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A man comes into your house. His 2-year old is in a baby carrier on his chest. He has a gun and is firing at you. Your wife and 5 year old son are behind you on
by underdeserver 2y ago
A man comes into your house. His 2-year old is in a baby carrier on his chest. He has a gun and is firing at you. Your wife and 5 year old son are behind you on the couch, and you have a gun too.
Do you shoot back?
Did you just hesitate? A bullet just scraped your wife on the side of the leg. Hesitated again? Son just got a bullet in his arm.
You fire three bullets. The baby is dead and so is the intruder.
Are you in the wrong here?
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I'm not saying this is the same as what's happening in Israel and Gaza. But "always wrong", like many views on this conflict, is sorely lacking in nuance.
With thousands of Israelis and tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, ignoring nuance is disrespectful to their memories and will not lead to realistic progress.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> baby is dead and so is the intruder....Are you in the wrong here? Yes, what was done is wrong. It might be justified, even forgivable. But it's still wrong.
- underdeserver 2y agoOn that we agree. It is wrong. But you're either wrong or dead.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> It is wrong. But you're either wrong or dead. In your example, yes. Reality is more complicated; that usually gives reasonable people room to disagree.
- qarl 2y agoHEH. I'm afraid we're just going to have to agree to disagree. Killing children is always wrong.