Would you die to allow someone close to you to live?
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Trelane
Lieutenant Commander
Heck No. I'm a strong supporter of "natural selection" (the slow, outright stupid, sick and those unwilling/unable to adapt are good & screwed.)
The world's full of people that (a century ago) would've been permitted to be aborted with one look at the biological parent(s); or, allowed to stick a metal fork in a utility socket, "just to see what'll happen."
Today, the slow and stupid rule supreme. They're allowed to form Parent-Teacher associations and ban everything except rice cakes from coming to school; and, drive bus routes in the catskills, believing they're entitled to throw same-sex couples off the bus just for quietly holding hands while sharing a single set of headphones/earbuds attached to the same i-pod.
The world's full of people that (a century ago) would've been permitted to be aborted with one look at the biological parent(s); or, allowed to stick a metal fork in a utility socket, "just to see what'll happen."
Today, the slow and stupid rule supreme. They're allowed to form Parent-Teacher associations and ban everything except rice cakes from coming to school; and, drive bus routes in the catskills, believing they're entitled to throw same-sex couples off the bus just for quietly holding hands while sharing a single set of headphones/earbuds attached to the same i-pod.
This is what I was going to say.
In a word.. Yes..
I'd die in place of anyone I cared about.. In fact, I'd die for anybody, if it meant they would live.. I draw the line at murderers, rapists and pedofiles, however...
That said, I don't believe in the death penalty or abortion, so make of that what you will...
I'd die in place of anyone I cared about.. In fact, I'd die for anybody, if it meant they would live.. I draw the line at murderers, rapists and pedofiles, however...
That said, I don't believe in the death penalty or abortion, so make of that what you will...
I probably would not. It's a tragedy when anyone dies but I can think of no instance where I would consider my life less valuable than another. Call it selfish if you will, but on the other side of the equation, I would not expect nor ask anyone I know to sacrifice themselves for me.
I don't think you love it. Nor does any person with sense.
Exactly.
Hmm, I believe I would. For family, in a heartbeat. For strangers, I dunno. I have risked my life for strangers however. Twice actually.
First time there was a kid on the street i caught and pulled away just before he was hit by a van. The car got my right foot though, but i was wearing my steel toe boots so i wasn't injured. I got banged up a bit though, but the kid got away with a scraped knee.
And the second time i was racing and the guy in front of me crashed his car, and as it later turned out had a concussion, so he crawled out of the car purely by instinct. Fight or flight type of thing. Anyway, I knew that I or the car behind me hits him, he'd dead. So I slammed the brakes and placed my car between the injured driver and the car behind me. It was a split second decision. I figured my Volvo 245 was big enough for him to see and avoid me, but he didn't. I remember thinking, just before the car hit me at roughly 80 kph, "This was a stupid idea, please hold together."
First time there was a kid on the street i caught and pulled away just before he was hit by a van. The car got my right foot though, but i was wearing my steel toe boots so i wasn't injured. I got banged up a bit though, but the kid got away with a scraped knee.
And the second time i was racing and the guy in front of me crashed his car, and as it later turned out had a concussion, so he crawled out of the car purely by instinct. Fight or flight type of thing. Anyway, I knew that I or the car behind me hits him, he'd dead. So I slammed the brakes and placed my car between the injured driver and the car behind me. It was a split second decision. I figured my Volvo 245 was big enough for him to see and avoid me, but he didn't. I remember thinking, just before the car hit me at roughly 80 kph, "This was a stupid idea, please hold together."
This is a hard question....it is easy to answer it when not faced with the situation but might be different to say when actually IN the situation......which I hope I never have to choose between such a thing, ever.
I'd like to think I would have the courage to die for someone or something that I loved. I don't know if I actually do, though.
Nope I'm 34 so I live to die another day
But even at 34 having done sod all with my life I feel very old* - technically I'm old enough to have a grandchild. It would probably have to be someone a generation younger than me now.
Not that I'd have time to stop and ask them
*I'm not depressed about that - I'm tending to view this as my gap life
But if my death led to saving someone's life, I guess that would make it worthwhile.
Of course you could argue that. In the end, isn't everything a matter of semantics? That's the beauty of it.
He's still somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps, tho.
I assure you they do exist.
So... baseball?
I make every one of my friends sign a contract saying they will lay down their life for me, also they must name me a beneficiary in their wills.
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