I used that analogy not because the possessed people might be evil as well, although there is also a possibility of that - I´m sure there are other demons that work the same way. This is not the exception. But, there is a very real possibility that the people are already dead or dying, so that killing them quickly is better than freeing them.
In all the examples you mentioned, if they had let the demons go back, they would have warned Crowley or Lucifer what Sam and Dean were up to and put both other innocents and the mission in jeapardy.
Bobby killing the girl possessed by Ruby -how do you know she wasn't already fatally wounded and how could he have sent Ruby to hell in that situation with no devil´s trap out in the woods, at a disadvantage? I do think he acted out of survival instinct, without thought for the actual possessed victim, but people don't always have time to think through their actions in those situations.
There are obviously those they could have saved and not killed. I´m not saying they are morally perfect, but no one is, and they are sure better than some other alternatives.
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Date: 2017-04-12 12:21 am (UTC)In all the examples you mentioned, if they had let the demons go back, they would have warned Crowley or Lucifer what Sam and Dean were up to and put both other innocents and the mission in jeapardy.
Bobby killing the girl possessed by Ruby -how do you know she wasn't already fatally wounded and how could he have sent Ruby to hell in that situation with no devil´s trap out in the woods, at a disadvantage? I do think he acted out of survival instinct, without thought for the actual possessed victim, but people don't always have time to think through their actions in those situations.
There are obviously those they could have saved and not killed. I´m not saying they are morally perfect, but no one is, and they are sure better than some other alternatives.