Would you be willing to commit suicide if it would save the lives of 100 people?

[arcadian]

100 strangers.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Depends -- Are they republicans eligible to vote?

[el_bryanto]

2. Hell I'd commit suicided to save 2. Maybe 1 if I could pick the one.

Not like I got a lot going on.

Bryant

[Ken Burch]

3. Er....what brought the question to mind?

n/t.

[cali]

4. no. not even for 100 adorable children.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Not even 100 kittehs???

[cali]

10. well, kittens, that's another story.

[Horse with no Name]

5. Good question.

I don't think so. I have no faith that is strong enough to do something of that magnitude.
Now, if you asked if I would die for my kids or my family--to be sure. But my luck is that I would save 100 starkraving mad batshit freepers.

[MineralMan]

6. I can't imagine the situation that would bring up the choice.

[SacredCow]

7. macabre question of the day.... n/t

[jody]

8. I am willing to commit suicide to save my own life. n/t

[tularetom]

11. WTF have you been drinking?

I want some.

[BlooInBloo]

12. Pfft. This is nothing. Me and some friends used to have fucked up drunnk conversations...

One of the best topics was "What WOULDN'T you do for $7 million?"

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

17. Aside from anything that resulted in significant

risk of death/paralysis... there's probably not anything I wouldn't do for $7M (tax free, of course)

[cbdo2007]

13. Depends on the situation.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

14. I might risk my life, but outright suicide?

That depends on the details.

[Vidar]

15. Probably. Some days I'm braver than others.

[kenny blankenship]

16. I am glad SOMEBODY is focusing on the real day to day problems that confront this country!

[seabeyond]

33. yes, mom. rollin eyes. n/t

[scheming daemons]

18. Nope.

As an atheist, I believe I only get to "go 'round" once. I'm going to hang on to life as long as I possibly can, because this is all there is.

The sole exception would be if it would save the lives of my wife and/or children.



But I'm selfish. Strangers' lives don't mean as much to me as my own does. I'm funny that way.

[RandomThoughts]

19. No, not ever.

And I will explain why, it makes the assumption of a premise, and those type of premises are used by evil to trick people into self destruction.

I would stand in front of 100 people, but evil would have to do any harm, if it thinks it could, or some how was allowed to. I would not do harm to self, nor to anyone else.

Most of suicide is delusions creating despair, because people have free will, so the attempt by evil is to get them to self destruct, through fear or false deals.

And here is the proof, if someone tells you that suicide with save 100 lives, he is already evil, so why would you believe that he would spare the 100 lives anyway? It is a broken argument on that alone.

Never commit suicide, it is a long term solution for a short term problem, and a person can make it through.

[Libertyfirst]

37. Through months of great pain when their is no chance of

recovery. Sorry, but you are dead wrong.

[skypilot]

20. No.

Odds are that there'd be more than a handful of douchebags in that group of a hundred. I know myself well enough to know that my generosity doesn't extend that far.

[stray cat]

21. Probably not

[Lex]

22. No because 1 of the 100 might grow up to be Hitler.

:crazy:

[Brother Buzz]

23. I would not commit suicide, but I would definitely risk my life to save the lives of a 100 people

:shrug:

[rd_kent]

24. Not a f***ing chance

Now, would I place my life on the line for 100 strangers? Depends on the circumstances.

[timeforpeace]

25. Been there, done that. Feeling much better now, thanks.

[northernlights]

26. I would risk my life to save a single stranger

but not commit certain suicide.

I already have run in front of oncoming traffic to save a runaway toddler, and missed getting hit by inches. The car came to rest against my shoulder-bag.

And I jumped into a rollaway truck that I thought was going to roll backwards off a small ledge to save the owner in the tractor who forgot to block the truck while he was unloading the tractor off its trailer.

[joshcryer]

27. Number is way too low. Give me a statistically significant number, such as the number of people...

...who die daily from preventable causes. The tens of thousands of starving children.

And they have to have a normal life expectancy.

Otherwise it's a pointless exercise.

[seabeyond]

28. i dont think so. sorry.... n/t

[Orsino]

29. I wouldn't believe anyone who tried to tell me that my death would save a hundred others...

...so the opportunity isn't going to come up.

[H2O Man]

30. Does neatness count?

[Iggo]

31. I've played this game.

[LWolf]

32. No.

I'd spend my life in an instant to protect my family, my students.

I'm not willing to "commit suicide."

I'm not willing to spend my life for those I consider unworthy of that cost.

Palin, for example. The mother of my grandson, for another.

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. No. Letting them expire would mean 100 less mouths to feed, 100 less

carbon footprints, and might even allow their wealth to be redistributed.

Given those realities, I believe that saving myself would be most beneficial to the population at large.

[anneboleyn]

38. Wow. I hope you are not a healthcare professional in charge of any elderly people or others.

[cherokeeprogressive]

46. It was a sarcastic response to an insanely stupid question.

sheesh.

No.

[Rincewind]

35. I'm not even willing

to answer stupid hypothetical questions.:evilgrin:

[DefenseLawyer]

36. Have you been kidnapped by Lex Luthor?

Just stall until Superman gets there.

[azmouse]

39. No.

[Avalux]

40. What if I did and then one of those 100 strangers went out and killed a thousand?

:shrug:

That would REALLY piss me off.

[The Straight Story]

41. No, would live another day, find out what went wrong, and save even more lives

:)

[anneboleyn]

42. Of course, should such a situation arise. Isn't this compassion and humanitarianism? Knowing that I

am not inherently more valuable than the anonymous 100?

[petronius]

43. No, but I'd be willing to kill one of them to save the other 99

Or even 99 or them to save the last 1... :evilgrin:

[mitchum]

48. +1

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

44. "Sacrifice few to save many"? The Marine Crotch tried to convince me that was good idea.

They failed.

It may be a good idea...as long as you're not part of the sacrificial few.

[Stevenmarc]

45. Only if I can pick the date then I would wait till I'm terminal

[keep_it_real]

47. Such is against the nature of human life. eom

[mitchum]

49. Fuck no...they would have had to drag my ass of that landing craft at Normandy

[Gwendolyn]

50. If you were stuck on Gilligan's Island, who would you marry?

[Raine]

51. No way in hell! nt

[DeepBlueC]

52. no