Last night a friend and I were talking and somhow we got on the topic of home invasions and mind set in such an encounter. I mentioned that I believe that there is only one possible mindset in that situation. Survive at all costs. To which he says yah so do I but if I die I die.
Than he starts telling me how if he was in that situation(home invasion) and he accidentily killed the person that he would feel terrible. My responce was a simple one, ain't no accident in that situation, you better be ready and willing to take a persons life in that situation, or you could be the one that ends up taking the dirt nap.
So I pointed out that that makes no sence at all. That it's not possible to have a mind set of surive/stay alive at all costs, and have the attitude of if I die so be it at the same time. That even having that little bit of, if somthing bad happens it happens, is enough to make it happen.
From there he just started going off the deepend and getting plato on me and shit .
I always thought that was one of the few things that just was. There is no going deeper about it. It just is. I guess I just see going into a potentialy deadly situation in any other frame of mind other than, if somone dies tonight it's not going to be me, is a disaster waiting to happen. Maybe it's cuz I've BTDT and he hasn't.
I understand not being able to control the outcome of a situation, it is true you don't know what could happen. But that should not dictate ones mindset not in a life or death situation. I think if yer going to have that in yer head(whatever happens happens) yer setting yourself up for failure and that failure means that you may end up dead. Thats not an option in my playbook.
Am I wrong? Am I missing something? What do ya'll think?