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They're both drowning, you can save only one... (1 Viewer)

If they were both drowning & you could save only one would you save your dog or a stranger (huma

  • I'd save my dog

    Votes: 75 47.5%

  • I'd save the stranger

    Votes: 83 52.5%
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What if your family member was the one drowning and some guy chose to save his dog instead? I think I would be pretty pissed off.

 
I guess it really comes down to personal feelings on relative values.Expand the hypothetical situation a little..... If it were between a random adult and a random child, I would usually save the child. But if it were a child and my father or a child and my friend, I would let the child die to save the person close to me. If it were a random r*t*rd*d child and a random adult, I would save the adult because I think that the adult's capacity to live a full and meaningful life offsets the fact that what remains may be shorter. If it were the smartest man in the world who just yesterday found the cure for cancer and was about to publish it and 10 infants, I would save the miracle man because of the many more lives he would save; but if it were the cure finder and my brother, I would save my brother. I don't buy into the whole "sanctity of human life" deal; I believe that some lives are worth more than others. In general a human life is worth more than a dog, but just like the examples above, that also gets weighed against the value of that life to me personally. My dog is more important to me than the life of a random stranger. In short, relative value is part of the picture but so is self interest.
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:goodposting: wife/fiancee/gf > immediate family > children > extended family > people I like > sound-minded strangers > r*****ed children > r*****ed adults > animals that I have some emotional connection to > all other animals, from most people-friendly to leastYes, I believe any human life is worth more than any animal life.
 
I voted the stranger. Human life is human life, and it's valuable... unless I recognize it to be Hitler. But I guess he wouldn't be a stranger then, would he?Damnit. I really love my dog.

 
What if your family member was the one drowning and some guy chose to save his dog instead? I think I would be pretty pissed off.
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Of course, but I've already stated that I'd do the same thing. I'd save my dog before a stranger, who is obviously part of someones family.
 
What if your family member was the one drowning and some guy chose to save his dog instead? I think I would be pretty pissed off.
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The next time one of my family members is drowning with their dog they can feel free to return the favor.
 
Where's the option for "stand safely off to the side and take bets on which one dies first"?

 
Oh, and I voted 'stranger'. I'm not particularly concerned with either, but at least I don't have to follow the stranger around with a little baggie picking up its crap. I can't think of a more demeaning role in society.

 
as much as I love my dog, he is only a dog and I would need to save the stranger. What also sucks is my dog is more than likely a better benefit to society than the stranger.

 
I'd save my dog, because its a family member. Animal or not, its still like a son to me. Besides, the only person who would think I'm a jackleg for choosing the dog would have drown while cursing me out.

 
I love my dogs, but would never put them over a human life. If you take the dog over a stranger, get a story prepared or else you're probably looking at serious time.

 
as much as I love my dog, he is only a dog and I would need to save the stranger. What also sucks is my dog is more than likely a better benefit to society than the stranger.
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"my dog is more than likely a better benefit to society than the stranger"So why is the strangers life more valuable?
 
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Gotta save the stranger, though I don't think I'd be able to help myself from acting like in 'Saving Private Ryan' and telling the stranger to "earn this".

 
You guys that would save a dog over a human are a disgrace to humanity.... and I mean that in the most passive way possible. ;)
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:goodposting: I hope all the posters saving an animal over a human being are :fishing: seriously!
 
I love dogs. I can't remember a time when I didn't have a dog that was part of our family. Mostly big dogs and always dogs that stay inside with us.

But I can't imagine not saving a human over any of those dogs.

I'm guessing this is one of those reality doesn't equal internet things. Where it's cool to say the "people suck" yada yada thing.

Can any of you that said you'd save the dog really say you'd let the person drown so you could save your dog?

If so, wow.

J

 
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oh yeah, if it were a bunny with a pancake on it's head drowning, the stranger might not make it.

 
I'd save my dog for the sole fact that a dog can't sue me for any injuries that may be (and most likely would be) incurred during the rescue.

 
I can't believe anyone would really save their dog in that situation. If you do you're an absolute wacko. It's a dog. I guess in a PETA world it's the same. Only geography and a cute name keeps a dog off our dinner tables.

 
I'd save my dog for the sole fact that a dog can't sue me for any injuries that may be (and most likely would be) incurred during the rescue.
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:goodposting: I was going to say, that the dog wouldn't go out drinking to celebrate 'being alive', get all drunk, then run over my mom on the way home from the bar in a drunken haze. Probably wouldn't rob me, either. I'm sorry, but I'm saving a family member before I save someone I don't know. That dude could have been on the ice kicking my dog. I know my dog is loyal. What makes me think that the guy is worth saving?
 
Buy or adopt a new cat or dog. They only live like 10 - 15 yrs max anyways.
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Have sex again. It's not like you can't just make a new human.
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:goodposting:All this "sanctity of life" preaching, and everyone forgets you're just a few pints of beer in a cougar bar away from making a new one.
 
I too would save my dog. Not only do I love the dog, but the dog has a life just like a human does.
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:rotflmao: :cry: :rotflmao:
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How do you get :cry: from that?
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Sorry - laughing so hard I'm crying.
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Im glad you got such amusement from it.
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I know that if your best friend was drowning next to some guy's dog and he chose to save the dog instead of your friend you'd be pretty freakin' pissed off. And rightly so.:rotflmao:
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If it would be alright for me to be pissed if some guy let my dog die, how is it funny that I would save my dog?You arent making a lot of sense here, guy. Try not to conflict yourself.
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RIF
 
i agree with the guys saying saving a dog over a human = :confused: i think alot of people answered this question pretty quickly without even thinking about it. if you took some time to ponder and really put yourself in that position, ud save the person. i love my animals like part of the family. but a year ago when my dog bit one of my girls in the face it became pretty clear there is a huge difference. had i been home when it happened that dog probably wouldnt be breathing today. she is living with my wife's parents now because they didnt want to see it put down. that person that is drowning is most likely someone's child or father or mother or husband or wife. to even consider saving an animal over someone else's mom or dad is plain ludicrous.

 
i agree with the guys saying saving a dog over a human = :confused: i think alot of people answered this question pretty quickly without even thinking about it. if you took some time to ponder and really put yourself in that position, ud save the person. i love my animals like part of the family. but a year ago when my dog bit one of my girls in the face it became pretty clear there is a huge difference. had i been home when it happened that dog probably wouldnt be breathing today. she is living with my wife's parents now because they didnt want to see it put down. that person that is drowning is most likely someone's child or father or mother or husband or wife. to even consider saving an animal over someone else's mom or dad is plain ludicrous.
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With what you just said, let's say you save the human being.What happens when you find out that the guy is a wife beater? Of a child molestor? Or a waste of life? Why are you giving the human the benefit of the doubt of being someone good? Look at the world we live in. Maybe 1 in 100 people in this world deserved to be saved from a horrible death. The dog, I know, is at least loyal and caring. Not to mention adds years to my life. Why should I put my life on the line to save someone I don't know and lose something close to me?
 
This is one of those perfect questions that I think is fascinating along the lines of my "screen name" angle the other day when I asked if people would post differently if you had to use your real name.And once again, this isn't "calling anyone out". Not in the least. I just think it's interesting.While I know a ton of this is just :fishing: , I think you can make the case that much of this is really honest stuff that people are afraid to say in real life. I guarantee you that if you polled the average guy on the street and said the interview would be on the local news that night, you won't have a close race on this question. But the results are different when no one knows who you are.Very interesting.J

 
Maybe 1 in 100 people in this world deserved to be saved from a horrible death.
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:confused: WOW! :eek:I think people of the world are alot better than you are giving them credit for.
 
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i agree with the guys saying saving a dog over a human = :confused: i think alot of people answered this question pretty quickly without even thinking about it. if you took some time to ponder and really put yourself in that position, ud save the person. i love my animals like part of the family. but a year ago when my dog bit one of my girls in the face it became pretty clear there is a huge difference. had i been home when it happened that dog probably wouldnt be breathing today. she is living with my wife's parents now because they didnt want to see it put down. that person that is drowning is most likely someone's child or father or mother or husband or wife. to even consider saving an animal over someone else's mom or dad is plain ludicrous.
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With what you just said, let's say you save the human being.What happens when you find out that the guy is a wife beater? Of a child molestor? Or a waste of life? Why are you giving the human the benefit of the doubt of being someone good? Look at the world we live in. Maybe 1 in 100 people in this world deserved to be saved from a horrible death. The dog, I know, is at least loyal and caring. Not to mention adds years to my life. Why should I put my life on the line to save someone I don't know and lose something close to me?
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Hi IS,I believe you're being serious here.So honestly, my answer to that would be: Because one is a human being and the other is a dog. When given the unfortunate choice of having to decide which one lives, I choose the human being every time.I'm not faulting you for thinking differently than I do. Everyone has an opinion and that's cool. I'm just answering the question you asked.J
 
i agree with the guys saying saving a dog over a human = :confused: i think alot of people answered this question pretty quickly without even thinking about it. if you took some time to ponder and really put yourself in that position, ud save the person. i love my animals like part of the family. but a year ago when my dog bit one of my girls in the face it became pretty clear there is a huge difference. had i been home when it happened that dog probably wouldnt be breathing today. she is living with my wife's parents now because they didnt want to see it put down. that person that is drowning is most likely someone's child or father or mother or husband or wife. to even consider saving an animal over someone else's mom or dad is plain ludicrous.
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Maybe 1 in 100 people in this world deserved to be saved from a horrible death.
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i feel really sad for you if this is truly how you feel about this world.
 
This is one of those perfect questions that I think is fascinating along the lines of my "screen name" angle the other day when I asked if people would post differently if you had to use your real name.And once again, this isn't "calling anyone out". Not in the least. I just think it's interesting.While I know a ton of this is just :fishing: , I think you can make the case that much of this is really honest stuff that people are afraid to say in real life. I guarantee you that if you polled the average guy on the street and said the interview would be on the local news that night, you won't have a close race on this question. But the results are different when no one knows who you are.Very interesting.J
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<----- That is my real name (I guess I wasn't original enough to come up with something different). Put "Dan" in the front of it and you get the whole thing.I don't believe anyone on here can answer this 100% accurately without actually being in the situation, but from sitting here with my dog curled up beside me I think I would save her first. Maybe I'm weird, but I consider her like a child.
 
I, likewise, value the life of a human over the life of any other animal. Emotional ties do not make the values cross.I wonder what the legal stance is on this? For example, if someone saw that you deliberately chose to save the dog over a human, can you be prosecuted for manslaughter?

 
This is one of those perfect questions that I think is fascinating along the lines of my "screen name" angle the other day when I asked if people would post differently if you had to use your real name.And once again, this isn't "calling anyone out". Not in the least. I just think it's interesting.While I know a ton of this is just :fishing: , I think you can make the case that much of this is really honest stuff that people are afraid to say in real life. I guarantee you that if you polled the average guy on the street and said the interview would be on the local news that night, you won't have a close race on this question. But the results are different when no one knows who you are.Very interesting.J
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I'm sure some are just fishing. But I would just like to explain myself. I remember a Business Ethics class where we had a dicscussion for an entire class about something similar. It was just "If you see a person drowning, what are the legal ramifications of providing assistance?" If you do nothing and walk away you are legally free and clear. However, if you offer assistance, you are legally obligated to do your best to save that person. That is to say, once you have engaged, you can't disengage unless your life becomes at threat as well. You can be sued for failure to do everything at your disposal to save that person. Now, I may be wrong, but there are no such legal ramifications for engaging in a rescue operation of a dog.
 
This is one of those perfect questions that I think is fascinating along the lines of my "screen name" angle the other day when I asked if people would post differently if you had to use your real name.And once again, this isn't "calling anyone out". Not in the least. I just think it's interesting.While I know a ton of this is just :fishing: , I think you can make the case that much of this is really honest stuff that people are afraid to say in real life. I guarantee you that if you polled the average guy on the street and said the interview would be on the local news that night, you won't have a close race on this question. But the results are different when no one knows who you are.Very interesting.J
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<----- That is my real name (I guess I wasn't original enough to come up with something different). Put "Dan" in the front of it and you get the whole thing.I don't believe anyone on here can answer this 100% accurately without actually being in the situation, but from sitting here with my dog curled up beside me I think I would save her first. Maybe I'm weird, but I consider her like a child.
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Hi Dan,That's cool you love your dog. But would you be ok with this news being on the front page of your local paper?Or better yet, what if someone did drown next to your dog and the story read you saved your dog instead of the person. In the story, would you be ok with saying you did that?J
 
I'm sure some are just fishing. But I would just like to explain myself. I remember a Business Ethics class where we had a dicscussion for an entire class about something similar. It was just "If you see a person drowning, what are the legal ramifications of providing assistance?" If you do nothing and walk away you are legally free and clear. However, if you offer assistance, you are legally obligated to do your best to save that person. That is to say, once you have engaged, you can't disengage unless your life becomes at threat as well. You can be sued for failure to do everything at your disposal to save that person. Now, I may be wrong, but there are no such legal ramifications for engaging in a rescue operation of a dog.
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Using this logic, does that mean that if you just saw someone get hit by a drunk driver, you best "legal" course of action is to not try to help the person?That is completely absurd...
 
This is one of those perfect questions that I think is fascinating along the lines of my "screen name" angle the other day when I asked if people would post differently if you had to use your real name.And once again, this isn't "calling anyone out". Not in the least. I just think it's interesting.While I know a ton of this is just :fishing: , I think you can make the case that much of this is really honest stuff that people are afraid to say in real life. I guarantee you that if you polled the average guy on the street and said the interview would be on the local news that night, you won't have a close race on this question. But the results are different when no one knows who you are.Very interesting.J
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J,While I believe there is alot of truth to what you are saying, do you think it is also possible that if you take out the annomanity of the scenerio you would find alot of people lying? Like in your scenerio, someone might say they would save the human on the 5:00 news because its the "right" answer. But if put in the actual situation they really would save their dog if they thought they could get away with it. People are selfish by nature.
 
i agree with the guys saying saving a dog over a human =  :confused: i think alot of people answered this question pretty quickly without even thinking about it.  if you took some time to ponder and really put yourself in that position, ud save the person.  i love my animals like part of the family.  but a year ago when my dog bit one of my girls in the face it became pretty clear there is a huge difference.  had i been home when it happened that dog probably wouldnt be breathing today.  she is living with my wife's parents now because they didnt want to see it put down.  that person that is drowning is most likely someone's child or father or mother or husband or wife.  to even consider saving an animal over someone else's mom or dad is plain ludicrous.
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With what you just said, let's say you save the human being.What happens when you find out that the guy is a wife beater? Of a child molestor? Or a waste of life? Why are you giving the human the benefit of the doubt of being someone good? Look at the world we live in. Maybe 1 in 100 people in this world deserved to be saved from a horrible death. The dog, I know, is at least loyal and caring. Not to mention adds years to my life. Why should I put my life on the line to save someone I don't know and lose something close to me?
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Hi IS,I believe you're being serious here.So honestly, my answer to that would be: Because one is a human being and the other is a dog. When given the unfortunate choice of having to decide which one lives, I choose the human being every time.I'm not faulting you for thinking differently than I do. Everyone has an opinion and that's cool. I'm just answering the question you asked.J
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Joe- I am serious. I would also say that, given your scenario of using my real name and being on the news I would give the same answer.I feel, in this situation, that there is no wrong or right answer. To all the people who said that they would save the human, that's great. I wouldn't harass you over your choice.What I'm saying is that, in a split second decision, knowing how much a pet means to me, I would most likely save something that I care for. Is it what most people would choose? Maybe not. Is it the wrong choice? I don't think so. It's my choice.Replace 'dog with 'your grandma'. That stranger is still someone's father, mother, sister, brother. But you will almost ALWAYS choose your grandma over the stranger. Should you be punished and berated for your decision? Heck no. What one owner's pet means to them my be impossible to convey to another person. But why is it wrong for them to choose something that could mean so much.I believe the entire purpose of this exercise is to see the reactions of people. There is no right or wrong answer. It is comprised to see how people defend their actions.
 
as much as I love my dog, he is only a dog and I would need to save the stranger.  What also sucks is my dog is more than likely a better benefit to society than the stranger.
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"my dog is more than likely a better benefit to society than the stranger"So why is the strangers life more valuable?
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Probably for the same reason that you can get life in prison for killing someone and maybe due some time for killing someone's dog.I think in the end I could not forgive myself for choosing pet-life over humand life. Wish I had a better answer.
 
I'm sure some are just fishing. But I would just like to explain myself. I remember a Business Ethics class where we had a dicscussion for an entire class about something similar. It was just "If you see a person drowning, what are the legal ramifications of providing assistance?" If you do nothing and walk away you are legally free and clear. However, if you offer assistance, you are legally obligated to do your best to save that person. That is to say, once you have engaged, you can't disengage unless your life becomes at threat as well. You can be sued for failure to do everything at your disposal to save that person. Now, I may be wrong, but there are no such legal ramifications for engaging in a rescue operation of a dog.
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Using this logic, does that mean that if you just saw someone get hit by a drunk driver, you best "legal" course of action is to not try to help the person?That is completely absurd...
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Yes. This was the whole premise for the "Good Samaritan" law in some podunk town that got the gang arrested in the final episode of Seinfeld. In the episode this town created a law where you are required to assist because without it your best legal course of action is to walk away. Of course being from New York, Seinfeld and the gang never heard of the law.
 
This is one of those perfect questions that I think is fascinating along the lines of my "screen name" angle the other day when I asked if people would post differently if you had to use your real name.And once again, this isn't "calling anyone out". Not in the least. I just think it's interesting.While I know a ton of this is just :fishing: , I think you can make the case that much of this is really honest stuff that people are afraid to say in real life. I guarantee you that if you polled the average guy on the street and said the interview would be on the local news that night, you won't have a close race on this question. But the results are different when no one knows who you are.Very interesting.J
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<----- That is my real name (I guess I wasn't original enough to come up with something different). Put "Dan" in the front of it and you get the whole thing.I don't believe anyone on here can answer this 100% accurately without actually being in the situation, but from sitting here with my dog curled up beside me I think I would save her first. Maybe I'm weird, but I consider her like a child.
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Hi Dan,That's cool you love your dog. But would you be ok with this news being on the front page of your local paper?Or better yet, what if someone did drown next to your dog and the story read you saved your dog instead of the person. In the story, would you be ok with saying you did that?J
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J,Again this is with that never actually happening, but I think I would be OK with it.
 
Also, I would like to add, no matter which I saved, I don't know how I could live with the decision I made. I'd hate to be put into that situation. No matter which you choose, you see someone die. And then people are second guessing your decision while you are going through a horrible emotional time.

 
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