# When is it OK to kill someone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281 "2012-09-30T05:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/21 "2012-09-30T20:58:15Z")
You have to wait until hunting season, of course. Depending on where you live, this might not be until the second week of November. Please hold off until then. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/22 "2012-09-30T21:28:11Z")
Kill him? No. Cut his cords? Maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/23 "2012-09-30T21:36:44Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > Kill him? No. Cut his cords? Maybe? Make sure those cuts include his vocal chords, so you don’t have to listen to him screaming and whining about it. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/24 "2012-10-01T12:42:15Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > A friend of mine was working on a project in Japan several years ago. The Japanese made a Christmas display for the Americans, and when they unveiled it, that’s exact what it was. Santa nailed to a cross. The reason the [urban legends](http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/cross.asp)refuse to die is the people keep claiming it happened to them personally. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/25 "2012-10-01T13:00:45Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The reason the [urban legends](http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/cross.asp)refuse to die is the people keep claiming it happened to them personally. Thank you. That post made my doberman choke on someone’s fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/26 "2012-10-01T13:49:20Z")
I was going to propose inserting the fake-snowed cactus in a warm, humid place. Then I realized the poor cactus hasn’t done anything to deserve such a fate. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281/27 "2012-10-01T13:58:07Z")
You are overreacting dreadfully. The polite and decent thing to do for a first, second then third premature nativity event is…left kneecap, right kneecap, double tap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281.md?page=1)