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**FrustratedPoet** · January 19, 2003, 15:36

1 - Yes
2 - No and Yes
3 - Yes
4 - Have the kid
5 - Of course. What's the downside?
6 - Show me the money!
7 - Those options suck, I'd do neither of those.
8 - About the same
9 - Of course not.

**JohnT** · January 19, 2003, 15:38

Question #1:For a person you love deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing that there would be little chance of you ever seeing your family and friends again? Yes. Especially if the money is good.

Question #2: Do you believe in ghost? would you be willing to spend a weekend alone in a remote house that is supposedly haunted because death occured there? No. Yes.

Question #3:Would you be willing to take the life of a child if you knew this would cure world hunger and end starvation? No.

Question #4:You are a couple who is expecting your first child. The doctor tells you that there is a 50 percent chance that the child will be blind and deaf. This is your one and only chance to have a child. Would you give up your only chance of having this child because he/she may be blind and deaf? Or would you take the risk and have it? No. Yes.

Question #5:If you could spend 10 years in perfect happiness--having everything you could possibly want out of life, but afterwards would remember nothing of the experience, would you do it? No. Why bother?

Question #6:A person that you know successfully
completes a robbery. Although he gets away with ten million dollars, a person dies during the robbery. Assuming this person will NEVER get caught and he/she offers you half the money (and you REALLY need the money) to keep quiet, would you take it? Or would you turn him in and get nothing? By the way, the person killed was a homeless person--a John Doe, and had no family. Turn him in. No amount of money is worth a lifetime of guilt and worry.

Question #7:You discover your wonderful one year old child is, because of a mix up, not yours. When you start to search for your own child you are told it will take at least five years to find your child. Futhermore, you are also informed that it is possible that your child is no longer alive. Meanwhile, the one year old will be removed from your home. Do you risk having the only child you know as yours removed from home in order to wait five years to find your own child that may or may not be alive? Or do you just keep the child in your home and say nothing? Hell no. Hell Yes.

Question #8: Do you think the world will be better or worse off 100 years from now? Better.

Question #9: Would you like to know the date of your and your relatives/friends deathes? (assuming that you could do nothing to prevent those deaths). Again, Hell No.

**Eli** · January 19, 2003, 15:45

Re: Some hypothetical quetions which causes you to think...

Originally posted by Sonic

Question #1:For a person you love deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing that there would be little chance of you ever seeing your family and friends again?

Depends on the circumstances. What if it's not love, but the future. I know that when we left for Israel my mother assumed that she will never see her family again. Thankfully reality was much better.

Question #2: Do you believe in ghost? would you be willing to spend a weekend alone in a remote house that is supposedly haunted because death occured there?

It will be spooky. But it all depends on what will I get in return?

Question #3:Would you be willing to take the life of a child if you knew this would cure world hunger and end starvation?

Yes. And I wouldnt feel a bit of guilt over it.

Question #4:You are a couple who is expecting your first child. The doctor tells you that there is a 50 percent chance that the child will be blind and deaf. This is your one and only chance to have a child. Would you give up your only chance of having this child because he/she may be blind and deaf? Or would you take the risk and have it?

If "only" blind or deaf? I'll have the kid. But something significantly serious, no.

Question #5:If you could spend 10 years in perfect happiness--having everything you could possibly want out of life, but afterwards would remember nothing of the experience, would you do it?

No. If you dont remember it, it never happened.

Question #6:A person that you know successfully
completes a robbery. Although he gets away with ten million dollars, a person dies during the robbery. Assuming this person will NEVER get caught and he/she offers you half the money (and you REALLY need the money) to keep quiet, would you take it? Or would you turn him in and get nothing? By the way, the person killed was a homeless person--a John Doe, and had no family.

I will take the money.

Question #7:You discover your wonderful one year old child is, because of a mix up, not yours. When you start to search for your own child you are told it will take at least five years to find your child. Futhermore, you are also informed that it is possible that your child is no longer alive. Meanwhile, the one year old will be removed from your home. Do you risk having the only child you know as yours removed from home in order to wait five years to find your own child that may or may not be alive? Or do you just keep the child in your home and say nothing?

Risk.

Question #8: Do you think the world will be better or worse off 100 years from now?

Overall, better.

Question #9: Would you like to know the date of your and your relatives/friends deathes? (assuming that you could do nothing to prevent those deaths).

No.

**JohnT** · January 19, 2003, 15:47

"Yes. And I wouldnt feel a bit of guilt over it."

So, if you personally had to break a 1 year-olds neck, you wouldn't feel guilty?

Monster.

**FrustratedPoet** · January 19, 2003, 15:48

If I didn't break the 1 year old's neck and caused millions of people to die of hunger in the future I'd feel even more guilty.

**Zkribbler** · January 19, 2003, 15:49

Re: Some hypothetical quetions which causes you to think...

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Sonic
OK, I think these questions will make your think a bit... [/]quote]
Naw, they're easy.

Question #1:For a person you love deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing that there would be little chance of you ever seeing your family and friends again?

Move.

Question #2: Do you believe in ghost? would you be willing to spend a weekend alone in a remote house that is supposedly haunted because death occured there?

I believe there are probably ghosts. If properly motivated, I would spend the night in the haunted house because (a) most ghosts are benign and (b) those that aren't can't hurt you 'cause they're dead.

Question #3:Would you be willing to take the life of a child if you knew this would cure world hunger and end starvation?

In a heartbeat. 1 life vs. 10,000/day. Do the math.

Question #4:You are a couple who is expecting your first child. The doctor tells you that there is a 50 percent chance that the child will be blind and deaf. This is your one and only chance to have a child. Would you give up your only chance of having this child because he/she may be blind and deaf? Or would you take the risk and have it?

Have it. The only problem with being blind and deaf is that you can't see or hear. But it's still a kid.

Question #5:If you could spend 10 years in perfect happiness--having everything you could possibly want out of life, but afterwards would remember nothing of the experience, would you do it?

Why would I?? BTW, this happened to a friend of my brother-in-law. He spend years on drugs, and was finally found living under a bush by his family & successfully went thru rehab. My brother in law later commented, "Well, at least you have all those great memories," to which the friend reply. "Jim, I can't remember a thing!"

Question #6:A person that you know successfully
completes a robbery. Although he gets away with ten million dollars, a person dies during the robbery. Assuming this person will NEVER get caught and he/she offers you half the money (and you REALLY need the money) to keep quiet, would you take it? Or would you turn him in and get nothing? By the way, the person killed was a homeless person--a John Doe, and had no family.

Both. Take the money, turn him in, deny any knowledge of the money.

Question #7:You discover your wonderful one year old child is, because of a mix up, not yours. When you start to search for your own child you are told it will take at least five years to find your child. Futhermore, you are also informed that it is possible that your child is no longer alive. Meanwhile, the one year old will be removed from your home. Do you risk having the only child you know as yours removed from home in order to wait five years to find your own child that may or may not be alive? Or do you just keep the child in your home and say nothing?

The kid that I'm raising is mine. The other kid just had my DNA.

Question #8: Do you think the world will be better or worse off 100 years from now?

Not sure. It'll either be better off or gone.

Question #9: Would you like to know the date of your and your relatives/friends deathes? (assuming that you could do nothing to prevent those deaths).

Don't want to know. Wouldn't matter anyway. In Question 1, I've moved to a distant land and will never see them again.

**Eli** · January 19, 2003, 15:50

So, if you personally had to break a 1 year-olds neck, you wouldn't feel guilty?

If by not doing it I cause the deaths of millions, yes.
It will, of course, be very uncomfortable(to say the least), but no guilt.

**JohnT** · January 19, 2003, 15:50

Methinks the child-killers on this thread have no experience with children of their own.

**Eli** · January 19, 2003, 15:54

Originally posted by JohnT
Methinks the child-killers on this thread have no experience with children of their own.

Is causing the death of one kid "worse" than causing the death of millions only because you are the direct killer, rather than an indirect one?

**Bugs ****ing Bunny** · January 19, 2003, 15:57

Very true. I'd be surprised at a parent voting to off the kid.

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**Bas** · January 19, 2003, 15:59

1. Yes.
2. No. Yes, if there was a good reason for doing it.
3. Hell yes. Although I'd hate the actual killing part.
4. Have it.
5. Tough one. I guess not.
6. Take the money.
7. Keep the kid.
8. About the same.
9. Hell no.

**Dauphin** · January 19, 2003, 16:04

I don't see how it is that different from killing an unborn child by abortion. There is a big difference legally and morally, but the end result is the same.

But I agree, I couldn't do it.

**Curiosity** · January 19, 2003, 16:05

Re: Some hypothetical quetions which causes you to think...

Question #1:For a person you love deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing that there would be little chance of you ever seeing your family and friends again?

Yes. If she lives somewhere sunny then I wouldn't even have to love her that deeply. Hell, she wouldn't even have to exist...

Question #2: Do you believe in ghost? would you be willing to spend a weekend alone in a remote house that is supposedly haunted because death occured there?

Nope, and yes.

Question #3:Would you be willing to take the life of a child if you knew this would cure world hunger and end starvation?

Nasty... it would depend on the child. Some people I couldn't harm even at those stakes.

Question #4:You are a couple who is expecting your first child. The doctor tells you that there is a 50 percent chance that the child will be blind and deaf. This is your one and only chance to have a child. Would you give up your only chance of having this child because he/she may be blind and deaf? Or would you take the risk and have it?

Well I don't much want children, so the poor git is in trouble anyway. Assuming I did want a child then I'd probably go ahead, but it's difficult to put yourself in that position.

Question #5:If you could spend 10 years in perfect happiness--having everything you could possibly want out of life, but afterwards would remember nothing of the experience, would you do it?

Ah, but I intend to do that anyway.

Yes, I guess I would.

Question #6:A person that you know successfully
completes a robbery. Although he gets away with ten million dollars, a person dies during the robbery. Assuming this person will NEVER get caught and he/she offers you half the money (and you REALLY need the money) to keep quiet, would you take it? Or would you turn him in and get nothing? By the way, the person killed was a homeless person--a John Doe, and had no family.

Either I'd turn them in or I wouldn't depending on who it was, but the money wouldn't make a difference.
Of course I'd take the 5 mil from them regardless.

Question #7:You discover your wonderful one year old child is, because of a mix up, not yours. When you start to search for your own child you are told it will take at least five years to find your child. Futhermore, you are also informed that it is possible that your child is no longer alive. Meanwhile, the one year old will be removed from your home. Do you risk having the only child you know as yours removed from home in order to wait five years to find your own child that may or may not be alive? Or do you just keep the child in your home and say nothing?

Dunno... is it in the habit of puking on the carpet? Just kidding.

I'd keep the child, I think.

Question #8: Do you think the world will be better or worse off 100 years from now?

Either better, or (in a human sense) not here at all. Probably better.

Question #9: Would you like to know the date of your and your relatives/friends deathes? (assuming that you could do nothing to prevent those deaths).

No thanks, I'll preserve the illusion of immortality as long as I can.

**Starchild** · January 19, 2003, 16:06

Originally posted by Eli

Is causing the death of one kid "worse" than causing the death of millions only because you are the direct killer, rather than an indirect one?

Since this is a pressing moral issue, I'm assuming the kid is mine or in some way I have a vested emotional attachment to it. As I'm faced with a child I love on one hand versus millions of faceless strangers on the other, I've gotta go with the kid.

You can't even prove to me that those millions of strangers actually exist and you want me to go butcher my baby for them? Err, like, hello? A world of no.

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