Hypothetical Questions

[Críostóir]

Suppose, hypothetically, that you had a friend who was a vampire, and he stayed at your house sometimes. Suppose hypothetically that you did things to your living room to keep sunlight out, like making covers for the windows and skylight, so it's pitch dark in there even in broad daylight.

Suppose that you hypothetically found out that your friend hadn't been keeping his promise to you to take blood only from volunteers. Would you be responsible for his...hypothetical assaults on humans?

Also, hypothetically, if you put down a vampire with a stake to the heart, is that technically murder? Do vampires count as human?

Also, anyone know how I can get sunlight into a windowless bathroom? I got stains in my bathtub.

 

[Tadaa]

Would this friend want to do "Bad Things" to me.

 

[Kennylingus]

So mean....

 

[Críostóir]

Would this friend want to do "Bad Things" to me.

He would have. Hypothetically.

 

[freefall]

Let's see...yes, no, no. And no.

Except when the script's like Vampire Academy (or whatever the title is), then yes, yes, yes. And still no.

Try to break the wall or the roof down.

 

[Under-taken]

I want to be a vampire :<

 

[freefall]

^Liar, you're the lost member of the Cullen clan! There's no way you lack your vampire-transforming ability!

 

[braex27]

Wait a minute...Críostóir, is your overuse of the word "hypothetically" just your way of telling us that all of this is actually happening to you???

It's the equivalent of a "this happened to a friend of a friend of mine...."

 

[braex27]

Suppose, hypothetically, that you had a friend who was a vampire, and he stayed at your house sometimes. Suppose hypothetically that you did things to your living room to keep sunlight out, like making covers for the windows and skylight, so it's pitch dark in there even in broad daylight.

Wouldn't the responsible vampire thing to do be for your friend to bring his own coffin to sleep in?

Suppose that you hypothetically found out that your friend hadn't been keeping his promise to you to take blood only from volunteers. Would you be responsible for his...hypothetical assaults on humans?

Yes, you would be responsible. Shame on you for trusting the word of a vampire! Have you learnt NOTHING?!

Also, hypothetically, if you put down a vampire with a stake to the heart, is that technically murder? Do vampires count as human?

Maybe, if the presiding Judge was a Twilight fan.

Also, anyone know how I can get sunlight into a windowless bathroom? I got stains in my bathtub.

Sunroof.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Is 'vampire' some kind of code word for 'Christian'? We are technically vampires, you know.



I'd try mirrors for the sunlight.

 

[Críostóir]

Is 'vampire' some kind of code word for 'Christian'? We are technically vampires, you know.

Cannibals too. Theophagous bunch.

 

[Swellegant]

For the moral question, no: sheltering a person (or creature) does not make you responsible for his/her/its actions. If, however, you continue to provide shelter knowing what the vampire is doing, you are complicit (not responsible, but it's just as bad).

On the legal question: traditionally, vampires are human, but they are already dead. Therefore you can't kill them. It's more of a dispersal, and our laws don't address the dispersal of an animate corpse. Other vampire lore depicts them as a different species, where again it would only be illegal to kill them if someone came up with a law. And, technically, such a law would address killing vampires as hunting out of season or poaching rather than murder.

On the cleaning of vampire remains question: setting up mirrors to channel the sunlight into the room would probably work. A good strong sunlamp might also be effective. And gas fires will clean just about anything.

 

[BRIOHAZARD]

If he sparkles, than no, no, no, and no.

 

[The_Reaper]

In regards to the first question...

Philosophically speaking, and perhaps ethically speaking, you are responsible. Although you did not directly cause the death of the people your friend attacked, by providing him with safe shelter you enabled those attacks to occur.

While you would likely not be legally guilty, there should be some level of guilt on your conscience.

As for murdering a vampire, as they don't exist, I think you're about as guilty as murder as I am when I frag noobs...

 

[Críostóir]

If he sparkles, than no, no, no, and no.

If he sparkled, a) He wouldn't need a darkened space, b) I wouldn't let him stay in my living room, and c) I wouldn't have the merest touch of guilt about putting him down like the detestable creature he is.

In regards to the first question...

Philosophically speaking, and perhaps ethically speaking, you are responsible. Although you did not directly cause the death of the people your friend attacked, by providing him with safe shelter you enabled those attacks to occur.

While you would likely not be legally guilty, there should be some level of guilt on your conscience.

Oh, he didn't kill them. Um...I mean, hypothetically, even IF he didn't kill them he was still attacking people. That (hypothetically) would be why the hypothetical friend would have decided to stake him.

 

[BRIOHAZARD]

OMG I never though you'd be a sparkleist

What about us glow in the dark people with celtic heritage. I practically sparkle in the sun I'm so white.

I'm not, actually. I read all four books, have the first movie on Special Edition DVD, and I plan to see the third one they're about to release.

I'm like a parrot, I like shiny things (like silver).
I don't like gold, tho.

If he sparkled, a) He wouldn't need a darkened space, b) I wouldn't let him stay in my living room, and c) I wouldn't have the merest touch of guilt about putting him down like the detestable creature he is.

Leave it to Buffy. *laughs evilly*

 

[LilBit]

You know, Chris-Chris, if you're planning on staking me, you probably shouldn't post stuff about it where I can see it.

 

[rareboy]

Obviously the mirrors would work because your vampire houseguest wouldn't be blocking the sunlight with his reflection.

Does the vampire go for the throat or the raging hardon when feasting on his victims.

It might affect my answers.