Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24260323-20140509051526

XDex wrote: Neither is a wild animal.

The point is, I don't see how leaving someone to be killed is any lower morally than just murdering them. Well one last thing is that you can somewhat control the collateral damage a gun does. You can't control the collateral damage chemical shells that have been fired on a battlefield. One wrong gust of wind and the next thing you know, all of your guys are drowning in their own liquified guts.

It's also about extending their suffering beyond that is necessary.

Which is more evil: slowly having a drill bit thrust into a man's eye while he is immobilized and seeing his demise coming slowly, praying to some power that be, begging for their killer to just end them; or simply shooting them in the head?

It is quite obvious to most people that the former is worse.

(To go on a tangent here) You see, there are 2 ways for a person to be evil.

1. To do evil on a massive scale; To murder millions.

2. The way one commits acts of evil; To unnecessarily prolong suffering and misery

By themselves both ways are evil, but not very evil. One can murder millions just by shooting them in the head with little suffering on the part of the victims. Another can just prolong the suffering of a single person. But when both of them are put together, that's when it is truly evil.