A question of scruples

sdwelk11

NOTHING... Not my decision to make.

CaptainGordo

I would get in a time machine, go back 500 years, find a magic fairy, rescue her brother from the evil frog king, and have him grant me 7 wishes, one of which would be that a troll eat the great-great-great-great-great Grandfather of the bus driver, so that there would be no bus with children on it for the guy to step in front of. Yep. That's what **I** would do.

I LOVE that episode!

bonjour24

i love family guy!

but i haven't seen cameron diaz's box, so don't know that scenario.

but my answers are:

question 1- keep the guy that walks infront of the bus occupied. if he's ill, engage him on a topic of his interest. if he is well and attractive, do unspeakable things. but what about the guy who told you in the 1st place? what's he doing about it. i don't quite get it, but then i don't have to.

question 2- sadistic meinkampf guy. i would unleash my emaciated self as a ninja of vast talent and skill, and take my kid off the chair after having whooped sadistic meinkampf guys *kitten*. then encourage an old or nearly dead person to put themselves in the noose instead to save my kid. or i'd go in the noose myself if no nearly dead people were willing to compromise. but sadistic meinkampf guy would have to shoot me before they could hurt my baby, which if this was wartime and a possibility would likely happen. and i'd have to be in a POW camp for quite a while to become emaciated!

rbryntes

You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don't he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don't have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?

Honestly and seriously. I find these questions offensive. "You are an inmate in a concentration camp." Yeah, let's all posit Hitler scenarios and see what people's morals are.

MassiveDelta

You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don't he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don't have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?

Honestly and seriously. I find these questions offensive. "You are an inmate in a concentration camp." Yeah, let's all posit Hitler scenarios and see what people's morals are.

You find factual history offensive? Lets just ignore that things happened in the past if we dont talk about them they never happened right?

"Oh those 2 towers never existed. What Terrorism? Whats that?"

Ya good call Buddy, ignore it and it goes away.

rbryntes

You find factual history offensive? Lets just ignore that things happened in the past if we dont talk about them they never happened right?

"Oh those 2 towers never existed. What Terrorism? Whats that?"

Ya good call Buddy, ignore it and it goes away.

Really? I don't recall saying I wanted history not to exist. I majored in history in college. My father was a historian (and a college history professor).

My earlier point stands. These kinds of questions are often used to turn people around to things happening in the world today, like the schoolbus one has been used to a) justify killing doctors who provide abortions, b) claim that women are morally inferior to men, and c) worse. The reality is that nobody knows exactly WHAT they will ACTUALLY DO until actually faced with these situations.

Also, re: concentration camp: as someone who lost the majority of her extended family at Dachau, I believe positing cute little "what would you do?" questions involving concentration camps is offensive.

TheRoadDog

If THAT guy put a gun in my MY hand and gave me THAT ultimatum, I would shoot HIM. Problem solved.

MassiveDelta

You find factual history offensive? Lets just ignore that things happened in the past if we dont talk about them they never happened right?

"Oh those 2 towers never existed. What Terrorism? Whats that?"

Ya good call Buddy, ignore it and it goes away.

Really? I don't recall saying I wanted history not to exist. I majored in history in college. My father was a historian (and a college history professor).

My earlier point stands. These kinds of questions are often used to turn people around to things happening in the world today, like the schoolbus one has been used to a) justify killing doctors who provide abortions, b) claim that women are morally inferior to men, and c) worse. The reality is that nobody knows exactly WHAT they will ACTUALLY DO until actually faced with these situations.

Also, re: concentration camp: as someone who lost the majority of her extended family at Dachau, I believe positing cute little "what would you do?" questions involving concentration camps is offensive.

And my statement still stands. Im not using these questions for debate. I find it interesting to hear what people would do. Human nature and the response is an interesting topic. Not talking about it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The mere mention of a event is not offensive. Im empathetic for your your loss but you are being a little beyond sensitive. Suggesting no one can talk about a historical event because of a connection to it, is crazy. not talking about it doesn't make it go away.

Elizabeth_C34

Shoot the guy who gave me the gun and tackle the other guy.