Is it some people's responsibility to kill for their country, their community, their families - and not others?
Does he regret stopping that maniac? Would he hesitate if he had that opportunity again?
I am very happy that he did what he did - but the handwringing is unseemly.
I have never lost a night's sleep over what I had to do.
I’m glad you acted as you did. We need that front line of defense.
If it was what I accepted as ‘my job’, I believe I too could have done so, perhaps not as efficiently as you did with all the training. We are all capable of killing if the stakes are high enough. The need for me to do so has not yet occurred.
There is a big difference between being trained to kill and trained to preach. I for one appreciate the training of both those in our armed forces and those who have chosen to spread the Gospel.
“... I have never lost a night’s sleep over what I had to do.”
I *think* I would be the same. Never quite had to carry through, but was prepared and willing a couple of times. Actually a couple of the most calm and lucid moments of my life. But I don’t know as I didn’t execute.
S.L.A. Marshall made a career of demonstrating that very few have the ability to carry through.
I have never lost a night's sleep over what I had to do.
You were not God's model when he created the rest of humanity...get over yourself.