Who or what, would you philosophically risk your life for ?

[Cingular]

Excluding the boringly predictable (your children, siblings and/or anyone else in your family), who and/or what things would you (humourously or seriously) risk your life for and please say why.

 

[Captain_Nick]

I wouldn't, my will to live is stronger than mere philosophy.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

I don't need to philosophize. I've done it for a total stranger, who didn't appreciate the gesture.

Why? Because I just couldn't not do it, and I doubt I could not do it again. I can sleep at night because of it.

 

[CorporalClegg]

A piece of cheesecake?

I don't need to philosophize. I've done it for a total stranger, who didn't appreciate the gesture.

Why? Because I just couldn't not do it, and I doubt I could not do it again. I can sleep at night because of it.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Revenge.

Dig the two graves first, serve it cold...

 

[sojourner]

Well, as long as it's only philosophically risking my life, pretty much anything I guess.

 

[Rii]

To oppose the strong in their oppression of the weak.

 

[sidious618]

The TrekBBS.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Nothing. If anyone is depending on my abilities to get them out of a precarious situation we'd both be pretty much screwed.

 

[Hoser]

Plato

 

[RJDiogenes]

Diogenes.

 

[iguana_tonante]

The pursuit of science. All I ask in return is an universal constant christened with my name, as well as the first exatra-solar human colony. I don't think it's too much to ask, innit?

 

[Deckerd]

Philosophically? Nobody.

 

[Shaytan]

Des idées réclamant le fameux sacrifice
Les sectes de tout poil en offrent des séquelles
Et la question se pose aux victimes novices
Mourir pour des idées, c'est bien beau mais lesquelles ?
Et comme toutes sont entre elles ressemblantes
Quand il les voit venir, avec leur gros drapeau
Le sage, en hésitant, tourne autour du tombeau
Mourrons pour des idées, d'accord, mais de mort lente
D'accord, mais de mort lente

 

[ares93]

Des idées réclamant le fameux sacrifice
Les sectes de tout poil en offrent des séquelles
Et la question se pose aux victimes novices
Mourir pour des idées, c'est bien beau mais lesquelles ?
Et comme toutes sont entre elles ressemblantes
Quand il les voit venir, avec leur gros drapeau
Le sage, en hésitant, tourne autour du tombeau
Mourrons pour des idées, d'accord, mais de mort lente
D'accord, mais de mort lente

that said absolutely nothing to me... but gtranslate did a rather fine job on this one.

Ideas claiming the famous sacrifice
The cults of all stripes offer in the aftermath
And the question arises novice victims
Dying for ideas is fine, but why?
And like all of them are Similar
When he sees them coming with their big flag
The wise man, hesitatingly, revolves around the tomb
Die for ideas, okay, but a slow death
Okay, slow death

 

[trekkiebaggio]

Probably nothing. I don't know, if a situation arose where I'd have to decide in a split second I'd end up thinking about it. By the time I would decide it'd be too late and they'd be dead anyway.

 

[Deckerd]

That translation was terrible but it did make me laugh.

 

[Shaytan]

that said absolutely nothing to me...

Sorry, that's a song.

That translation was terrible but it did make me laugh.

It's not that bad, I've seen worse.

 

[Deckerd]

There's a famous (probably apocryphal) one using internet translators where the expression "out of sight, out of mind" is translated into Russian and then back into English and comes back as "invisible idiot".

 

[ares93]

I don't need to philosophize. I've done it for a total stranger, who didn't appreciate the gesture.

Why? Because I just couldn't not do it, and I doubt I could not do it again. I can sleep at night because of it.

i couldn't have said it better myself. its simply the right thing to do.

There's a famous (probably apocryphal) one using internet translators where the expression "out of sight, out of mind" is translated into Russian and then back into English and comes back as "invisible idiot".

everything gets messed up if you mix a bit of russian into it. aside from arabic, i think i hate russian the most. its bloody impossible to learn. after two years i could barely order lunch...