Self defense and attitude

I've often said that people have a bizarre sense of "fair play" and " I don't want to hurt the bad guy" when it comes to defense. When I was doing research for pepper spray I stumbled upon these two gems. 

http://www.pepper-spray-store.com/pages/animal-vs-human-spray
When I travel in grizzly bear country, I leave the bear spray at home. In fact, I’ve never even owned a canister of it. My rationale, if you can call it that, is that I would rather be mauled to death by a bear than pepper-spray an animal that has a sense of smell thousands of times greater than my own. Honestly, I simply can’t imagine the agony a bear goes through when it gets a snout full of capsaicin, and I, for one, don’t want to be the person responsible for such pain.

and 

My sister has jokingly given me the Indian-style name Eaten-By-Bears. I certainly hope this isn’t a prophecy, but if it is, then, well, fair is fair. At least I’ll know I died serving a purpose — helping to fatten a bear up for winter. After all, they were here first, and the odds of survival are decidedly not in their favor. If anyone deserves to be pepper-sprayed, it’s us.
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2012/09/i-dont-carry-bear-spray-heres-why/