I would not kill my parents.
I am not responsible for the actions of others - not the foolish and the short-sighted that start wars, nor of the soldiers that made a choice that put them at risk, nor of the unlucky people who find themselves caught in the middle. It is them at fault - and for me to commit a wrong, to hurt myself to save them from their own foolish selves, just doesn't sit right with me. Why should I help them if they cannot help themselves? Would they be grateful? Would they care? Would they be resentful at me for restricting them, however much it would cost me and however much good it would do? Why should my parents die for that? What have my parents done to deserve the death I am told to give them?
However, I am responsible for my own actions - and I want my parents alive and my soul free of guilt. If God can end war, just like that, and he forces me to do something like that to bring it about, he's not worth my worship.
Besides, my Dad is an old, crusty bouncer at a pub, and he'd probably beat me up.
[This message has been edited by Tancred (edited 06-05-2001).]