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May 11th, 2006
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| Immunes | Post; A (hypothetical) dilemmaI was not sure where to put this thread, so arrived here. Feel free to move it, but please let me know about a new place of thread, thanks. Imagine a situation you were on a deserted island. There would be no humans around and no vegetation, either. Seems like you're the only one [adult] on the island and it also seems you don't have any nutrition with yourself... The only person that accompanies you is a very little child (around two or three...). Though you lack so many things, you have a knife. My question is, would you be able to cut off part of your body in order to feed the kid, if it would help the kid survive? My question is, as you noticed, very hypothethical. I'm just interested in the moral dilemma of it and how you'd solve it. Thanks for answers, Valy |
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May 11th, 2006
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| Milforum's Bouncer | Why would I cut off my arm when I can use the knife and other materials on the island to procure fish or are they hypothetically all dead?
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May 11th, 2006
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| Can you hear me now?  | I will keeping trying to catch the fish. Or I'll make some palms into the boat. I'm sure the palms have coconuts.
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May 11th, 2006
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| Milforum Hitman  | No humans and no vegetation? How about animals?
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May 11th, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | kill the kid and eat it.
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May 12th, 2006
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| Milforum Idol | Well..Good thing your not in the US there KC...haha...i would pull a Jack Sparrow. Stand out in the water, rope turtles w/rope made from human hair, lash em together, and ride using the knife as a paddle. TADAA.
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May 12th, 2006
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| Milforum Swamp Dweller  | I say kill the kid, spit roast him, and praise god for little children. And don't forget the A-1.
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May 12th, 2006
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| Immunes | There's supposed to ne no coconut palms. No vegetation whatsoever. Minimum of fish. If there were no fish whatsoever, what would you do? Just you and the kid and a knife. |
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May 12th, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Quote:
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May 12th, 2006
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| Master Gunner | Of course after you eat the kid, you could use his hide to make a boat. 
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