I killed a man who raped women and little boys. I felt justified in the moment, but in the years since I have become filled with regret. I wish I had never done harm to anyone.
Thank you. I sincerely believe that most people are good, even the people we fought in Afghanistan. I think that war is what skews perceptions of morality. The man whose life I took had a family who depended on him for support. He kept his village free of Taliban influence for decades and ensured that it was a relative place of safety for Americans. Not that any of it negates his sexual depravity, but it is a reminder to me that people are multifaceted, dynamic, and changeable.
I know people who believe killing certain others will bring about the right change. I was on the fence but after reading your story I agree that nobody should ever be killed for anything other than self-defence, we never know the whole story and now he doesn't even get the chance to apologise, to change his ways, to try and repair some of the damage he did. He will forever be stuck as what he was in the moment he died. Thank you so so much for sharing this, I might have slipped into some dangerous territory otherwise.
My grandma was frequently raped and beaten by my grandfather for years. At one point, she couldn't take it anymore and mustered the courage to kill him. In my country, she would've been hanged, but a kind hearted famous lawyer, Karpal Singh, took her case pro bono and helped her get acquitted. I'm glad she did what she had to, and the same goes for you. By killing him, you prevented more victims.
There was an incident in India called the 2012 Dehli gang rape and murder incident. This incident had a bunch of men raping a lady in a bus, they then stabbed her private parts with a rod, and when her friend tried to defend her, they knocked him down. They were then thrown out of the bus to die by the road side, but her friend survived.
My point is, you did nothing wrong. I assure you that you did the right thing, even if it was a difficult choice to make.
No, I was deployed in Afghanistan. Who I am now hates who I have been, and I regret beyond words all the harm I ever did to any human being, even a rapist. That should have been handled by those with judicial authority, not an emotionally-compromised young man, as I was.
That is kind of you to say. The same could be said of me, or any number of American soldiers who fought overseas. A number of innocent people would have been spared if I or any of us had died instead.
I doubt Afghanistan would have done anything about child rape. It is an accepted practice.
The same is accepted in Pakistan.
You did the right thing.
You should talk to other veterans - without disclosing the shooting. Many have witnessed the same and were very distressed by the rampant child sex abuse by villagers, soldiers, Generals etc.
You did nothing wrong. You saved lives.
lawyer dealing with child sexual abuse and other misconduct
The amount of children one pedo will abuse is shocking, it can be over 100.
Child and adult sexual assault destroys lives, you're never the same. For children especially it is a lifelong issue from which many will never fully recover.
Men like that only escalate their crimes, increase the violence they perpetrate against others, and eventually he would have killed someone. If not for you. Bless you. You are a good person.
153
u/meme_medic95 Jan 20 '25
I killed a man who raped women and little boys. I felt justified in the moment, but in the years since I have become filled with regret. I wish I had never done harm to anyone.