Save a million. Sacrifice a million.

Nov 30, 2008 08:41

Would you:

A. Kill one person to save 1,000,000 others?

I can think of a time, not too long ago, where I would have emphatically said that killing is a line I could never cross. And yet, when faced with a similar scenario, I knocked my arrow and fired a killing shot at my target.

I think a hero could take one persons life for the good of many others, but a superhero finds a better way.

B. Kill 1,000,000 people to save someone in particular?

There's a very short list of things I wouldn't do for the people I care about, but I can't picture myself sentencing that many people to death for one of them.

Extra Credit question:

Would you sacrifice yourself in order to save 1,000,000 people even if they never learned your name?

Without hesitating.

[comm] charloft, [type] prompt

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