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Topic: you are on a ship that is sinking...
no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 07:58 PM
you get in a lifeboat with 6 other people. once on the boat, you realize the lifeboat has too many people in it, it is doomed to sink and everyone dies unless one person jumps out and sacrifices their life. there is one person on the lifeboat that is very sick and will die eventually either way within days. your options are to toss the sick person out against their will, jump out yourself, or do nothing. WHAT DO YOU DO?

yayforchae Joined Sun 01/13/08 Posts: 3135	Mon 06/02/08 08:00 PM
if they're going to die anyway, toss them out!

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Mon 06/02/08 08:01 PM
I'd jump out cuz I can swim good.

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:01 PM
sharks swim good too

MsCarmen Joined Wed 05/07/08 Posts: 6282	Mon 06/02/08 08:01 PM
Toss the sick person out. I'm not cold hearted I swear, but if they are going to die before we can get rescued, there's no point in someone else dying for no reason.

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Mon 06/02/08 08:02 PM
Now you never said anything about sharks. What else haven't you told us?

Cthulhudon Joined Wed 04/16/08 Posts: 76	Mon 06/02/08 08:02 PM
Drain the water out of the bath tub

manvasunshinesayhi Joined Tue 01/15/08 Posts: 3	Mon 06/02/08 08:04 PM
I know one thing for sure I won't die in peace thanks!

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:04 PM
Now you never said anything about sharks. What else haven't you told us? i said you would die if you jumped out... you get to chose how you die, i guess

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:05 PM
Toss the sick person out. I'm not cold hearted I swear, but if they are going to die before we can get rescued, there's no point in someone else dying for no reason. what if that person was the only child on the boat, and the mother was there as well?

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:06 PM
if they're going to die anyway, toss them out! what if that person was the only child on the boat, and the mother was there as well?

hunky62 Joined Mon 03/10/08 Posts: 1894	Mon 06/02/08 08:06 PM
keep them around...cuz the other five are going to need something to eat in a few days...

wanttachat Joined Sat 01/27/07 Posts: 8827	Mon 06/02/08 08:08 PM
I can't swim but I could never throw a child away

darkowl1 Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 13060	Mon 06/02/08 08:09 PM
as someone who sails the great lakes,(waves can get to 40 ft, believe it) never assume you are safe in a lifeboat. look for other means of things that float, or carry your own army inflatable, they are at an army-navy store, and are small, and can fit in a side pouch in a suitcase. inflatables can save your life, and lifeboats will go under in a storm.....should be called deathboats.

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:11 PM
as someone who sails the great lakes,(waves can get to 40 ft, believe it) never assume you are safe in a lifeboat. look for other means of things that float, or carry your own army inflatable, they are at an army-navy store, and are small, and can fit in a side pouch in a suitcase. inflatables can save your life, and lifeboats will go under in a storm.....should be called deathboats. dwight, you are missing the point here, this is an exercise in morality

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:12 PM
I can't swim but I could never throw a child away exactly my point

no_namer Joined Mon 05/12/08 Posts: 483	Mon 06/02/08 08:12 PM
keep them around...cuz the other five are going to need something to eat in a few days... so who goes then?

johnboy072472 Joined Fri 12/28/07 Posts: 4874	Mon 06/02/08 08:13 PM
I would jump out........

darkowl1 Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 13060	Mon 06/02/08 08:13 PM
you can foil most sharks, if you know what you're doing....so what other dangers are there??

No1sLove Joined Wed 04/16/08 Posts: 10342	Mon 06/02/08 08:13 PM
If I were the sick one, I would volunteer, so hopefully they will too and no one has to make a call like that. This is the best case scenario as far as I can see. I do not know that I would be able to condemn an man healthy or dying, but I have not been there yet.