im not sure which thread you are referring to here, and probably a liberal, abstract response to "the killing question" is not what you're looking for here, but what the hey.
here's the abstract part of my response: i don't think killing is ever "right". natural selection and survival of the fittest obsessors: give me a break. we are also rational beings, and we don't need to kill off "weaker specimens". Morally, you are not proving anything about right or wrong by killing someone you are angry at. if some one murders your family, it isn't "right" to kill them in response. you haven't restored balance to the world; you haven't returned your family to life; you haven't deterred other murderers from killing other people's families; and most importantly, you haven't created any room inside yourself to allow for healing. killing someone is violent, and the violence is only slightly less destructive to yourself.
that being said, if i returned to my home and someone had just murdered my family, and i happened to be carrying a gun (very unlikely), i have no idea what i would do. my guess is that i would use the gun to shoot the murder several times, with the intent of hurting him/her before i killed him/her. there is no reason for why i might do this; i just would. i would be crazy with anger and grief, and i cant conceive of being in a state rational enough to consider other options. none of this means that it is "right" or even "just". if the murderer had been captured already, found guilty, and was simply awaiting a sentence, i hope i could find some peace or at least silence of mind to understand that killing off this killer solves nothing, will not ease my own pain in the long run, and in no way answers that one terrible question that all victim survivors must ask themselves:
what the hell do i do now?
tbt