If You Had To Kill a Dictator... Would You Do It?
#1
Posted 14 July 2007 - 01:42 AM
Imagine the leader of your country (it doesn't matter which, and it doesn't matter who) was really a power-hungry lunatic behind the public facade he/she shows. Now, imagine you're the only one who has even an inkling of this, or are the only one who doesn't care. If you knew he/she was going to declare war on our allies and seize dictatorial powers tomorrow, would you kill him/her today? Would you sacrifice your sanity, your reputation, even your life, to stop a monster from seizing control? Or would you sit back, turn on the boob tube, and let the Apocalyse unfold?
Let me narrow it down: Would you have killed Adolf Hitler before he seized power in 1933? Let's not forget: no one would believe you if you said you knew, and your entire way of life would be at stake.
Happy discussing.
#2
Posted 14 July 2007 - 01:52 AM
As far as Hitler was concerned, I'd have attempted to convince his professors to be less critical at art school. Though really, Germany was a bomb waiting to go off due to the failure of the Weimar republic and Germany's ridiculous amount of "war debt" it was forced to agree to pay off at the end of WWI, which of course annihilated the economy and increased inflation by a billion or so percent. Hitler just found how to set the fuse and plant the explosion where it would be useful for him.
Anyway, if you're going to be asking about any sort of governmental head assassination, don't say specificially "President."
#3
Posted 14 July 2007 - 02:17 AM
Oops, sorry about that.
But, still, thank you for posting: you've made some very good points!
#4
Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:07 AM
Imagine the leader of your country (it doesn't matter which, and it doesn't matter who) was really a power-hungry lunatic behind the public facade he/she shows. Now, imagine you're the only one who has even an inkling of this, or are the only one who doesn't care. If you knew he/she was going to declare war on our allies and seize dictatorial powers tomorrow, would you kill him/her today? Would you sacrifice your sanity, your reputation, even your life, to stop a monster from seizing control? Or would you sit back, turn on the boob tube, and let the Apocalyse unfold?
I would kill him in a needless painful and torturous manner, then take his place and become the facist dictator I was truly born to be.
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#6
Posted 20 July 2007 - 01:52 AM
I could do it.
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#7
Posted 20 July 2007 - 02:04 AM
EDIT: Not to be unsettling, but you've been rather vague so far.
This post has been edited by Bond: 20 July 2007 - 02:05 AM
#8
Posted 20 July 2007 - 02:36 AM
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#10
Posted 28 July 2007 - 02:35 PM
Beautiful. Barend has just described the steps over a hundred dictators used throughout history to gain power.
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#11
Posted 28 July 2007 - 02:50 PM
#12
Posted 28 July 2007 - 02:53 PM
This post has been edited by Cobnat: 28 July 2007 - 02:57 PM
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Evil Happens/This Is A Knife!/Minorities, too!/
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#13
Posted 28 July 2007 - 02:56 PM
#14
Posted 28 July 2007 - 09:03 PM
PM me, we'll talk.
#15
Posted 28 July 2007 - 09:50 PM
Overkill didn't really fit into my hypothetical situation; it was either yes or no, and a possible how. With all the shooting and stabbing and such, someone might actually mistake you for a real maniac. Scary stuff...