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Two people are drowning.....

Poll: Who will you save
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Two people are drowning.....
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#31
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 9, 2018 at 10:02 pm
I am in a very close relationship with a 61 year old woman , whose mother, 60 years ago was forced to make such a decision. Between grabbing a 2 year old girl or her 4 year old brother. This occurred in a flash flood in the Sonoran Desert. Talk about Sophie's Choice! I know this topic presents philosophical and theist "gotcha" moments but in real life it creates interpersonal and intergenerational ripple effects. Just saying!
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#32
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 9, 2018 at 10:21 pm
If I do a big enough cannon ball could I splash/wave both of them out?
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#33
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 9, 2018 at 11:50 pm
(January 9, 2018 at 10:02 pm)chimp3 Wrote: I am in a very close relationship with a 61 year old woman , whose mother, 60 years ago was forced to make such a decision. Between grabbing a 2 year old girl or her 4 year old brother. This occurred in a flash flood in the Sonoran Desert. Talk about Sophie's Choice! I know this topic presents philosophical and theist "gotcha" moments but in real life it creates interpersonal and intergenerational ripple effects. Just saying!

And it's truly impossible to know for certain in advance what one would do in a real life emergency situation with only seconds to decide.

On the poll question, it's easy to decide what you would do while sitting in the comfort of your chair or sofa and with the luxury of time to mull it over. But what if in real life, the person you didn't choose to save had their entire family begging and crying for you to help save them? What would you do then?

Also, I know polls on AF aren't anonymous but if you really want to elicit truthful answers to thorny ethical questions, the answers need to be anonymous. What people say and do when they know people are looking can be very different to what they'll say and do when they believe no one is looking.

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#34
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 1:36 am
(January 9, 2018 at 6:18 pm)SaStrike Wrote: A wise person (Jorgmonder or something like that) once said, "fuck all polls"

Where is that option?

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#35
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 1:39 am (This post was last modified: January 10, 2018 at 1:40 am by Cecelia.)
I save the person I love the most, and ask another great swimmer to save the person who loves me the most. Both are saved. Loophole abuse ftw.
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#36
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 1:42 am (This post was last modified: January 10, 2018 at 1:44 am by DodosAreDead.)
Definitely the person I love the most. 
The other one's gonna feel all betrayed and whatever, but then again, the other one's gonna be dead soon. At least I still get to spend my life with the one I love.
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#37
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 3:59 am
(January 9, 2018 at 12:31 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Two people are drowning.

Person A is the person you love dearly and/or love the most.
Person B is the person that loves you the most and/or loves you the most.

Person A and person B doesn't necessarily have to be someone in your life, you can make up a hypothetic person if you have any doubts on who to choose.

You're a great swimmer but you can save only one of the two people. Who will you save, why?

So in other words you are asking if I'd save myself from drowning?.... definitely! Tongue
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#38
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 6:23 am
You save the person you love the most. You can never know who is the person who loves YOU the most. 

Next stupid question, please. 

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#39
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 6:54 am
Doc says I have an iron health. Saving people from drowning on water its a thing. Saving people from drowning in beer... I got this.
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#40
RE: Two people are drowning.....
January 10, 2018 at 7:04 am
(January 10, 2018 at 6:23 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You save the person you love the most. You can never know who is the person who loves YOU the most. 

Next stupid question, please. 

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me disagrees! me loves myself the most!
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