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29 Jul 2008, 5:03 pm

corroonb wrote:
Irulan wrote:
No and I don't believe anybody would be able to do it in such a situation (and even if, it's mostly because he'd be afraid of others' opinion or opinion of his parent whose life would be endangered). My own life is the most important thing to me, the most valuable thing I have and will ever have even if I were as rich as Bill Gates.

It's only stroking one's ego - "I'm so noble, I'd be able to sacrifice my own life". Even if you did, you wouldn't even be able to see the result of your noble deed. It's highly unhealthy and simply indecent to feel such strong attachment to whatever living being :?


I agree. Jesus/martyr syndrome in action.

Is that a bad thing?


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29 Jul 2008, 5:08 pm

No. My mom is 50, and she smokes. She doesn't have nearly as many years left in her as I do. But if she died I would be very sad and I would miss her alot...
Would I die to save someone younger than me? Probably not. My sister is 11, and nobody's death would make me as upset as hers would, but my fear of death is so strong that I probably wouldn't die to save her...and I would feel bad about it for the rest of my life, though I might not regret it. I'd rather be depressed than dead.