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Goldmine  ·  4334 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hypothetical for the day

I've never been put into such a situation, so it's difficult for me to say, but I honestly don't think i could kill someone.

This is probably considered cheating for your experiment, but I would try to do something like rob a bank. Actually there was that story a few months ago about a man who did just that because he didn't have health insurance and needed the care provided in our prison systems.





rozap  ·  4334 days ago  ·  link  ·  

IIRC he robbed the bank for a dollar, and then turned himself in. He did have a weapon on him, because that gets you more time in jail.

joelg236  ·  4334 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It doesn't seem all that unreasonable. If you can't care for yourself, do something to put yourself in a place where you get free care. I guess there are a lot of different ways to go to prison than murder though. Which would certainly be preferable.