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Since: Jan, 2001
26th May, 2022 02:21:53 PM
These are questions for Is this an example? if you aren't sure. The ones that aren't about living things seem cut and dried.
Thought I would bring this here instead of just going in and deleting examples. Want to make sure I'm not barking up the wrong tree. The Not Worth Killing page has many entries that are questionable at best, and others that seem to be roughly shoehorned in to make them fit.
Some examples: Under the Real Life section, this is given as the reason Ali signaled the ref to end his fight against Jerry Quarry. Anyone who has seen or knows about the fight knows that is not the case. Quarry put up a valiant effort but by the seventh round was completely out of gas and could barely defend himself. Ali was deriving no satisfaction whatsoever out of pummeling him, because Everyone Has Standards, and even the commentators were openly wondering why the ref hadn't stopped the fight. After the fight Ali personally went to Quarry's corner to make certain he was okay and speak kind words of encouragement to him. Not Worth Killing simply doesn't apply.
Also under Real Life, the BBFC returning the film New York Ripper to Italy has nothing to do with killing anyone (it's a film, not a person). Again, you could probably say the BBFC was just displaying Everyone Has Standards.
Under the Live-Action TV section, take the Daredevil example of Fisk telling Wesley not to kill Karen. It isn't that Fisk thinks she's not worth killing, it's just that everything she knows is already in the papers so done is done, and Fisk does show her respect. If killing her would have kept it out of the papers, she'd be dead because she would have been worth killing.
Under Film - Live Action, the Breaking Dawn example feels incredibly shoehorned in, Cruel Mercy is what really applies.
The Predator example is another. It's not that Dutch thinks the Predator is not worth killing, far from it. He can already see it's mortally wounded, so he drops the rock and asks it a question ("what the hell are you?"). Big mistake on his part, because it gives the predator the opportunity to activate the self-destruct feature in his armor.
Okay, that's all. If I'm wrong, please let me know.
Edited by Traveler123