Pulling the trigger.

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(25 November 2013, 00:10)Midnitemo Wrote: there are as many as 1% of society who are thought to be sociopaths.....600,000 people who aren't burdened with morals scruples and a conscience like the rest of us....be scared!

But not all sociopaths are criminals and not all are evil.

While they may not have a moral compass or conscience they still have an avoidance of discomfort when they recognize consequences for their actions.

As for "pulling the trigger", I have found that there is a great deal of cultural influence also involved.

In some cultures it takes extreme provocation before persons will violently resist danger. In other cultures every man, woman and child over the age of 2 will fight to the death at the slightest opposition.

Or that their salvation depends on how many they can kill as they meet death.

While we sit at the keyboard and debate whether we could do this or that under stress there are people just down the road that view duct taping a bomb to their belly a "life choice".

If you intend to live through a crisis you better make a decision one way or the other PDQ.