Show Mercy?
If you were the leader of a camp post Z-day and one day you a group of survivors were found nearby which had among them your enemy or someone you really dispised. What would you do? Allow that person refuge in your camp or would you banish them to the barren urban landscape? I think I would probably give them one night's refuge and then banish them in the morning with enough food and water to last 2 days.
What say you?
What say you?
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on -
I graduated high school in 1983. Many folks here weren't even born yet. In that time High School rivalries and feuds have become totally irrelevant. There are people out there who will cut your throat and not think twice about it. These are people I deal with on a regular basis. Currently I deal with people who are willing to take what you have. Some are willing to kill for it or do serious injury in order to obtain it. Some of these people are willing to scam you on the internet and some will do it to your face and you'll be smiling when they finish. I have sent people to prison for several years. I've taken freedom away from people. I've also helped people. If I know someone as an enemy then they are someone who I would not trust to be anywhere near me or my family at any time. Now, my career choice and the people I meet put me in contact with some very unsavory sorts. Everyone doesn't have this same experience or life. I believe they are at a disadvantage for not having had to meet "BAD" people. I believe naivety will kill many people.
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Permalink Reply by Dario on
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Well I don't like to hold grudges.
Plus, in a situation of the sort, where civilization has essentially collapsed and human existence is hanging by a thread, I'm not going to be consumed by old, now clearly meaningless conflicts.
I'd let that person join our group. This is of course assuming that there is peace within the whole group. I can dismiss differences in the wake of the crisis, and I'm totally open to mercy. But if open hostility could potentially threaten the group, then I'd reflect upon it.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on -
Mercy is not mercy when it becomes the means by which your enemy destroys you. Not every thug out there is going to be "touched" or "moved" to have a change of heart toward you simply because you let them stay in your hidey hole and gave them food.
Anyway, trust is the issue. You depend on others and they you for survival, you don't let just anyone into that circle, so why assume you should even let an enemy in even for just the night?
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Permalink Reply by Milo Foxie on -
The subject is Your enemy not some random.
As your enemy you clearly know them and they know you.
Yes some people are petty enough to hold grudges for a long time and others will attack you for little to no reason.
But in this situation they know you and petentily what you can do and you know them and what they can do... sometimes your greatest Ally is your foe.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Not all enemies are going to be like some strange malicious mirror image of your best buddy, you know.
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Which is what I considered. Especially in a catastrophe like a zombie apocalypse, would such a person be so consumed by his hatred to do such harm?
Then again I don't really have any enemies. There's people I don't get along with, but I don't think enough to pull some crazy shit like that.
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Permalink Reply by Milo Foxie on
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When did i say that?... Your statement makes no sence.
I said To be my enemy you have to be competent enough at something to be a viable threat to me.
And i wont hate you if its academic cause frankly i don't care about that stuff.
And if i bearly know you i don't hate you you just anoy me.
And that in order for someone to be your enemy you have to know them.
And ever hear of this little statement im afraid it rings true for me
"The enemy of my Enemy is my freind"
And if their completely useless... TEACH EM!! PEOPLE CAN LEARN!
Also... no free rides in my camp.
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Permalink Reply by Okota on -
I would hold a meeting with all the survivors in my group. I would explain to them the reason why this person is my enemy. Then I would put it a vote.
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Permalink Reply by The Jackal on -
Meh democracy died a long time ago. Voting is for suckers especially when survival is hanging in the balance. I would most definitely keep them locked up for the night away from anyone else. Then send them on their way in the morning.
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Permalink Reply by Okota on
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My answer was intentionally ambiguous because the question was ambiguous. Why is this person my enemy? If survival hangs in the balance, I'd weigh the risk versus benefits. Does my enemy have a unique skill set? Say this guy ran over my dog when I was young but now he's an engineer and can build an ozonator so that we can have purified water or a spark-gap transmitter to communicate with distant groups. Sometimes you have to put the good of the many over the good of the individual and set aside grudges to survive. Especially when this person might improve your groups quality of life or odds of survival.
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Permalink Reply by Nerowulf on -
hell no, I'm going in this with 4 and they can just walk on, I don't care whos in the group they aren't part of the pack so why bother with them?
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Permalink Reply by Nerowulf on
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New people are nothing moe then more mouths to feed and more risks to take
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