Seven Reasons to Kill

Re: # 44
burpinder jee...i will read them to enjoy and appreciate and learn more, never to rip...smiles...sohail

You can look my pieces up under Burpinder Singh. Feel free to rip :)

Re: # 42
dear teshah...i fully agree with you.
i had written an article
psychology of suicide bombers
that was published on chowk and you can find it on my page or you can google it. i was surprised when it had more than 50,000 hits. i hope you like it...sincerely sohail

@drsohail

Killing or ‘Jeu Hattia’ is too vast a topic to be done justice with in a chowk article. The worst kind of murder in my view is the killings in the name of religion. From the cult of Kali Devi to the religion of Islam justifications are galore for killing. There are religions also which believe in ‘Ahinsa’ (Non-violence) like Hinduism, Budhism, Jainism, etc., but the fact is the man is a killer worst than animals. The latest phenomenon of the Islamic killers is the Swati and tribal Taliban. But what baffles me is the suicide-bomber who kills himself and the innocent people in the name of religion. How can a human being be so brain-washed and motivated by religion to be so cruel to kill himself and the fellow human beings? What does Dr. Sohail’s psychology say in this respect?

Regards

The author appears to take the moral stand that human beings do not have the right to take the life of other humans. He uses the emotive term "murder" instead of the descriptive term "homicide" for those killings whose legitimacy can be argued. Clearly, he is against cpital punishment and also against war. It is safe to call the author a 'liberal' in the sense of the term popularly used in the Western media.

My contention is that himicide can be unjustifiable or it can be justifiable. Contemporary societal values determine the justifiability or lack there of when it come to a particular category of homicide.

Liberals and conservatives alike use the same arguments when they are opposing certain types of homicides. Those arguments, generally speaking, run something like this:

"Human Life is sacred." "No one has the moral right to take a human life." etc., etc.

Of the various categories of homicide a few are universally condemned. An example would be a cold blooded, pre-meditated killing of an individual for selfish reasons during peace time. It is safe to state that almost every society condemns this kind of homicide. It is called 'murder'.

Another kind of homicide that almost every society accepts and does not out right condemn is 'self-defense.' Suppose an assailant is attacking you and your family, and in the struggle for survival you kill him, it is considered morally and legally "justifiable homicide."

Between these two extreme examples of homicide there is a spectrum of grey.

abortion
euthenasia
capital punishment
war

In the above four categories of homicide opinions differ as to whether they are justifiable or unjustifiable.

The opponents of abortion and euthenasia are often the same people who support capital punishment and war. Conversely, often people who are proponents of legalizing abortion and euthenasia are also the same ones who protest against capital punishment and war.

If you close your eyes and remove the labels you can not tell the difference between their arguments. They both argue in opposition to the particular form of homicide using the same universal cliches:

"Human Life is precious" ... "no one has the right to take a human life" ... blah..blah...blah...

...SR

Doctor,

Have a pieceful dialogue with me in my I-log titled 'Dr. So Hail'.

Whenever I address an I-log to those who question me, they run away; have you too?

Re: # 38
Dear Burpinder...thank you for your honest opinion. It is interesting that in spite of being disappointed in my articles you still keep on reading them. Now two things can happen. Either I will rise up to your HIGH standard or you will get used to my LOW standard...
Did you ever hear it is easier to criticize than create. I would love to read one of your articles to get an idea of your HIGH standard....smiles...sohail

Doc, in your earlier articles you at least tried to inject an element of psychology, but now it looks as if you're just winging it. This certainly is not a comprehensive list of reasons for murdering another human being- rage, jealousy, pleasure, fear would have been a much more plausible list. Utter crap.

Re: # 21
Jew-rur,

"its useless to have a peaceful dialog with Muslim like Tahir.they love to jump to their guns and think they are the only ones who are right."

You're DEAD wrong! When did you attempt to have a dialogue with me? I don't own a gun, and I think some blessed souls in this world are right most of the time.

so chowk staff now its open season on calling masadi names through nicks you have created to mask your identities? You miserable swine juror, you don't have the brains or the balls to stand in front of me and say one word or you'd get your jaw busted, all you can do is hide behind nicks....

whatever...lol
http://pukhtunkhwatimes.blogspot.com/

KHYBER KHAN SAAB...MASADI IS posing as charliewrightmills,that is his second nick here,don't be fool by this baster. he is A-HO.

well,masadi sounds smart guy but his problem is he criticize everyones views and thats why people don't like him,we all have different views and might agree on few issues but everyone has right to express his.her views here,if I don't agree with someone I just post my views and dont call names etc to other person as masadi or some other people do.
http://pukhtunkhwatimes.blogspot.com/

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