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Machiavellian on 07 November 2018
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EricHiggin said:
Machiavellian said:

Lol, so you actually have to ask all of these questions in your mind in order to believe the person asking someone to kill your kids merits the same punishment.  You mean you care if the person had a reason or if you stepped on his foot in a line or if the person who did the crime was thinking of doing it anyway.  I believe we do not need to continue this conversation because I believe you are jerking my chain.  

I will give you my personal opinion.  If someone ask another person to kill my kids, I do not care what the motivation of that person, they would be equal in my eyes to the person committing the crime.

Yes, because if you wronged the person who's putting out the hit on your kids, because let's say you already took out their kids for whatever reason, then how can you say they would be at the same level of fault? What if the person who performed the act, was indebted to them indirectly and their own kids lives were on the line if they didn't do it?

I don't disagree that when it becomes extremely personal it's not as easy to see things the same way in many cases, but the context most certainly matters as well.

If I wronged someone and they came for me you would have a case.  If I wronged someone and they decided to take it out on my family, why would anyone feel like that would be ok.  You are throwing way to many hypothetical what ifs into a basic question.  How much wrong would you have to do to someone else that you would feel its justified for someone to take out your family.  Lets say you destroyed a person car and as retaliation they decided to take out your family.  Why would you care if someone else was indebted to the person asking them to kill your kids.  That statement doesn't make sense to the context of the original question since I stated the person asking someone to kill your kids not the person who did the crime.  

How much context do you need to justify anyone taking out your family.  The only way I can view your statement is just another way to not come to a decision.  For each question I ask, you keep moving the goal post so you do not have to answer it.  Like I said, you are just jerking my chain.