Is a high murder rate necessarily a bad thing?

Question

Let's be honest, most of these people are just shooting each other because of petty differences or something else stupid. Most of these people are just worthless thugs or gang members, why not just let them kill themselves? I know some die in the cross fire, but if we just let them go they'll kill themselves out. We should stop spending police time and resources on this trash we call people. It'd also free up the prisons and the number of people on welfare would go down, etc etc. I say we strive to double the murder rate every five years until it gets so high it'll decrease due the lack of them out there.

Answer 1

No life is worthless and no one really has the right to take the life of another human being.

Answer 2

If the economy is so good, why is it that there are so many people without hope?

I noticed that whenever things get bad, the most vulnerable part of our population is affected first: they are like the canarys in the mine shaft. The dispair, hopelessness and then the violence will touch other groups: Random killings might victimize a person in a higher socio-economic group as he or a family member is just walking down the sidewalk or riding in a car on the freeway and happen to get in the way of a bullet or police chase.

So when bad things happen to our neighbors, it also affects us in many ways. More cops won't solve the problem. It's the economic conditions and the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer in America so I don't see it turning around soon with good jobs, meaningful employment training, good affordable housing, food and healthcare for all. Because we live in the same community, when good things happen to others I notice our life is better too.

Violence produces more violence. We need heroes to decide they will not accept it under any circumstances -- even if it means no death penalty for a killer of your own family.

Answer 3

The concept has merit, no doubt about it. It goes a long way to add another validation to Darwin and his theory of natural selection.

It's the collateral damage that's hard to manage. One thug shoots 'at' another thug, misses, and hits a child or passing innoncent. This could be remedied by better training of course. Thug shooters could be required to spend a certain amount of hours at the range per month and qualify twice a year with the stolen gun they carry. Certification could cut down on stray rounds hitting unintended targets. But funding is a problem.

Nevertheless I admit that when I hear the news of one homey doing another homey, it doesn't cause me any pause in celebratory guffawing and high fives. I'll always know a quiet appreciation of it.

Answer 4

YES IT WOULD BE NICE IF ALL THE BAD PEOPLE WOULD KILL EACH OTHER OFF BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED.WE WERE AT A MARDI GRAS PARADE 2 YEARS AGO ON ST.CHARLES AVE.(A RICH.NICE UPPER CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW ORLEANS)WAITING FOR THE PARADE TO COME.A SCUFFLE STARTED ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY.IT WAS OVER QUICKLY BUT THEN WE NOTICED A GIRL STANDING NEAR US JUST FALL TO THE GROUND ALMOST DROPPING THE BABY SHE WAS HOLDING.(HER 6 MTH.OLD SON)DURING THE SCUFFLE THE LOWLIFE LITTLE 16 YR. OLDS FIRED LITTLE GUNS AND ONE OF THE BULLETS WENT INTO HER NECK FROM BEHIND.SHE NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.SHE DIED ON THE WAY TO HOSPITAL AND NOW THE GRANDPA IS RAISING THE BABY.HE WILL NEVER KNOW HIS MOMMY.HE GOT SHOT TOO WITH THE SAME BULLET IT WENT INTO HIS FACE BUT HE LIVED.THEY COULDN'T REMOVE THE BULLET.BAD PEOPLE NEED TO KILL ONLY OTHER BAD PEOPLE NOT INNOCENT BY STANDERS.

Answer 5

Sounds like someone needs to take “Ethics 101” and rethink the situation a little more. Murder is by definition, a crime. It is a crime for a reason. If you require that to be explained to you, an ethics class is only the start of your needed education.

Answer 6

I say load all of them up, put them on a bus take them to the desert, and have a old fashioned shoot out. That way no one who is innocent would not get caught in the cross fire.

Answer 7

EVERY life is worth something. Everybody has a life and most people have families. If somebody dies, it doesn't matter what type of a person they were--people will be badly affected by it. Murder is a SIN and it is WRONG.

Answer 8

Genetic experiments sometimes require a purging; as a effect the flood. actually, it became international extensive flood #2, in accordance to Scriptures. In #a million, each little thing became killed. "a fire, no longer a flood, next time." Asbestos long johns, absolutely everyone?

Answer 9

Well, test your theory and try using an ATM in North St. Louis at about 2:00 AM.

Let us know how it turns out for you....

Answer 10

You have a good point, but what if you neice or nephiew or kid, who ever, got in a gang because "everyone is doing it" and they are normally a "good" kid, just fell in with the wrong crowd.Would you think it is ok then?