“Existential Question: Is it wrong to off yourself if you are surrounded and face certain death, on their terms?”
ABSOLUTELY! You go down taking as many as you can, at least attempting to egress and get more.
Don’t forget also that playing FPS (first person shooter) games makes people extremely proficient at acquiring and engaging targets. The clown crowd might be actually crappy real life shots, but they’ll probably be quicker on the response in urban and blue suburban areas. Stay frosty! And remember the Kirk principle - There is no such thing as a no-win situation!
There is no such thing as a no-win situation!
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I’m not so sure about that. The ferals have my house surrounded and are pouring gasoline everywhere. I can stay inside and burn in the fire or die from smoke inhalation, I can shoot myself before any of that happens, or I can run outside and be captured, have bamboo shoved under every finger and toenail, and then have my severed head plopped onto my fence post. Hmmm. Which one do I want? My last choice will be giving the invaders the opportunity to torture and behead me.
One can understand that there are extreme situations where there may not be anything left to fight with. Carlos Hathcock, highly successful Veetnam sniper, operates in the out-country, said he always kept one round stashed. He’s seen numerous times how the NVA/gooks treated prisoners.