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Would you sign the death warrant of an entire race/group to save your relatives?
Yes. My family is everything to me. 19%  19%  [ 8 ]
No. I love my family but that's plain selfish. 53%  53%  [ 23 ]
Other 28%  28%  [ 12 ]
Total votes : 43

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15 Dec 2011, 3:07 pm

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Other. Genocide the aliens, or die in the attempt.


Awesome answer.


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15 Dec 2011, 4:15 pm

donnie_darko wrote:
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I'd rather commit genocide than see my little sister die because of a choice I myself had to make.

I can see how easy it is if your family was just you and your parents, though.


Why is your sister superior to your parents?


Superior? Is that the only conclusion you could derive from what I said?

My sister is too young to die and I'm conditioned to love her much more than I could ever love any stranger. Why have her killed rather than have an ethnic group of strangers be killed off?

I have brothers, too, but they're not kids that I need to protect with my life at every cost. If it was just me, my brothers, and my parents, I'd have had my family killed off (with me along with them).



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15 Dec 2011, 4:28 pm

I think the liklihood of a person choosing genocide increases with the number of small children in his/her family.



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15 Dec 2011, 5:02 pm

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I think the liklihood of a person choosing genocide increases with the number of small children in his/her family.


In twenty years, if your last name is Duggar, choosing your family almost would be genocide.



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15 Dec 2011, 5:07 pm

Other.

I refuse to provide cover for another's wrongdoing. I will not become the decision making agent for them. If I cannot stop them, at the very least I can refuse to be complicit.


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15 Dec 2011, 5:29 pm

The "Other" is pointless for this kind of question. It kills what makes this question a very interesting one.



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16 Dec 2011, 4:09 am

Well... I hope to never find out what my answer to the original question would be. They both suck.


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16 Dec 2011, 4:27 am

MCalavera wrote:
donnie_darko wrote:
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I'd rather commit genocide than see my little sister die because of a choice I myself had to make.

I can see how easy it is if your family was just you and your parents, though.


Why is your sister superior to your parents?


Superior? Is that the only conclusion you could derive from what I said?

My sister is too young to die and I'm conditioned to love her much more than I could ever love any stranger. Why have her killed rather than have an ethnic group of strangers be killed off?

I have brothers, too, but they're not kids that I need to protect with my life at every cost. If it was just me, my brothers, and my parents, I'd have had my family killed off (with me along with them).


I respect your opinion but I still don't agree with it. Why are adults less worthy of being protected than children? Just because they have 10-15 more years they've got to live? When your sister is older, will you feel less protective of her?



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16 Dec 2011, 4:43 am

My opinion is just that - an opinion. You don't have to agree with opinions.

donnie_darko wrote:
When your sister is older, will you feel less protective of her?


I don't know how my future self will feel.



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16 Dec 2011, 4:47 am

donnie_darko wrote:
I respect your opinion but I still don't agree with it. Why are adults less worthy of being protected than children? Just because they have 10-15 more years they've got to live? When your sister is older, will you feel less protective of her?

Natural selection has ensured that most humans feel more protective toward children than adults.



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16 Dec 2011, 4:49 am

MCalavera wrote:
My opinion is just that - an opinion. You don't have to agree with opinions.

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When your sister is older, will you feel less protective of her?


I don't know how my future self will feel.


Yeah, I don't get it, but I respect it. In a way I do get it - since children have yet to reproduce, from a biological standpoint, it is more important for them to live than for older people who (at least in theory) have already had offspring. However as humans like to think of themselves as moralistic beings, we justify this by saying "children are innocent/good/haven't done anything really bad yet".

I mean for me, I feel just as protective of my mom as I do of my 8 year old brother. But I'm sure many people would feel differently.



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16 Dec 2011, 4:54 am

dmm1010 wrote:
donnie_darko wrote:
I respect your opinion but I still don't agree with it. Why are adults less worthy of being protected than children? Just because they have 10-15 more years they've got to live? When your sister is older, will you feel less protective of her?

Natural selection has ensured that most humans feel more protective toward children than adults.


Imagine how wonderful the world would be if we felt that loving towards everyone!



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16 Dec 2011, 4:57 am

There'd be overpopulation.

We don't want that.



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16 Dec 2011, 4:58 am

MCalavera wrote:
There'd be overpopulation.

We don't want that.


Meh. The population growth is already slowing so fast.



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16 Dec 2011, 5:06 am

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Imagine how wonderful the world would be if we felt that loving towards everyone!

Perhaps it would be wonderful. However, it seemingly wasn't necessary for the survival of our species. To that end it might even be detrimental.



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16 Dec 2011, 5:06 am

dmm1010 wrote:
donnie_darko wrote:
Imagine how wonderful the world would be if we felt that loving towards everyone!

Perhaps it would be wonderful. However, it seemingly wasn't necessary for the survival of our species. To that end it might even be detrimental.


So cynical!