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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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Because you aren't actually killing them, lol. I'm fine with it.

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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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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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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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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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You can wish death on whomever you want, as long as nobody hears you.

marga Level 7 Apr 18, 2018
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None of it is ok

@Rideauxb you weren't asking about causation

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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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Because some people suck

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There are certainly people who should not be walking around, but I'm not sitting here wishing death on them. I certainly wouldn't cry over the loss of a large list of people. I just think it sucks where we live in a world where Tom Petty, Prince, George Michael, etc are gone, but Justin Bieber is still walking around.

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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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Can I wish for my own?

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