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Why is it okay to wish death on some, but not others? Ex: Wishing Osama bin Laden death...no problem, wishing Rush Limbaugh, Obama, or The Pope death...outrage.

Rideauxb 7 Apr 18
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I don’t think it’s okay to wish death on anyone.

Yep; I was about to say that

And it's perfectly fine for you to feel that way. Everyone is different.

@Rideauxb Seem pretty obvious. I wouldn’t like someone to wish death on me, so I do not wish death on others.

then you needn't do it ...no problem

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Well for one thing. Rush Limbaugh and the Pope didn't pull off a terrorist attack that killed 3000 people.

BD66 Level 8 Apr 18, 2018

There is no real proof that Bin Laden orchestrated the attack.

No proof other than the videos where they describe the attacks, their success, and Bin Laden says "Praise be to Allah" over and over again?

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Slightly off topic but I wish 50,000 children a day didn’t die from malnutrition across the world. And I wish their 100,000 parents didn’t have to hold them in their arms and watch them die. Ouch! That was a bit somber (I’ve been saying that for 30 years so I’m not sure if that figure has gone down or up - probably up!)

@Rideauxb delivered. In this thread or was it another one?

@Rideauxb 1983 Ronald Reagan

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There are, as of last month, 7.6 Billion people on this planet.
Wishing a few of them dead is perfectly acceptable. Especially when they are particularly
heinous individuals, like 45, or Alex Jones.
Wishing anyone dead doesn't make it so. If people want to be "outraged", let them.
Who gives a fuck?

I agree. There are several people in the world (one who I work with) I really do wish would die. Obviously, I'd never do anything to make it so. But, if it happens, I'll chance the hangover from the party!

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None of it is ok

@Rideauxb you weren't asking about causation

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I try to just think there’s people I would be sad if they were dead and others I wouldn’t. Sometimes I feel like the world might be better off if a certain person were dead (Putin?) but there’s always someone else. And as the other poster said, wishing someone dead is pointless as far as their ending up dead. But I think such thoughts can be kind of a poison to a person’s mind and outlook.

Do you feel you know enough about Purim to pass summary judgement over his human existence?

Even from a political point of view, his death might cause political and cultural instability in a world power.

Exactly. You never know how things will be affected by other things. Makes me glad I don’t decide who lives or dies.

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Are their crimes worthy of a death sentence? Osama bin Laden murdered thousands. The others you mentioned just have opinions different from yours.

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I do not wish anything bad to happen to anyone. Since I would only be wishing, I would wish that the bad, evil people would change their ways and become good, decent people.

^^This

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Just wish it to yourself. Dont be vocal and attract attention. Then ask yourself... what does it matter and who cares...

@Rideauxb. Wow.... thank you.

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My List the World Will be Better Without: Trump, Hannity, Kelly Conway, Mike Pence, Alex Jones, Pruitt, Devos, Ted Cruz, just to name a few.

Good start. ?

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Unpopular opinion:

I don't like violence. I want to reduce violence in the world.

I must work on myself first.

Since I don't go around killing or even punching people, does that mean my work is done? No. "Violence" may occur in thought, word, or deed. In attitudes.

I have succeeded in conditioning violence out of my speech. I am now working on conditioning violence out of my thoughts. Out of my heart.

Violence begins in the heart. I want to rid myself of all violence, all the way.

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I don't think it's ok. I'm not outraged or offended. I just think it's not ok to wish harm to people. Think about where it leads

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One word for you: hypocrisy.

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Because some of those folks really piss me off. ?

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I don't wish death on any of those poeple. I wish justice on them all.

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It isn't trying to kill them. It is just hoping that they die. I'm ok with that. There are some people who are so toxic, that it would be good if they were gone. I suppose there will always be terrible people n the world, but, if they would just be gone, it would be good.

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Wishing is a form of magic. Personally, I wouldn’t want to put any energy into such thoughts. It seems like unhealthy thinking. What is the point?

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because people are culturally brainwashed

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We need to be more honest.
It seems quite likely that a body found on our beach 3 weeks back was a guy I worked with briefly. The way he was going it may not be a bad thing, and really wasn't surprising. Sometimes my only sense of justice in this life has been the fact that I am still alive and some others are not.
In summary, I often wish other people would just die or at least disappear from my world.

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I don't wish for anyone's death, in the case of bin Laden and Limbaugh, I didn't/woudn't cry at their funerals.

In my opinion death is the easy way out for the condmend, life in prison, especially if confined with no contact other than your guards seems a harsher punishment, segregation but not solitary confinement.

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Death only happens when the time is right You can never predict death enjoy the present and live like there is no tomorrow appreciate and love your journey

Rosh Level 7 Apr 19, 2018
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Personally, I don't wish death on anyone. There are far worse things that many people have earned through the hate and vitriol they've added to the world - death is too easy and too kind for them.

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Wishing death on someone, hmmmm, okay. But wishing LIFE on someone, now THAT’S the stuff nightmares are made of, lol!

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See nothing wrong with wishing Rush Limbaugh dead. Other then that it would all depend on who you are talking to. Pretty sure a big bunch of black SUV's would show up at my house if I shared my true feelings on some.

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Hypocrisy at its finest.

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