No one has a right to take a life because they fancy having a gun more, least that's how I view it.
I find that to be the primary problem with modern day societies XP. People see life as a special right, and that mindset gives people a pseudo everything proof shield (Plot armor you may know it more as XD) they think that nobody will kill them because they feel an entitlement to survive and keep living. Life isn't a right, it simply is. If life truly was a right, then it would be impossible for it to be taken. But if life is a right, then it's just as much a right as death is as both are apart of the same process. Same would be to animals too, if life was a right, they'd be all good and wouldn't be so untrusting of nearly everything. This world would actually be quite better if life was a right I think o.o Too bad it's not DX
Ok, no, wait, hold on here.
Shadon, are you actually trying to argue that people have a right to kill others? Because, no, I'm pretty sure that they do
not, because, and, correct me if I'm wrong on this, but, I'm
preeeetty sure that, at least as far as most 1st world countries are concerned... murder is illegal. People do
not have the right to kill others. Killing people is a fucking
crime, and for good reason.
Now, I realize that there are some exceptions to this (self defense and that sort of thing), which presents a gray area that is a whole other subject of debate that I won't get into here, but, my point is, I think people are generally in agreement that the ability to go out and kill someone whenever one damn pleases is a pretty bad idea, which is why there are usually laws against it.
Now, I get it -- our world isn't perfect, and we don't live in a utopia. I'm not arguing with you on that one. There is a reason why people lock their doors and take reasonable caution to protect themselves, because there
are people out there who just don't care and will take a life if they get the chance. But I certainly wouldn't say that those people have the
right to go out and murder people.
Yeah, there's a reason why animals are afraid of things. We have those same instincts. There is a reason to be afraid of things in the world, and I'm not saying we shouldn't protect ourselves or act like we're untouchable. But, if you're honestly advocating that we should live in a Lord of the Flies-esque society where anyone can kill anyone else so long as they have the means... Then I just can't agree with that, for what should be obvious reasons.
All Cosmos said was that people don't have the right to become murderers just because they have guns (which, legally speaking, and most people would agree
morally speaking, they most certainly do not), and you're honestly claiming that that's a "problem with society"? Wait, no, one of the "
primary problems of society"?
Yeah, it's such a
problem that people have laws to protect them so that they don't have to worry about being axe murdered on their way to work each morning, because their life isn't their
right, they should have to
protect it from people who, because they have the means, have
every right to just straight-up murder someone because it's
their responsibility to be able to defend themselves. Going off that same logic, it's such a
problem that people can accumulate wealth and try to maintain financial stability without worrying about anyone being able to steal everything they own without consequence -- because there's no reason for robbery to be illegal, right? People should be expected to defend their own wealth, right?
I realize that that's how animals live, but there's a reason why we don't live like animals. I know that we'll never live in a perfect world and that people should exercise a reasonable amount of caution, but, fuck, I think we can at least
try to create a world that's slightly better to live in than complete Darwinian anarchy.