Current Events > When a hero knocks the villain out why do they just run instead of killing them?

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No_U_L7
07/10/21 6:10:44 PM
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Just watched a movie, girl knocks her tormentor out cold with a golf club...then runs for the car

You can probably guess what happened next

If that were me, that guy would receive golf club poundings to the head until his brain was soup
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Cobra1010
07/10/21 6:28:01 PM
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Because she doesn't want to get charged with murder.

Lol.

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No_U_L7
07/10/21 6:29:05 PM
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Cobra1010 posted...
Because she doesn't want to get charged with murder.

Lol.


that is actually chargeable as murder

but no court would ever convict that

i saw that in an episode of 24
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The_Korey
07/10/21 6:32:23 PM
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Cobra1010 posted...
Because she doesn't want to get charged with murder.

Lol.

Characters do this after watching their friends and even officers die.

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KeeperOfShadows
07/10/21 6:54:37 PM
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Why do people think the decision to take a life is something easy for normal people?

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The_Korey
07/10/21 6:57:39 PM
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KeeperOfShadows posted...
Why do people think the decision to take a life is something easy for normal people?

Is identifying a "kill or be killed" scenario abnormal?

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Xavier_On_High
07/10/21 7:00:15 PM
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Most people irl choose to flee rather than kill their attackers. Usually if they do kill them, it's because they fight back with a particularly deadly weapon, like a gun.

The majority of people don't want to kill, even if they're being attacked. Which, if you think about it, makes sense from an evolutionary perspective.

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KeeperOfShadows
07/10/21 7:00:15 PM
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The_Korey posted...
Is identifying a "kill or be killed" scenario abnormal?

Yes. Most people would look for a way to escape before assuming they have to kill their pursuer to survive.

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cardoor123
07/10/21 7:00:40 PM
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KeeperOfShadows posted...
Why do people think the decision to take a life is something easy for normal people?
Because it is, people are so crippled by their own emotions that it's not even funny. If someone is going out of their way to attack and kill you then why have feelings for their own life? If you have the chance to end their life then take it, the law is usually on your side if you were being threatened.
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Xavier_On_High
07/10/21 7:04:34 PM
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cardoor123 posted...
Because it is, people are so crippled by their own emotions that it's not even funny. If someone is going out of their way to attack and kill you then why have feelings for their own life? If you have the chance to end their life then take it, the law is usually on your side if you were being threatened.

I don't think you understood the point you were replying to.

People choose not to kill, even in situations where they would be legally protected from prosecution. Study after study has shown that even soldiers, who are trained to kill, overwhelmingly choose not to if given the opportunity. People, on the whole, don't want to kill.

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KeeperOfShadows
07/10/21 7:04:39 PM
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cardoor123 posted...
Because it is, people are so crippled by their own emotions that it's not even funny. If someone is going out of their way to attack and kill you then why have feelings for their own life? If you have the chance to end their life then take it, the law is usually on your side if you were being threatened.

You literally started by explaining why it isn't an easy choice, lol. The average person is more emotional than logical. Tense situations only make that worse. Even if killing is the most logical move for survival, it's rarely going to be the first thing anyone sane tries.

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