They might even brag about what they're doing as if it's something to be proud of - like Nicholas Prosper, who wanted to commit the biggest school massacre ever (and luckily was stopped in his tracks).
They just don't see their victims as human beings but as worthless objects to be "dealt with" in the name of some sort of personal grudge or grievance or festering hostility. Something has obviously gone horribly wrong in their upbringing.
I couldn't possibly injure another person, let alone kill them. I couldn't possibly do something with such horrendous consequences both for me and for the other person - no to mention for their family and friends. How could I possibly justify my action? Likewise I couldn't bring myself to commit suicide.
As for those individuals who're happy to start wars and kill thousands or even millions of people - I can't imagine how they manage to sleep at night, how they're able to continue with their duties as if nothing unusual is happening.
It just stupefies me. The mental state of someone who can do such things is so far removed from my own mental state that the gap is unbridgeable. I can't even begin to understand what's going through their mind. Can anyone?
One thing it makes very clear - you can never know what's going on in someone else's head. Maybe something wonderful. Or maybe something utterly hideous.
Nick, governments show every day that killing is a normal thing. Soldiers , dictators, look at Trump , Netanyahu and so many others, count the countries where death sentence exists, where people are tortured The impulse to kill exists probably in every human being, if someone attacks Jenny you will certainly react and not know what the result is. It starts with verbal violence and then the line is often very thin to stop and arrange things in a peaceful way. It's a desperate situation.
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Hannah: As you say, killing is quite normal everywhere you look. Yes, to defend Jenny I might very well get violent, if that's what it took. And yes also, verbal violence can easily give way to physical violence under persistent provocation.
DeleteHuman life has never been valued. I do find it interesting that the majority of people who kill are males. Maybe because the females are the giver of life?
ReplyDeleteBijoux: Perhaps also because men are more likely to see violence as the answer to a problem. And of course so many men are fuelled by misogyny.
DeleteThere are personality disorders where conscience and empathy do not exist. There's also the very human ability of justification. In defense of me and mine, I would do what I had to do.
ReplyDeleteSandra: Yes, I think the "for me and mine" defence is a strong one. I just hope I never have to use it.
DeleteI think they are either psychopaths with no emotions or remorse, empathy or sympathy or they have personality disorders like someone else said. You have to have something wired wrong in your brain to be able to do that.
ReplyDeleteMary: Indeed, something wired very very wrong. And a total lack of the normal human emotions about other people.
DeleteIndeed Mary, it's psychopathy. They feel no normal emotions and can kill for the slightest grievance.
DeleteWhat do you call normal emotions? Soldiers are trained to kill. We send weapons to Ukraine , Israel and other countries. Not Lego , weapons.
DeleteAnon: That's another big issue, that we happily send weapons to countries that then use those weapons to kill thousands of people.
DeleteOne of my groups was talking about guns as protection of self. I said I could never shoot anyone so having a gun meant it would likely be used against me. Some assured me I would be able to do it in self defense. Others said I was right not to own a gun I wouldn't be able to use.
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Linda: Yes, foolish to own a gun you couldn't use. As you say, it could easily be used against you.
Delete81 million American households have weapons and small children of 4 or 5 get already weapons and exercice lessons , the so called psychopaths are raised also in such families. Killing as a life style
ReplyDeleteSociety is sick.
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Lisa: I think "killing as a lifestyle" is about right. People say they buy guns "for security" but if your assailant also has a gun, where's the security?
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