Would you kill a mass murderer when they were a child?

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

This ahole in Vegas got me wondering about crossing paths with someone before they committed their crimes and would you be able to just kill them. The overwhelming majority of us would probably say 'Yes' to that. However, I thought if you had to go back in time to when they were a kid (8-10 years old) would you be able to off them then knowing the crimes they would commit in the future?

 

I personally don't think I could.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,543]

the whole Hitler thought, maybe just maybe if someone have treated him a little differently history would have changed

 

I think that I say no despite what happened to my people, instead find the time that his thoughts were formed

 

pretty much all savage leaders have been leftists

[GobbleDog 1,010]

If you KNEW then yeah it depends on the number killed. I got a wife and little kid to worry about. One or two deaths....probably not. 10+ deaths... fine I have to take a stand. As for Hitler.....50,000,000 people died in that war; I assume most reasonable humans would do the right thing.

[Gepetto 1,454]

Why is this mentality even a question? No, you don't go back in time and kill him. If you could do that, you could go back and mentor him and shape his life so that he turns out to be a person that is happy and content in life and is unwilling and uninterested in hating and hurting others.

[KSB2424 3,173]

Wasnt this a Tom Cruise movie?

[Cloaca du jour 2,157]

Boys from Brazil!!!

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Why is this mentality even a question? No, you don't go back in time and kill him. If you could do that, you could go back and mentor him and shape his life so that he turns out to be a person that is happy and content in life and is unwilling and uninterested in hating and hurting others.

 

That's the twist. You have to do something that could be construed evil at the time i.e. 'someone killed this kid' to save many more lives in the future. Some would never believe that kid would later grow up and kill so many people.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

Would you kill a man to eradicate AIDS or breast cancer?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,543]

Would you kill a man to eradicate AIDS or breast cancer?

 

I would kill the man that a monkey, but since man didnt cause cancer, not much we could do

 

as far as a sacrifice, no, as much as cancer sucks, disease is a part of population control (and both my grandfathers, my dad and my uncle all died from cancer)

[TommyGavin 790]

11/22/63

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,543]

11/22/63

 

back and to the left, back and to the left

[iam90sbaby 2,727]

No ones seen Minority Report?

[lickin_starfish 2,006]

We can't go back in time and change events. We CAN focus on today, and treat people better. Who knows, you may interact with someone who could be the next killer. Will you sway him/her towards good or evil?

[Thornton Melon 648]

We can't go back in time and change events. We CAN focus on today, and treat people better. Who knows, you may interact with someone who could be the next killer. Will you sway him/her towards good or evil?

Id kill him

[Alias Detective 1,459]

What race or religious affiliation is said child?

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

What race or religious affiliation is said child?

Whatever would give you the most moral uncertainty.

[Mike Honcho 5,435]

Truthfully, that's how I justify killing all the children I do...that one day they may become mass murderers.

[Mookz 1,374]

Truthfully, that's how I justify killing all the children I do...that one day they may become mass murderers.

 

It's called erring on the side of caution.

[posty 2,809]

No, I would not...

[tanatastic 2,062]

No, I would not...

Wrong topic, I think you meant to post this in a supermodel thread.

[Brad GLuckman 519]

We can't go back in time and change events. We CAN focus on today, and treat people better. Who knows, you may interact with someone who could be the next killer. Will you sway him/her towards good or evil?

 

http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=470485&do=findComment&comment=6045558

[fandandy 3,313]

Imagine going back in time and giving kid Jesus a wedgie. If time travel is ever possible that would be a neat story to be able to tell. I gave the son of God a wedgie.

 

I bet that would change the sermon on the mount. Blessed are the poor in spirit and cursed are the wedgie givers.

[mighty_thor 115]

Maybe I would just blind him.

[edjr 6,898]

dumb

 

I would shoot his father in the balls.

[wiffleball 4,797]

Forget Mass murderers for a minute. I brought this case up before. If you could stop the murder and rape of Jessica Lunsford, would you do it? Google her. As a result of the atrocity of her rape detention and murder, laws were passed in dozens of States closing huge loopholes on sexual predators on probation. So, the question is, do you save her only the c500 little girls suffer the same or Worse fate later? Or do you let her go through what she went through to spare 500 other little girls from having to do the same?

[jerryskids 7,085]

No. I wouldn't kill Hitler or anyone else are a child. That's Machiavellian and, as others have pointed out, a lot of good has come out of responses to evil.

[wiffleball 4,797]

No. I wouldn't kill Hitler or anyone else are a child. That's Machiavellian and, as others have pointed out, a lot of good has come out of responses to evil.

For example, no Hitler no rocket program . no rocket program no Tang. Sure 6 million Jews died, but -Tang!

[wiffleball 4,797]

I want to create the equivalent of a dating app for mass-murdering f*** heads. I mean, they're only real problem is their targets. But, for example you turn this a****** loose on the Kardashian Clan and he's a national f****** hero. And no Kardashian's. Enough said.

 

I mean, let's face it, Charles Manson was just ahead of his time. We definitely need that f***** to get out on parole along with a loaded gun and a map to the Kardashian houses.

 

As it is, now I'm really put my money on OJ. Hopefully that f***** can do something productive with the rest of his life.

[edjr 6,898]

I want to create the equivalent of a dating app for mass-murdering f*** heads. I mean, they're only real problem is their targets. But, for example you turn this a****** loose on the Kardashian Clan and he's a national f****** hero. And no Kardashian's. Enough said.

 

I mean, let's face it, Charles Manson was just ahead of his time. We definitely need that f***** to get out on parole along with a loaded gun and a map to the Kardashian houses.

 

As it is, now I'm really put my money on OJ. Hopefully that f***** can do something productive with the rest of his life.

 

Craigslist already did that

[Cdub100 3,995]

I'd go back in time and help Hitler

[Gepetto 1,454]

Watch the movie Unbreakable if you haven't already. It seems relevant to this thread.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,543]

Forget Mass murderers for a minute. I brought this case up before. If you could stop the murder and rape of Jessica Lunsford, would you do it? Google Earth. As a result of the atrocity of her rape detention and murder, laws were passed in dozens of States closing huge loopholes on sexual predators on probation. So, the question is, do you save her only the c500 little girls suffer the same or Worse fate later? Or do you let her go through what she went through to spare 500 other little girls from having to do the same?

 

I can't help but think of Jack Nicholson saying, while Private Santiago's death was tragic, it probably saved hundreds if not thousands of lives

[frank 2,345]

Imagine going back in time and giving kid Jesus a wedgie. If time travel is ever possible that would be a neat story to be able to tell. I gave the son of God a wedgie.

 

I bet that would change the sermon on the mount. Blessed are the poor in spirit and cursed are the wedgie givers.

Better keep listening; might be a bit about blessed are the big noses.

[SUXBNME 1,595]

 

I would kill the man that ###### a monkey,

What if he spanked it first?

Same result?

[SUXBNME 1,595]

 

I can't help but think of Jack Nicholson saying, while Private Santiago's death was tragic, it probably saved hundreds if not thousands of lives

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[SenatorRock 708]

Forget Mass murderers for a minute. I brought this case up before. If you could stop the murder and rape of Jessica Lunsford, would you do it?

After reading about what he did to that poor girl I'd have no problem going back and burying him alive when he was a child, just as he did to her. That was a rough read, poor girl. Hope he was tortured in prison before he died.

[wiffleball 4,797]

11/22/63

Somebody apparently beat you to it.

I'm not sure if you've ever been to Dealey Plaza, but some dude showed up and put a giant "X" RIGHT WHERE JFK was shot to warn people.

 

I mean seriously, if you're driving that car, don't you at least try to steer around that X?

[wiffleball 4,797]

After reading about what he did to that poor girl I'd have no problem going back and burying him alive when he was a child, just as he did to her. That was a rough read, poor girl. Hope he was tortured in prison before he died.

As I recall, MF'er died from ass cancer about 5 years in.

Focking bastard probably got better care in prison than he ever would have on the outside.

[WhiteWonder 2,927]

This ahole in Vegas got me wondering about crossing paths with someone before they committed their crimes and would you be able to just kill them. The overwhelming majority of us would probably say 'Yes' to that. However, I thought if you had to go back in time to when they were a kid (8-10 years old) would you be able to off them then knowing the crimes they would commit in the future?

 

I personally don't think I could.

 

this reminds me of the movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise. Not in the sense that it had anything to do with killing (or arresting in the case of the movie) children who were going to committ crimes much later on but the basis of the movie was people being arrested and locked away before they were able to committ murder based on some weird telepathic system that could tell police about crimes that were about to happen before they actually did.

 

and my answer is no because if I came across a kid who was 10 years old and someone told me they were going to committ a horrible crime like mass murder when they were in the 60's or however old, even if I believed that person, I also believe strongly in nurture over nature for many aspects of life. Rather than kill a child, I would make an attempt to lead them on a better path. Im not sure how as I havnt put THAT much thought into it but I imagine that it could only take 2 or 3 life events to go differently to completely change a person. Maybe this child gets strongly bullied or winds up in an abusive relationship (physical or verbal) or any other thing you can think of that doesn't obviously excuse mass murder but is a trigger event for the person they wind up becoming mentally. If you can change a couple of those life events, you may change that persons whole outlook on life and their ability to commit such a terrible act.

 

In fact, by killing said child, you can't even prove that you might not be creating a murderer in someone else who winds up being terribly impacted by the childs death.

[wiffleball 4,797]

Better keep listening; might be a bit about blessed are the big noses.

Blessed are the Cheese Makers? What's so bleedin' special about the Cheese Makers?