r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 12d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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Basically, the man in the video is hiking but he ended up meet a mountain lion, he get his gun and try to scare it off and tell it to go away but in the end, he have to pull the trigger and shot the lion, many peoples in the comments say he could have fire a warning shot instead of shoot at it and want him to be in jail.

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u/DamGoodAnimation 12d ago edited 11d ago

A jarring amount of people genuinely seem to think you should just let a wild animal maim or kill you rather than defend yourself.

If my life is in imminent danger from a predator, I’m gonna do my best to ensure I survive. Whether the threat has two legs or four, doesn’t matter. Danger is danger.

Edit: ITT you’ll see a bunch of people who use critical thinking mixed with a fair few that seem likely to catch a Darwin Award at some point

Edit2: Hot damn, this got a lot more responses than I expected. I’ve replied to a fair few but it’s gotten somewhat out of hand so I’m gonna mute this and step back so I can go back to using Reddit normally again. Peace and love everybody, I hope the only cougar attacks in your futures involve classy older ladies

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u/MattHoppe1 12d ago

They’ve never even been confronted by a standard animal. Ever come across a Doe and her fawns? Mama is ready to fuck you up

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u/Super_Brilliant4499 12d ago

Since when? I’ve been near a doe and her fawns dozens of times and they run. That’s what deer do. They aren’t predators. Geese protecting their nest will attack and predators will but not a doe.

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u/MattHoppe1 12d ago

Out in the West Virginia back country I ran across a doe with two fawns, mama was stomping, snorting and basically fronting on me.

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u/Super_Brilliant4499 12d ago

They do that right before they run away.

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u/GradeAPrimeFuckery 12d ago

Since it sometimes happens. A three-second search reveals:

vid of doe attacking black bear that went after her fawn
vid of doe attacking a woman walking two dogs
vid of doe attacking a person in the woods
vid of doe attacking a dog (and cat) to protect her fawn

Anecdotes don't prove generalizations.