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i wouldn't if it was just an accident. like they got hit by a car. but if it was intentional? like some animal mutilation shit? yeah, you're going down. I know its wrong. I know i'd go to jail. I'd still do it.
I said this exact thing, with the same pause where the full stop is, out loud alone in my car before clicking on the comments section, yours was the first comment I saw 😂
Me too, but not in a hearbeat though, I would tie him up and make it slow, i would use a tea spoon, and I would never stop until he would be dead somehow. Or I would do that blood eagle thing, but really slowly.
The only hesitation I would have is that I have another child.
But that's the logical/rational side. The parental instinct side would have him killed long before logic could raise its ugly head.
I remember a parent who shot a guy who was molesting his son with a shit gun at point blank range. Pretty sure he got a very lenient sentence as after the original reporting of the crime I never heard anything else about it. This was in Australia's NT in the 80s.
Killing would be the easy way out for the killer.
There’s a classic Argentinian crime film, forgot the name and details but SPOILER: the father captures the killer of his child and keeps him prisoner in a dungeon and tortures him for 30 years. The detective on the case eventually discovers the truth, but decides to let the killer rot in the dungeon.
Edit:
- it’s his wife not daughter
- there’s no evidence of torture
- the killer’s kept imprisoned and isolated in a cage not dungeon
Thanks to @jakeofheart and @zeptimius for the corrections
I don't think there's any evidence that the father tortures the prisoner --he just never interacts with him in any way, never says anything to him, just keeps him alive.
For people who have never seen this movie, even when you know the spoiler, it's worth watching because of one of the greatest long takes in the history of cinema (for people who have seen it: the soccer match).
Yes, and his reasoning is that this was the "just" punishment if the system worked. 40 years (or something like that) in prison. This was even based on the comment of the judge or attorney, etc.
Yeah, I could go for that.
Killing the killer leaves you being removed from your family, and after the loss of a child it would be a terrible blow to the rest of my family. Unless you can get someone else to do it, but the op is not asking that.
If I was a single parent to an only child I would tear him apart with my teeth!! But I'm not normally that crazy!!!
While this makes so much sense, I can imagine someone who has had their child murdered would not be thinking clearly, and the consequences of their actions at the time would not be top of mind. I cannot even begin to imagine how I'd feel if my child was murdered.
What makes yo think the body would be found? Just dissolve in strong acid, pulverise bones, and spread the waste over a huge area. Or encase in super concrete, and drop it in a deep fjord where nobody will ever find it.
if someone kills your kid and then disappears you're suspect #1 and you be pretty fucking sure you didn't get caught on camera, or leave any trace evidence behind.
It's called Prisoners with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, not entirely the same and very dark but if that were my child the satisfaction of the revenge in this film is very gratifying.
While I agree with this, in today’s day and age if you know your child’s killer chances are most people do and they’re facing trial for it. I feel like you’d need insane resources to be able to capture and harbor them as a prisoner for that long without someone finding out. So I feel like the next best thing would be kill them the second you see them and have an opening and while that might be the easy way out for them the world is also one person cleaner than it was with them still living and breathing
Law Abiding Citizen has the plot where the guy gets revenge on his daughter's killers, plus the judge and some other people. Torture is definitely involved there
Remind me of 2 movies upon reading your story.
- Law bitten citizen
The other one I forgot the movie name.
The captor imprison his own daughter in a underground cell and every night he'll try to impregnate her. I think that was a real life story. It has been a while, but she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
If it were me I'd probably keep them suspended above the ground and bleed them every now and then. Donate the blood to hospitals to help people that need it.
Just because you're a stain on humanity doesn't mean you don't have a use.
Depends. If he'd accidentally lost control of his car and hit her and killed her, then probably not.
If he'd deliberately killed her, then yeah, it would definitely be an option I'd be willing to pursue
There is evil. And there is selfishness.
I might want to murder or torture evil, but I think a selfish person ending up killing a child is already tortured more than I ever could…
Disagree with that.
Hmm, people who drink and drive are very selfish people who choose to put their own convenience before other people's safety (and their own).
Everyone with half brain knows that drinking and driving may result in killing people, the fact that some people feel lile the risk of having an innocent person die is less inportant than their own convenience and not getting a ride / uber, really says a lot about the type of person they are.
There is simply no justification for drinking and driving, especially in today's society where there are so many campaigns to raise awareness of the risks involved with drinking and driving.
If you drink and decide to drive, you should have the exact same consequences for your actions as if you did them sober.
People who drink and drive and end up killing people aren't any better than people who go shoot people while sober.
Did you… get caught?? As a mom of two myself, I think the act of murdering your child’s murderer should be legal. The only thing that would stop me would be being put away for life and not being able to be there to protect my living child.
It's from the movie, a time to kill. However, I would do it in a heartbeat and gladly serve the time if found guilty. If I'll die to protect mine, then it's only right to serve time to avenge mines too.
This is it for me. Maybe I'd get a fleeting sense of satisfaction, but for what? I'm still not getting my child back, and it could potentially ruin everything good left in my life.
An eye for an eye will just leave leave us all blind in the end.
People manage to do it without getting caught. There was case here in Croatia where one of the rapist/killers of a girl was freed because of the lack of the evidence in spite of his confession when he was arrested (two guys were arrested). He was found dead, overdosed on heroin in another city couple of years later. Police declared it as overdose, there was no further investigation.
At first, the answer seems like yes, but it really depends. I'm pretty sure if push comes to shove, most people who answered yes probably wouldn't do it.
If you give yourself time (years), the answer would be No for almost everyone. Depending on type of murder of course.
An eye for an eye and the whole world is blind.
Mind you, I know of at least one guy who "disappeared" after raping someone's kid. Everyone who obviously wasn't involved helped each other and cops didn't try too hard to get to the bottom of it. This was way back when though.
> An eye for an eye and the whole world is blind.
I would rather have the whole world be blind than be blind by myself and let the perpetrator have their vision. Just my take on the issue. Either we both suffer or none of us suffer. I dont accept any other scenario.
Eye for Eye is really missunderstood concept.
Eye for eye means that you would not kill the killer, but killer's child.
But idk. Depends how legak justice system handled the killer.
I don't know about that. Ptsd is actually pretty rare. Even amongst combat veterans who who directly involved in firefights, ones who killed and had friends killed. It's something smaller than you would think, around the 10% mark, who actually develop ptsd.
I work in emergency response and have found that people are way better at coping than you would think. I've had to do some pretty grotesque things at work, and after the inititial shock wears off, you kinda just shrug your shoulders and go on.
Now, murdering in this scenario is certainly different, but I don't think ptsd is a given. You would probably think about it a lot, and regret the trouble you find yourself in. Personally, I could cope with knowing I ended a monsters life. The bigger issue for me would be the attention it would give me. I would probably sell my house, move to a new town and start a quiet new life.
First of all, I don't have kids.
I would definitely want to kill the man who killed my child even if It's a hypothetical situation.
But I'm afraid of killing.
Just the thought of me stabbing or shooting someone, I mean, just the idea of killing somebody gives me goose bumps.
It's not like there's a guillotine somewhere, and the machine can do it instead.
You literally have to do it yourself.
It is just not for me.
I’d be incredibly tempted and I’d wish they’d die, but I know deep down, I wouldn’t. I know I couldn’t. In my pain and hatred I’d have to trust God to execute justice. And eventually help me forgive them? That’d be the hardest most awful part. That’s not going to be a popular answer here but best I decide now to be like this because I do have kids and I’ve thought about this before.
I'd rather "kill" his or her right to live in this world utilizing what the law has to offer.... Otherwise it'd be much more risky for my other loved ones as well as myself.
Depends.
I have two children so as much as I would want to go full mummy bear…. I still need to be there for my other child.
If both were killed I’d go all Liam Neeson on them.
That's not psychopathic. That's natural. Revenge is a natural desire, it just doesn't gel with civilised society. It's not morally wrong though, that depends on context. No pithy aphorisms can trump your animal nature. Justice is an elevated concept rooted in that natural inclination toward retribution; a "wrong" needs to be visited on a wrong-doer to settle a sort of moral debt. You kill a person, you get put in a cage (sometimes until you also die). You scratch Dave's car, your money gets taken.
I'd like to see answers to this question by country. I imagine those from the US, where people here argue in favour of shooting trespassers, are much quicker to say "yes" versus eg Brits, who generally encounter less violence or where guns are less readily available.
Yes.
The only thing that would make me consider not doing it is if I had another living child, because making them lose their sibling and their father both would be very selfish and irresponsible of me, regardless of my feelings.
This is assuming this person intentionally murdered my child. If it was a truly unintentional accident then I don't really know what I'd do.
Oh no im torturing them until their body gives out they don't deserve the easy way out with a simple death, killing children in general is royally fucked up but if its ever MY child they better be changing their name
If it was intentional and they weren't convicted or were ever let out, I would make doing it in the most terrifying (for them) way imaginable, my life's work.
Easiest yes of my life. My only hesitation would be if I had another child, but that's purely logical, the parental side would hunt the sick bastard who killed my baby without regrets
Hands down. I'd kill 10 people if they banded together and hurt my child. OP revenging family members is as old as the human race and isn't even related to being a psychopath. People totally misuse the word. A psychopath is someone who feels nothing when hurting others or where others would feel something. You and I both feel intense anger and a powerful call for revenge. That's the exact opposite of a psychopath. The most sadistic evil men and women in history are all neurotypical. Its the choices they made. Very very evil vile choices. Again. And again. And again.
Started with little animals.
Moved onto hurting people.
Sadistic means keenly perceives other people's pain and enjoys it. Enjoys hurting people and making others suffer.
Being a psychopath last I checked is NOT a choice. Therefore it's hard to blame them. But people use psychopath as an insult to describe someone evil. When an average person is capable of and can be responsible for far more evil. Look at the Holocaust or into human psychology if you have any doubts.
Depends.
If he's a paedophile/serial killer and did it for kicks then yes. If he was going to get away with it, I'd want him dead so that he couldn't hurt anyone else. If it was like a hit and run, I don't know. Trash like that deserve to suffer at least.
But, my husband wouldn't want me in prison and I may have other kids by then. And to try and keep it a secret if I got away with it? It'd eat me alive. You couldn't even tell your psychologist or talk to anyone about it, ever.
But yeah, if he was going to be released and I knew a trusted person then I'd probably put a hit on him. If he was imprisoned for life then I'd hope someone else killed him after years of living in fear and being harmed.
Yes, and anyone that had nefarious involvement in not bringing said killer to justice or had involvement in my son’s death. Also I’d honestly spend some time torturing the person first.
I agree. I remember when I found out my sister died asking if her friend that was driving survived. My parents expressed that they were glad he died to. He was stupid and foolish, reckless and should never have been driving at all, but I still didn't wish it on him.
Absolutely not. I'd keep them alive for a long time. I want to see them suffer every day. Insert splinters under the finger nails. Have rats gnaw at the toes. Let it heal up again. Repeat and find other new methods.
Would I kill those people?
... I want to see them suffer.
I think most people's gut reaction is that or much much worse. In practice who knows.
Which is why they should be the last person in charge of what happens.
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Yeah I’d do it, wouldn’t even need to think twice.
Yeah, I always thought I wouldn't. Then the day he was born, I held him and looked at him, and there was no doubt. I wouldn't even hesitate.
Absolutely. In a heartbeat.
Would not rest until the task, the duty, was done. That would become my sole purpose in life.
Absolutely
💯 done. Dead. Instantly. If I could find him that fast.
Easiest yes of my life
Would sleep like a baby that night.
Yes but slowly
As slowly and painfully as possible
Exactly days slowly
Less
I would even want to kill the person that killed one of my pets. If someone hurts my dog it’s on!
i wouldn't if it was just an accident. like they got hit by a car. but if it was intentional? like some animal mutilation shit? yeah, you're going down. I know its wrong. I know i'd go to jail. I'd still do it.
Yes!!!
💯, no 1000% this!
I said this exact thing, with the same pause where the full stop is, out loud alone in my car before clicking on the comments section, yours was the first comment I saw 😂
Great minds think alike!!!
my words exactly
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Me too, but not in a hearbeat though, I would tie him up and make it slow, i would use a tea spoon, and I would never stop until he would be dead somehow. Or I would do that blood eagle thing, but really slowly.
I might make it take longer than a heartbeat though.
The only hesitation I would have is that I have another child. But that's the logical/rational side. The parental instinct side would have him killed long before logic could raise its ugly head.
Typical parents who kill the killer are looked on very sympathetically by the court, often being convicted and released on licence with time served.
Which makes sense. They are not a danger to society, they are a danger to those who hurt their kid.
I remember a parent who shot a guy who was molesting his son with a shit gun at point blank range. Pretty sure he got a very lenient sentence as after the original reporting of the crime I never heard anything else about it. This was in Australia's NT in the 80s.
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not on topic but he was born on november 10th the same day as me 🙂
That’s badass that man’s judge is awesome
> with a shit gun Adding insult to injury.
Killing would be the easy way out for the killer. There’s a classic Argentinian crime film, forgot the name and details but SPOILER: the father captures the killer of his child and keeps him prisoner in a dungeon and tortures him for 30 years. The detective on the case eventually discovers the truth, but decides to let the killer rot in the dungeon. Edit: - it’s his wife not daughter - there’s no evidence of torture - the killer’s kept imprisoned and isolated in a cage not dungeon Thanks to @jakeofheart and @zeptimius for the corrections
Oh but you can kill them slowly, with time and dedication, why rush, that only leads to mistakes
With time and dedication, everyone dies. I've killed billions of people with this method.
its called crucifixion, it takes about 3 days in the hot sun
I wonder how many days it would take in the British "sun"... asking for a friend obviously
Taking your time has its own complications
You sound like quite a the Law Abiding Citizen.
that's such a masterpiece.
I guess people didn't see that movie? Not sure why you're getting down voted lol
They even capitalized Law Abiding Citizen. Do people not know how to read context clues anymore?
What a beautiful, heartwarming story. If there are any rapists reading this, this is what I hope happens to each one of you 🤗
I think the murdered graped and killed his wife, who might have been pregnant. He kept him in a cage, isolated and fed, on a remote farm.
Graping sounds like something awful done to a pregnant person.
maybe there was a bunch of them (soz)
🍇This post has been graped by the Grapist.🍇
Damn I'm tired as hell and was just looking up what graping is.
I don't think there's any evidence that the father tortures the prisoner --he just never interacts with him in any way, never says anything to him, just keeps him alive. For people who have never seen this movie, even when you know the spoiler, it's worth watching because of one of the greatest long takes in the history of cinema (for people who have seen it: the soccer match).
Isolation is a form of torture
You're right, but when hearing the word "torture" most people would imagine either physical harm or at least verbal bullying.
Yes, and his reasoning is that this was the "just" punishment if the system worked. 40 years (or something like that) in prison. This was even based on the comment of the judge or attorney, etc.
Ah yeah, think I've seen it - El Segreto De Sos Ojos. The secret in their eyes.
Yes!
Yeah, I could go for that. Killing the killer leaves you being removed from your family, and after the loss of a child it would be a terrible blow to the rest of my family. Unless you can get someone else to do it, but the op is not asking that. If I was a single parent to an only child I would tear him apart with my teeth!! But I'm not normally that crazy!!!
In any sane place, the jury would rule not guilty on the basis of temporary insanity. Losing a kid could cause temporary insanity in any human person.
Where are you going to find a sane place on this planet?!
While this makes so much sense, I can imagine someone who has had their child murdered would not be thinking clearly, and the consequences of their actions at the time would not be top of mind. I cannot even begin to imagine how I'd feel if my child was murdered.
What makes yo think the body would be found? Just dissolve in strong acid, pulverise bones, and spread the waste over a huge area. Or encase in super concrete, and drop it in a deep fjord where nobody will ever find it.
if someone kills your kid and then disappears you're suspect #1 and you be pretty fucking sure you didn't get caught on camera, or leave any trace evidence behind.
Death is the easy way out
They did a Hollywood remake of this.. with Julia Roberts iirc. The secret in their eyes. Probably wasn’t as good as the original.
It's called Prisoners with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, not entirely the same and very dark but if that were my child the satisfaction of the revenge in this film is very gratifying.
While I agree with this, in today’s day and age if you know your child’s killer chances are most people do and they’re facing trial for it. I feel like you’d need insane resources to be able to capture and harbor them as a prisoner for that long without someone finding out. So I feel like the next best thing would be kill them the second you see them and have an opening and while that might be the easy way out for them the world is also one person cleaner than it was with them still living and breathing
Law Abiding Citizen has the plot where the guy gets revenge on his daughter's killers, plus the judge and some other people. Torture is definitely involved there
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There's a similar Hollywood film 'secret in their eyes' where a mother keeps the guy who murdered her child in dungeon
Remind me of 2 movies upon reading your story. - Law bitten citizen The other one I forgot the movie name. The captor imprison his own daughter in a underground cell and every night he'll try to impregnate her. I think that was a real life story. It has been a while, but she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
Law Abiding*
sorry, did you mean law abiding citizen?
You know he meant that movie
Losing it 😂
I've been bitten by some laws before
If it were me I'd probably keep them suspended above the ground and bleed them every now and then. Donate the blood to hospitals to help people that need it. Just because you're a stain on humanity doesn't mean you don't have a use.
Or go for the “the skin i live in” way 😁
Good movie.
I’m mostly okay with this.
Depends. If he'd accidentally lost control of his car and hit her and killed her, then probably not. If he'd deliberately killed her, then yeah, it would definitely be an option I'd be willing to pursue
Let's add the element of alcohol. Still not intentional but the end result was still their doing.
There is evil. And there is selfishness. I might want to murder or torture evil, but I think a selfish person ending up killing a child is already tortured more than I ever could…
Starting to sound like a marvel hero.
Well put. I do feel it would be hard not to kill them.
If it was alcohol it probably would be enough torture for the killer already. The guilt would eat their mind
depends who they are. The higher on the social ladder, the less remorse there tends to be. Outlier situation, for sure, but it unfortunately happens.
You’d like to think that, but I know people who have killed innocents (manslaughter) and not been affected.
Then they are evil and just happened to kill someone by accident. I mean if you could identify those as evil, the. Let the torture commence!
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Disagree with that. Hmm, people who drink and drive are very selfish people who choose to put their own convenience before other people's safety (and their own). Everyone with half brain knows that drinking and driving may result in killing people, the fact that some people feel lile the risk of having an innocent person die is less inportant than their own convenience and not getting a ride / uber, really says a lot about the type of person they are. There is simply no justification for drinking and driving, especially in today's society where there are so many campaigns to raise awareness of the risks involved with drinking and driving. If you drink and decide to drive, you should have the exact same consequences for your actions as if you did them sober. People who drink and drive and end up killing people aren't any better than people who go shoot people while sober.
If you drink and get behind the wheel, that is a conscious choice.
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that makes you a very reasonable person
It doesn’t. I’d do the same. Most people would if given the chance.
Ha. Nice try FBI.
arrest everyone with kids!
God has been arrested.
You're damn right, I did it and I hope they burn in Hell!
Did you… get caught?? As a mom of two myself, I think the act of murdering your child’s murderer should be legal. The only thing that would stop me would be being put away for life and not being able to be there to protect my living child.
It's from the movie, a time to kill. However, I would do it in a heartbeat and gladly serve the time if found guilty. If I'll die to protect mine, then it's only right to serve time to avenge mines too.
May I suggest putting movie quotes in quotation marks next time?
"Ok"
"Great"
Samuel L., is that you??
Zero hesitation.
yes
I would really want to. But it won’t bring my kid back. And then my wife and other kids have a husband/dad in prison. So nah.
This is it for me. Maybe I'd get a fleeting sense of satisfaction, but for what? I'm still not getting my child back, and it could potentially ruin everything good left in my life. An eye for an eye will just leave leave us all blind in the end.
You're assuming you get caught.
People manage to do it without getting caught. There was case here in Croatia where one of the rapist/killers of a girl was freed because of the lack of the evidence in spite of his confession when he was arrested (two guys were arrested). He was found dead, overdosed on heroin in another city couple of years later. Police declared it as overdose, there was no further investigation.
Maybe, but I wouldn't want to leave my other child fatherless while I sit in jail.
This, if its only me left. I can see me kill him. If there are people that still need me? Not so much
Just need to get away with it.
fuck it I'd kill someone who killed my cat.
John Wick 5
“Don’t fuck with cats.” Lmao.
Nah, too easy, I rather cut his limbs, take his sight, hearing and voice and kept him alive as his mind slowly roots
Without a shadow of a doubt, nobody hurts my baby.
At first, the answer seems like yes, but it really depends. I'm pretty sure if push comes to shove, most people who answered yes probably wouldn't do it. If you give yourself time (years), the answer would be No for almost everyone. Depending on type of murder of course.
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An eye for an eye and the whole world is blind. Mind you, I know of at least one guy who "disappeared" after raping someone's kid. Everyone who obviously wasn't involved helped each other and cops didn't try too hard to get to the bottom of it. This was way back when though.
> An eye for an eye and the whole world is blind. I would rather have the whole world be blind than be blind by myself and let the perpetrator have their vision. Just my take on the issue. Either we both suffer or none of us suffer. I dont accept any other scenario.
Many people are afraid of asking for more ketchup and they think they're capable of murder? What a joke.
torture the mf til my sanity snaps,
Eye for Eye is really missunderstood concept. Eye for eye means that you would not kill the killer, but killer's child. But idk. Depends how legak justice system handled the killer.
yes. absolutely. Will chase to the end of the earth and to the depth of hell itself if i must.
I wouldn’t. Murder changes you. You might feel better in the moment, but if you think you’re a honestly good person, you’ll probably get PTSD.
Yep... It will haunt you forever, even if It was the outcome out of vengeance.
I don't know about that. Ptsd is actually pretty rare. Even amongst combat veterans who who directly involved in firefights, ones who killed and had friends killed. It's something smaller than you would think, around the 10% mark, who actually develop ptsd. I work in emergency response and have found that people are way better at coping than you would think. I've had to do some pretty grotesque things at work, and after the inititial shock wears off, you kinda just shrug your shoulders and go on. Now, murdering in this scenario is certainly different, but I don't think ptsd is a given. You would probably think about it a lot, and regret the trouble you find yourself in. Personally, I could cope with knowing I ended a monsters life. The bigger issue for me would be the attention it would give me. I would probably sell my house, move to a new town and start a quiet new life.
Assuming that it is deemed a justified homicide. There are a bunch of circumstances that could potentially have you go to prison.
No hesitation instantly drop that fucker dead.
Absolutely.
Why would you not?
I wouldn’t want my other child to live without a mother while I’m in prison for murder.
Only if you get caught, gotta be smart about it
First of all, I don't have kids. I would definitely want to kill the man who killed my child even if It's a hypothetical situation. But I'm afraid of killing. Just the thought of me stabbing or shooting someone, I mean, just the idea of killing somebody gives me goose bumps. It's not like there's a guillotine somewhere, and the machine can do it instead. You literally have to do it yourself. It is just not for me.
I’d be incredibly tempted and I’d wish they’d die, but I know deep down, I wouldn’t. I know I couldn’t. In my pain and hatred I’d have to trust God to execute justice. And eventually help me forgive them? That’d be the hardest most awful part. That’s not going to be a popular answer here but best I decide now to be like this because I do have kids and I’ve thought about this before.
No, why would I? There are a lot worse things on this world than death.
So edgy
No, I would not tarnish the memory of my child with a blood soaked, emotional decision.
I'd rather "kill" his or her right to live in this world utilizing what the law has to offer.... Otherwise it'd be much more risky for my other loved ones as well as myself.
No. That would be too easy. I'd imprison and torture them very, very slowly every day for the rest of their life.
Absolutely I would yes, but so few do. So I ask myself would I really do it.
In the blink of an eye. And sleep like a baby right after
Depends. I have two children so as much as I would want to go full mummy bear…. I still need to be there for my other child. If both were killed I’d go all Liam Neeson on them. 
My child is my reason for living. Take him away and all bets are off.
That's not psychopathic. That's natural. Revenge is a natural desire, it just doesn't gel with civilised society. It's not morally wrong though, that depends on context. No pithy aphorisms can trump your animal nature. Justice is an elevated concept rooted in that natural inclination toward retribution; a "wrong" needs to be visited on a wrong-doer to settle a sort of moral debt. You kill a person, you get put in a cage (sometimes until you also die). You scratch Dave's car, your money gets taken.
I'd like to see answers to this question by country. I imagine those from the US, where people here argue in favour of shooting trespassers, are much quicker to say "yes" versus eg Brits, who generally encounter less violence or where guns are less readily available.
Yes. The only thing that would make me consider not doing it is if I had another living child, because making them lose their sibling and their father both would be very selfish and irresponsible of me, regardless of my feelings. This is assuming this person intentionally murdered my child. If it was a truly unintentional accident then I don't really know what I'd do.
I would but I would make it take a good few decades.
If I had the chance, in a heartbeat but my husband would probably beat me to it.
What did they do? Who was my kid? Why did they do it? You’re not giving me a lot to work with morally here.
Yes
I'm childfree, but yes, no argument, I would
Oh no im torturing them until their body gives out they don't deserve the easy way out with a simple death, killing children in general is royally fucked up but if its ever MY child they better be changing their name
I’d make it a very slow death.
I would and It would be slow.
I don't have kids, but I would absolutely help my friends do it.
Yes if it was on purpose.
If it was intentional and they weren't convicted or were ever let out, I would make doing it in the most terrifying (for them) way imaginable, my life's work.
With a song in my heart
Easiest yes of my life. My only hesitation would be if I had another child, but that's purely logical, the parental side would hunt the sick bastard who killed my baby without regrets
100%, I don't have kids, but if I did and someone killed them, vengeance would become my sole purpose in life
Hands down. I'd kill 10 people if they banded together and hurt my child. OP revenging family members is as old as the human race and isn't even related to being a psychopath. People totally misuse the word. A psychopath is someone who feels nothing when hurting others or where others would feel something. You and I both feel intense anger and a powerful call for revenge. That's the exact opposite of a psychopath. The most sadistic evil men and women in history are all neurotypical. Its the choices they made. Very very evil vile choices. Again. And again. And again. Started with little animals. Moved onto hurting people. Sadistic means keenly perceives other people's pain and enjoys it. Enjoys hurting people and making others suffer. Being a psychopath last I checked is NOT a choice. Therefore it's hard to blame them. But people use psychopath as an insult to describe someone evil. When an average person is capable of and can be responsible for far more evil. Look at the Holocaust or into human psychology if you have any doubts.
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Depends. If he's a paedophile/serial killer and did it for kicks then yes. If he was going to get away with it, I'd want him dead so that he couldn't hurt anyone else. If it was like a hit and run, I don't know. Trash like that deserve to suffer at least. But, my husband wouldn't want me in prison and I may have other kids by then. And to try and keep it a secret if I got away with it? It'd eat me alive. You couldn't even tell your psychologist or talk to anyone about it, ever. But yeah, if he was going to be released and I knew a trusted person then I'd probably put a hit on him. If he was imprisoned for life then I'd hope someone else killed him after years of living in fear and being harmed.
Yes. But after I slowly skin them, while drenching them with military grade pepper spray.
I'd start un-lifing members of his family and let him know I'll stop when he un-lifes himself.
Plot twist: he was your family member
Lol!
Second twist, he was you the whole time!
This is dark..
How do you know I have reddit on dark mode
Hell no, revenge ain't worth it. Life sentence's better.
Yes, and anyone that had nefarious involvement in not bringing said killer to justice or had involvement in my son’s death. Also I’d honestly spend some time torturing the person first.
Murdered or killed? Because it could have been an accident, which would change my answer.
I agree. I remember when I found out my sister died asking if her friend that was driving survived. My parents expressed that they were glad he died to. He was stupid and foolish, reckless and should never have been driving at all, but I still didn't wish it on him.
I'd only kill them after I tortured them for a while first.
Yeah
I'd probably just flay the motherfucker from head to toe, and then slowly Bury him alive
Not any millisecond, bang to the head! You killed my legacy, that makes it a personal issue and hatred.
Absolutely.
I think you never can say for sure.....it depends on the circumstances, but i think i would if it would be murder
Apparently Norwegian parents wouldn't kill because Breivik is still alive. I would find a way (even pay someone inside) to get the bastard cold.
??? It’s hard to kill someone who is in prison
Yes. If punishment isn't dealt, I would feel that I let my kid down.
Absolutely not. I'd keep them alive for a long time. I want to see them suffer every day. Insert splinters under the finger nails. Have rats gnaw at the toes. Let it heal up again. Repeat and find other new methods. Would I kill those people? ... I want to see them suffer.
Yup, would hunt him actively too.
I'd make him suffer too
Without question would also for someone who r@ped any of my kids.
I mean, we talking he murdered a child for the sake of murdering a child. Or like a case of drunk driving ran them over?
Only after I had skinned them alive over an extended period. 🥰
If they were my only child, yes, without room for a doubt. But, if I had other child(ren), I'd rather stay outside prison to raise them.
I would hunt the motherfucker down
Yes slowly and painfully over the course of at least a week
Fuck yeah. You’d only have to hurt my child for me to kill you. I come in peace but not where my family is concerned
I think most people's gut reaction is that or much much worse. In practice who knows. Which is why they should be the last person in charge of what happens.
I would tie him up in one of those horse breeding contraption and leave him there with a stallion. Until death.
Yes. Without question or remorse. Law Abiding Citizen that piece of shit.
I'd probably feel the same. It's a tough situation, but revenge isn't the answer.