Would you Die to save a family member?

[Walleye]

this is kind of in response to the other thread about personal sacrifice to save another. i wont be making a poll, partially because that is just a rhetorical question. anyway, these scenarios always have seemed silly to me.

in regards to the other one, i cannot think of a single scenario where running 500 miles would for sure save a person's life, or not will kill the person. there is such thing as vehicular transportation if medicine is needed in remote alaskan villages (iditarod, anyone?). but seriously, in this day and age, what good can such a question be, since there is no logical situation in which that set of events would be called into being, and those morals questioned.


now, to my personal question. if you sacrifice yourself, your relative/ loved one will live. if you do not, they will surely die.


i say to hell with those rules, because, i dont beleive in a no-win situation. (star trek 3, anyone?) anyway, i will risk my life to save a family member/loved one, but i do not think such a situation possible that it's either i sacrifice myself, or let them die. there is always another way, and these questions are silly.



but what kind of nonsense do you expect at 1 in the morning? especially from this dumbarse?

 

[Feldenak]

Without a second thought.

 

[littleman]

same thing as you, i dont think its worth it for you to die. hell, i'd risk my life, but not doing so knowing that i'll die.
:beer:

let me rephrase that;

if I die without knowing beforehand that I'll die, I'm fine with it. If its guaranteed that I'll die, I probably won't do it.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

My parents? I'm younger, I think I get seniority this time around and they'd probably want it that way. My sister and I don't enjoy that kind of relationship. I'm certainly not going to face certain death for any cousin.

 

[KK]

How can you save someone if you are dead?

KK

 

[littleman]

Originally posted by: KK
How can you save someone if you are dead?

KK

like ahostage situation?

 

[bob332]

the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: bob332
the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

but seriously here.. what situation would warrant that?


even if there is a remote chance that both parties can get out alive, that is infinitely preferable to anything else... at least to me...

 

[Excelsior]

I hate to say it but when it comes to my parents, Id have to say no. They are more than 30 years older than I am. Thats 30 more years I could live after they pass away. When it comes to my sisters...depends. With one of them..maybe..with the other, sure. She has been nicer to me.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Depends on the family member.

 

[bob332]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332
the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

but seriously here.. what situation would warrant that?


even if there is a remote chance that both parties can get out alive, that is infinitely preferable to anything else... at least to me...

doesn't matter what the situation was, if that is the type of action needed, it would be done.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: bob332

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332
the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

but seriously here.. what situation would warrant that?


even if there is a remote chance that both parties can get out alive, that is infinitely preferable to anything else... at least to me...

doesn't matter what the situation was, if that is the type of action needed, it would be done.

there's always another way. think about it. you can guarantee your wife's life by dieing... (if you beleive this) you can guarantee your own life by not doing anything (and condemning your wife to death) or you can try to save her, and maybe save her, maybe not, maybe you get out, maybe you dont. option 3 is the preferable one to me.... course, i'm a gambling man. i'm a LOSING gambling man, but that's another story.



oh, and i dont deal in percentages. certain people with certain skills are more adapted to given situations.

 

[bob332]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332
the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

but seriously here.. what situation would warrant that?


even if there is a remote chance that both parties can get out alive, that is infinitely preferable to anything else... at least to me...

doesn't matter what the situation was, if that is the type of action needed, it would be done.

there's always another way. think about it. you can guarantee your wife's life by dieing... (if you beleive this) you can guarantee your own life by not doing anything (and condemning your wife to death) or you can try to save her, and maybe save her, maybe not, maybe you get out, maybe you dont. option 3 is the preferable one to me.... course, i'm a gambling man. i'm a LOSING gambling man, but that's another story.



oh, and i dont deal in percentages. certain people with certain skills are more adapted to given situations.

all i am saying is that if that is what needed to be done, i would do it without any hesitation. of course if there was another way i would definately choose it, so we could both live, but if one had to die, i would take death to give her life. that is just how i am.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: bob332

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332
the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

but seriously here.. what situation would warrant that?


even if there is a remote chance that both parties can get out alive, that is infinitely preferable to anything else... at least to me...

doesn't matter what the situation was, if that is the type of action needed, it would be done.

there's always another way. think about it. you can guarantee your wife's life by dieing... (if you beleive this) you can guarantee your own life by not doing anything (and condemning your wife to death) or you can try to save her, and maybe save her, maybe not, maybe you get out, maybe you dont. option 3 is the preferable one to me.... course, i'm a gambling man. i'm a LOSING gambling man, but that's another story.



oh, and i dont deal in percentages. certain people with certain skills are more adapted to given situations.

all i am saying is that if that is what needed to be done, i would do it without any hesitation. of course if there was another way i would definately choose it, so we could both live, but if one had to die, i would take death to give her life. that is just how i am.

what i'm saying is that kind of situation is plain stupid... such action would never be called for... the desired course is to regroup and find a way to save both your wife and yourself. if you die in the rescue attempt of your wife, then that is unfortunate, if both of you die, doubly unfortunate, however the attempt was made... and that is better than one dieing and the other living without an attempt being made.




i gotta stop rambling... maybe if i sleep some i'll make more sense in the morning.


in the mean-time, watch star trek 3!

 

[bob332]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: bob332
the only person i would sacrifice my life for would be my wife. that is it, the rest of the family can f*ck off!!

but seriously here.. what situation would warrant that?


even if there is a remote chance that both parties can get out alive, that is infinitely preferable to anything else... at least to me...

doesn't matter what the situation was, if that is the type of action needed, it would be done.

there's always another way. think about it. you can guarantee your wife's life by dieing... (if you beleive this) you can guarantee your own life by not doing anything (and condemning your wife to death) or you can try to save her, and maybe save her, maybe not, maybe you get out, maybe you dont. option 3 is the preferable one to me.... course, i'm a gambling man. i'm a LOSING gambling man, but that's another story.



oh, and i dont deal in percentages. certain people with certain skills are more adapted to given situations.

all i am saying is that if that is what needed to be done, i would do it without any hesitation. of course if there was another way i would definately choose it, so we could both live, but if one had to die, i would take death to give her life. that is just how i am.

what i'm saying is that kind of situation is plain stupid... such action would never be called for... the desired course is to regroup and find a way to save both your wife and yourself. if you die in the rescue attempt of your wife, then that is unfortunate, if both of you die, doubly unfortunate, however the attempt was made... and that is better than one dieing and the other living without an attempt being made.




i gotta stop rambling... maybe if i sleep some i'll make more sense in the morning.


in the mean-time, watch star trek 3!

you can not change my mind, i am saying that if a situation called for that, i would do it. i would not look forward to it, but if that is what has to take place, it is done.

you don't know what action could be called for in an event in the future, it is possible that that may happen to any of us, but hopefully not. if you die or are killed trying to save someone, you are still dieing to save a person, so the answer is still yes, without hesitation.

 

[TheCorm]

Immediate family I would say yes...like my brothers, sisters, parents....also my bro & sis kids...they've got more life than me to live!

But then I would "risk" my life for more of my family....maybe a couple of mates too.

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

Yes, for either parent or 3 brothers or 8 cousins