What would it take to make you feel justified in killing someone?

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I don’t know if I could give you a general principle. I think that in war, it is easier to feel justified in killing someone. After all, they are tying to kill you. Maybe there is a general principle there. To the degree the person is trying to kill you, and won’t stop unless they are killed, that is the degree to which I would feel justified in killing them.

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