Do you think you could or would...?

Question

...kill to avenge the death of someone you love? For example, if your brother, wife, mother, father was murdered in cold blood? I'm not talking about scenarios where death is accidental, I'm talking malicious murder. A simple yes or no will suffice if you don't want to go into detail, but no jokes please. I mean this in all seriousness.

Thanks for all the good responses I've been getting, guys.

Answer 1

I don't think I could allow someone who I knew killed a loved one walk around and enjoy freedom...

But in saying that, I wouldn't kill them straight away. Better to completely ruin their lives first, savour the taste of revenge, let it consume you and your soul, revel in it...

But you'd have to know for sure, don't let hate get in the way of objectivity...

Answer 2

I can't say that if it happened to me that the thought wouldn't cross my mind...in all honnesty I probably would not be able to do it. My better judgement would get in the way (if I personally would take the killers life it would make me no better than that person and yes it may for a milisecond feel as though it was right and I avenged my loved ones death I just became that killer in a way)...hopefully, I would not know however because I have never had to go through something like that and hopefully I never will. I would definately experience a lot of hate and anger towards the murderer and do everything in my power to make sure that the individual who committed the crime would face maximum penalties. Without my actually doing physical harm to the person myself...but like I said the thought probably would cross my mind.

Answer 3

I don’t know... I’ll tell you if it hapens in reality (I hope I never have to experience it). Perhpas my sadness would be much bigger than my desire for revenge, and I’m not really an aggressive guy. I’ve already imagined how terrible would I feel if my girlfriend was raped and then killed in front of my eyes and I could do nothing about it... That’s the worst thing I can imagine. This imagination always ended up that I don’t care about anything else anymore, I just weep by her body. So I guess I really wouldn’t avenge it.
But what’s funny, I think I could and take a revenge if someone was very mean to ME. In another imagination I pictured myself in a prison where someone beats me up just for fun. I’m warning him in advance it’s not a good idea, ‘cause I may be weaker, but he needs to sleep too... He laughs and beats me. And I wouldn’t kill him because I’m angry that he hurt me; I’d do that because I told him I would take the revenge.
Am I very weird?

Answer 4

To be honest, I have no idea. I think I could kill to save the life of my children, but if someone had already killed them my revenge could not bring them back. I think I would want that person to know my pain, and feel the knowledge of the mental torture they had inflicted on me. I would want to vent my rage at them, and they would need to be living and conscious for that to happen. Life long feelings of guilt must be worse than death, musn't they?

Answer 5

It would depend on who. But if the muder itself was done in cold enough blood, then yes, I'd be inclined to do it.

Though i'd probably experience extreme remose after the fact, and I'd have to pray that the "crime of passion" argument holds up in court.

Answer 6

It´s like someone once said to me: "Not all of us can steal but we are all capable of taking a life!"
Me? It depends on who was killed. My parents, my best friend in the whole world and my husband, I would avenge, no doubt

Answer 7

"YES"... I was n the ARMY for 10yrs & killed people to keep them from killing me! Once you've killed a human being its easier to do it again & I could kill someone for harming a family member "malicious murder" w/no hesitation whatsoever!!!

Answer 8

Yes, I'll go to avenge.
I think that, but in fact, I think that would be the end of my life.
I would be lost in a cosmic black hole, and if I took my revenge, that would never make things easier, my mission would end, and there would be nothing to live for.

Answer 9

I wouldn't avenge a parent, perhaps a sister, my wife I think I would avenge without thinking it twice.

Answer 10

I think if I was put in a situation that gets me angry enough and aware of the killer I could do it. I don't know if I'd still do it if I had the time to think about it.

Answer 11

Not without thinking it through first, but to answer you question I would, however you should probably think about what is best for you as well as what you could stand to lose in doing so.