# Ever kill a man? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770 "2006-07-31T20:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/41 "2006-08-02T17:31:47Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > … > Anyway, it doesn’t seem to me like **ZebraShaSha** wants stories from murderers but from soldiers and other legal killers. This is correct. Thanks to all for the serious responses. Responses like **dahfisheroo** ’s was what I was really hoping for, because I never have heard it talked about honestly. In movies killing is fairly normal, with the killers never seeming to mind, but I knew in real life it was different. I never really thought about just how different it would be, though. This has been fairly enlightening, in that I now know why you never hear it talked about so openly. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/42 "2006-08-02T17:31:55Z")
> [@zuma](#): > > Hopefully one or two serious posts will be made among all the noisy chatter. Several of the responses prior to yours _were_ serious (including mine, which **dahfisheroo** expanded on quite eloquently). Thanks for contributing to the noisy chatter, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/43 "2006-08-02T17:58:33Z")
> [@](#): > > **Priceguy** > I realize it is a traumatic experience Not very traumatic, just another day of cowboys and indians in Fallujah (and other parts of Iraq). > [@](#): > > **dahfisheroo** > > All I know is that killing a fellow human being changes you forever I don’t think I’ve changed much. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/44 "2006-08-02T18:03:26Z")
Well said, Inigo, well said. Add in the factors voluntarily training for that moment for most of your life, and perhaps you even _enjoyed_ it? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/45 "2006-08-02T18:09:56Z")
> [@WillSantini](#): > > Not very traumatic, just another day of cowboys and indians in Fallujah (and other parts of Iraq). > > I don’t think I’ve changed much. My cowboy doesn’t think so either. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/46 "2006-08-03T00:20:28Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > He had it coming. He had it coming. He only had himself to blame. If you had been there, if you had seen it, I betcha you would have done the same. But instead of killing him, couldn’t you have fired two warning shots? Into his head? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/47 "2006-08-03T00:41:35Z")
From _Miami Blues_: “Stop or I’ll shoot!” “You just shot me!” “I fired a warning shot…and it hit ya!” ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/48 "2006-08-03T04:49:54Z")
My short answer…I’m not sure. In the early 80’s i was an FTG on a nuke Cruiser. I fired round after round as cover for the american evacuation of Lebanon. We were 3 miles off shore firing 12+/- miles inland into druse militia positions…best I can say is, i don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/49 "2006-08-03T19:46:43Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I remember reading somewhere once a statistic that said that one out of every thousand people that you meet has killed someone. Not knowing the circles that everyone travels in skews this a bit, but I found it to be pretty logical. Think about it like this, if you’re standing at the airport, or on a busy city street corner, one out of every thousand people who pass by you will have killed someone. > > Look at the numbers of users on the board and thinking about that stat, there almost surely must have been a Doper who’s killed. Depends on the self-selection of Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/50 "2006-08-03T21:33:26Z")
[Jack Palance] Day ain’t over yet. [/Jack Palance] ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-kill-a-man/366770/51 "2006-08-03T21:50:34Z")
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