Pulling the trigger.

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(25 November 2013, 01:40)Danzord Wrote:

(25 November 2013, 01:22)Timelord Wrote: From that 600,000 you would have to remove the elderly infirm, physically incapable, small children or incapacitated for whatever reason - variable to the SHTF scenario. It will still leave a lot though but every geographical area will differ.
If you are wondering over the question of whether you could take another human life and are wrestling with this mentally, then you will not find out until the moment happens. If you are already genuinely confident of being able to carry it out then you probably won't be wrestling with the dilemma. Desensitization is the normal training method practised to overcome this "normal" human dilemma. Military practice this desensitization and the majority of console & PC games also are in this vein, which is indeed worrying! If you are worried about whether you could do it or not, then desensitization training would be required to change this to be confident of being able to carry the action out. (that is not false self deluding confidence but of actually being --mentally at ease-- with the idea of killing another human being - for individually morally acceptable SHTF reasons of course!!) I am not condoning any aspect of this thread, I am just discussing emotion & practicalities of the dilemma in a hypothetical third person sense..
For those that don't have any concept of the dilemma and don't give it a second thought after it being put to them, than they probably fall somewhere in the 600,000 category. Best avoid! lol. TL.

I just posted this to make people think when they talk about defense that there are more aspects than having and using a weapon, i certainly dont want to become desensitised. I just think that if people are going to talk about these things they should consider the psycological effects as well. I dont think anyone outside that small percentage will be at ease with killing but everyones minds are different and i just wanted some other veiwpoints.

Perhaps problem number one is that people today are OVERSENSITIZED!

We get so tied up worrying about PTSD and the after effects of the traumatic experiences that we forget that "survival" is about living through the trauma and dealing with the fact that we are still alive, and kept our loved ones alive, when it is over.

Which is better, traumatized or dead?

Which is better, looking down at a dead scumbag or burying your wife and kids after the scumbag gets through with them?

If you are not quite sure if you can handle coming out on the other side perhaps you are wasting your time stashing two liter bottles in the commode tank and diligently searching for two for one offers on baked beans.

No one promised us a rose garden.

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You Brits used to call it "keeping a stiff upper lip".

The American term is "suck it up and grow a pair".