What if I only have three people I give a damn about?
Solution very simple
me and the three others. I have extra room in my lifeboat, anyone need saving?

Lol... and we learn Iceray is, approproate to his name- a cold bastard ;)

My lifeboat has me, my three great friends from drama (like family) so that's three of my six... my mother... sister... and my other great friend, my "Watson" who I love to bicker with (but her fiancee hates me, and so does my dad... so sorry, I guess I'm out of room... Iceray, I guess if they ask you nicely they can have a lift...)

;)

this isn't really an ethical dilemma you know...

Well I would give neither of them a lift because I don't know them.

Hey Otto, I got room in my ride, need a lift somewhere?

Who has the most money and is willing to sign it over to me?

I have about $3 to my name. Want it?

@ottovanbis:

How is that not an ethical dillema- who is worth saving, how are you qualified to say who is worth it and who's not, whether it's right to make the choice at all...

Lol... and I like your "pay if you want to live" taxi service, Iceray... a very interesting solution...

Wasn't my idea, that was Draugnars idea, my idea is I have extra room and am willing to save 3 extra people.

That's not an ETHICAL dilemma, but it certainly is a dilemma. Ethics is like, is it OK to sacrifice someone to save 100 people...

If that one person was Bush then it would be ok to sacrifice him for no reason at all

Well, you ARE sacrificing people to save people- you're sacrificing all the others to save the seven you choose...

Fight to the death, last 6 standing come with me. :p

someone is trolling and you have a really good comeback. do you put the troll in his/her place and become a troll yourself or do you do the right thing and ignore them?

If I said put them in their right place would it be the wrong answer?

are people still hating Bush

are they still deranged about that whole thing

that's sort of sad, in a "phone the asylum" kind of way

People, myself included, will always hate the sheer idiocy of Bush. I hate what he stands for and how poorly it reflects on America.

Oh ok

:whispers: someone sedate him while I draw up the commitment papers

:whipsers: I've already slipped a valium into his coke...

:whispers: I'll get the truck.

Iceray: Please explain to me how he is stupid. It's one thing to say he is, it's another entirely to explain why he is.

Don't get me wrong. As a libertarian, I hate almost every decision Bush made, and I love calling him stupid, because it's practically become the national past time. But I don't actually think he's stupid. So please explain to me, what makes him stupid.

rlumley. have you heard the man speak?

We had them calmed down and then rlumley had to stir up the nest ;_;

"how are you qualified to say who is worth it and who's not"

Well, in your situation, God gave us the qualification...

The man is out of office. Let it go, people.

You're the one who brought this thread back to life, Draugnar : )

Also, I'm just trying to casually bump some other thread off the page before it gets out of hand again.

Hmmm... I might have to figure out which one and bring it back to life. :-)

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Well here's a question of detail... What are the 6 of us going to do? Head back to Earth? Start a new colony? If it's start a new colony, I'm probably picking 3 girls and 3 guys, and we're going to have to start making babies. That means people like my entire family are out. I would pick young healthy people who are in good shape. My wife is in for sure, but the rest depends on things like emotional maturity, strength, and physical attributes. We're talking about genetics here. There you go. Totally different answer.