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Weird Question- Interesting Thought

Have you ever thought to yourself "I wonder what it would be like to kill someone."

  • Yes, I have had that thought.

    Votes: 13 56.5%

  • No, I have never had that thought.

    Votes: 10 43.5%
  • Total voters
    23
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#1
Please respond to the poll before reading further!

For a school project I am preparing a presentation on convicted murderer Alyssa Bustamante (Age 15 at the time of the incident). In 2009 she killed her neighbor, nine year old Elizabeth Olten. She had apparently written journals about how she always wondered what it would be like to kill someone, and eventually acted on that wonder.

This got me thinking that many people probably have this thought at one point, though in a clear mind had no intention whatsoever of acting upon the thought.

For full disclosure, I may use the results of this poll in my presentation- though no screen names or anything will be used.
 
#2
I don't know about wondering what it's like just for the sake of trying something new. I think everyone has thought about killing someone for any number of reasons and is lying if they say they haven't. We are evolved primates. We have morality and we're civilized and have social constructs that frown upon this kind of thing, but the primal urge is there for everyone from time to time. It's normal.

The urge to murder simply for the sake of satisfying the urge is a symptom of a mental disorder. This isn't normal.
 
#3
I've never stopped to actually think about doing something like that, but from time to time, I come to the realization that it is something that can be done, and easily. These thoughts are immediately followed by the realization that such a thing would be wrong, and a lifetime of remorse would result from the action. (As well as a lifetime of being in prison.)

I don't think there is anything wrong with having the thought, because it stems from a more primal human desire that we, as a species, have not evolved enough to do away with. Something is definitely wrong if the thought becomes an obsession, or you are unable to reason against it easily.
 
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#8
I've thought about what it would be like to kill someone... and how one would get away with it. For example, I've thought about how serial killers and mass murderers end up killing so many people without getting caught for quite a while (they will obviously get caught eventually, though). How do they do it? How do they leave so little evidence?

I would never even attempt to kill someone, but I've always thought about how you would get away with it (for a limited amount of time, of course, but even then; quite a while), and how smart you would have to be to pull it off. You would have to think of everything.
 
#9
devinp17 said:
I've thought about what it would be like to kill someone... and how one would get away with it. For example, I've thought about how serial killers and mass murderers end up killing so many people without getting caught for quite a while (they will obviously get caught eventually, though). How do they do it? How do they leave so little evidence?

I would never even attempt to kill someone, but I've always thought about how you would get away with it (for a limited amount of time, of course, but even then; quite a while), and how smart you would have to be to pull it off. You would have to think of everything.
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It really is fascinating, the way our brain works. Being a Juvenile Delinquency class, the psychological theories behind this concept is not thoroughly explored, but I find it to be quite interesting. The idea that so many people have these thoughts, yet so few act on them is a wonder to me.
 
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Thunderscreech said:
I mean I get mad at people but I don't think about killing them.
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It's not even a specific person, just curiosity of the act in general. In the Bustamante case, she had no specific person in mind (as far as they know), she simply wanted to know what it felt like to kill.

In her case she obviously had serious mental stability issues and other circumstances that led to her acting upon this impulse, but I think that morbid curiosity is present within *nearly everyone*.

Edit: To avoid contention, *Many people*
 
#13
The poll options are too clear cut I coould most definitely kill someone, but not in the context of the poll. I have no great interest in killing anyone, however, **** certainly does happen.
 
#15
I answered no. I've been mad at people and had, as Gorn Captain wrote, a "primal urge" to either to kill them or at least do them serious harm. I've never acted on it, fortunately. I interpreted the poll to be asking if I "ever wondered what it would feel like to kill someone" rather than have I "ever wanted to kill someone". Big difference. So, no I haven't wondered what it would be like to kill someone.
 
#18
I like how people who answer 'No' also write how they did, but it doesn't count because reasons. No offense to anyone, but we are, in fact, just very, very curious animals. We all think about it in one way or another, but that doesn't make us immoral, it makes us just plain human. :) Just my 2 cents...
 
#20
I love crime thrillers and suspense movies. As such, I've never really wondered what it would be like to kill someone, but I sure have wondered how well I could outsmart the authorities or any involved parties if I did.

What's worse: the hot-blooded, animallistic thought of simply killing someone? Or the cold, calculated thought of orchestrating a perfect crime?

Call me Raskolnikov I guess.
 

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