Something tells me you have never found yourself in certain situations, say for example you likely have never been kidnapped by firearm, and until you are placed in such a traumatic situation it's nice to pretend you know how you would act one way or another, but until such time it's truly an untested value.
Sure, it's possible if e.g. there was a hostage situation and somehow I was the only one with a gun. But I would feel no pride and the shame would stay with me for the rest of my life. The cavalierness of "self-defense fetishism" worries me.
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Something tells me you have never found yourself in certain situations, say for example you likely have never been kidnapped by firearm, and until you are placed in such a traumatic situation it's nice to pretend you know how you would act one way or another, but until such time it's truly an untested value.
Sure, it's possible if e.g. there was a hostage situation and somehow I was the only one with a gun. But I would feel no pride and the shame would stay with me for the rest of my life. The cavalierness of "self-defense fetishism" worries me.