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So if you were in Utah yesterday and came upon the shooter preparing to fire, you wouldn't kick the rifle out of his hand?
by cosmicgadget 1y ago
So if you were in Utah yesterday and came upon the shooter preparing to fire, you wouldn't kick the rifle out of his hand?
- nullocator 1y agoI don't think this is a fair question. Answering the question you asked to someone else: It's hard for me to personally know how I'd react in such a situation. I'd like to say that I'd do everything possible to stop one person from killing another even if (lesser) violence is required to do so, and I think that's okay. But I think it's equally likely that I could be afraid or unsure of how to react in such a situation and therefore fail to act which is also okay I think? Not everyone wants to be or can be a hero or a statistic.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoIt's perfectly fine that you wouldn't know what you'd do in that hypothetical. But you answered the question I asked, you'd choose the lesser violence to stop the greater violence. I think a lot of people would agree. The person I asked said "violence is never the answer" so I wanted to explore that.