to kill something. I generally don't like them, but I'd be lying if I said I'd never played one. I watched and even enjoyed TV and films where people are represented dying. It's not a modern phenomenon. I watched an actor playing Caesar die in a production of the Shakespeare play.
Despite what I said in the first paragraph, I didn't feel the horror I should have done. The horror I feel when someone actually dies. Maybe there's something in the brain that protects us when we know it's not real. But the question still stands as to why we commonly accept killing as entertainment. I'd imagine people would be outraged if standard entertainment began to consist of brutal, graphic rapes, one after the other.
I'd love to see our culture characterise people who come across all gangsta as complete losers and people from difficult backgrounds who contribute to society and make something of themselves as winners. They're the ones who've done the hard work with a difficult start. There's nothing worthy, or even difficult, about pulling a trigger.
if you could commit murder and get away with it
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I once posted a question here asking what the worst crime someone would commit if they could get away with it. I was stunned by the answers. I always thought people were law-abiding because of their personal morality, as opposed to the deterrent of punishment.
The answers I got stunned me so much that I chose not to believe them, and that the people answering just thought it was cool and gangsta to "say" they'd kill others.
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Wow, I have to look that one up.
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GTA, assuming the dealer has insurance to cover cars that are stolen off of his lot (if he's smart, he does. If not, well, lol idiot). Mass GTA too, my driveway would look like a car lot. Fuck those insurance companies.
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http://isitnormal.com/poll/what-crime-would-you-commit-if-you-could-get-away-with-it-104467/
At the time of writing, murder is the most "popular".
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Wow. No.
That's pretty awful. I couldn't kill someone. I'm an asshole, for sure, but I couldn't end someone's life. I think that there is a good possibility that most of them have either not thought it through or believe what they see on TV, that it's so simple and one can be so apathetic. All the while we have large numbers of soldiers coming home traumatized. Killing isn't pretty and I doubt that everyone that does it gets that special little feeling of accomplishment. Like I said above. I'm a pussy.
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I couldn't kill anyone, either. I'm pretty much an atheist so the thought of stealing away the only life a person will ever have is utterly horrifying to me.
I'm amazed that we glorify killing in films and computer games.
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"I'm amazed that we glorify killing in films and computer games. "
No wonder everyone likes you.
I never thought about killing from the atheist perspective though but I like your perspective. I am a multi-religious Mormon, so my views are a bit different on the subject of killing but ultimately it's a personal matter of empathy.
I don't understand why the media glorifies killing but I wish I did. It's horrible and barbaric. There are certainly better ways to solve one's problems than through violence. The "I want to kill them" mentality is so horribly flawed... I really wonder if people know just how horrible it is to kill another human being...
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Yeah, taken from an atheist perspective, it's the worst possible crime. The annihilation of self for all eternity. It's not just a theft in this life; it's a theft of all and only chance of life.
And yet I've played computer games in which the aim was to kill something. I generally don't like them, but I'd be lying if I said I'd never played one. I watched and even enjoyed TV and films where people are represented dying. It's not a modern phenomenon. I watched an actor playing Caesar die in a production of the Shakespeare play.
Despite what I said in the first paragraph, I didn't feel the horror I should have done. The horror I feel when someone actually dies. Maybe there's something in the brain that protects us when we know it's not real. But the question still stands as to why we commonly accept killing as entertainment. I'd imagine people would be outraged if standard entertainment began to consist of brutal, graphic rapes, one after the other.
I'd love to see our culture characterise people who come across all gangsta as complete losers and people from difficult backgrounds who contribute to society and make something of themselves as winners. They're the ones who've done the hard work with a difficult start. There's nothing worthy, or even difficult, about pulling a trigger.
Sorry, you got me off on a crusade.