Would you die to save your mother's life?

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Irulan
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27 Jul 2008, 5:29 am

-JR wrote:
It's not as simple as avoiding negative feelings, Irulan.


I'm talking about things taking place on the level of subconsciousness while on this very deepest, the most subtle level, I guess everything boils down to the simplest explanations. The simplest explanations are a fascinating mixture made of several more complicated ones interacting with each other and in the end the final explanation is showing itself from the whole chaos :)


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Given the choice, without the negative reprecussions I'd do many things differently, but not this. I do tons of sh1t to "impress" people, or to "show" something that I'm not, and really hate it, but this is not one of those things. This is different. Maybe I'm too dense to figure it out, don't really care either way, but this isn't explained by the cold logic you have in your head. I'll put it this way, I'll *possibly* put my life on the line for about 5 people, but only my brother would I do it willingly, without thought. Everyone else gets a second thought. I don't know, maybe you got a different/better explanation, for it. I don't have any, and really cannot relate your current one to the way I think/feel.


I also encounter SERIOUS problems while taking attempts to figure out your way of analyzing things :? Not a very pleasant sensation - to know I don't understand something -but on the other hand this lack of pleasant sensations mixes with satisfaction that I came across a logical challenge :D Maybe I'm simply more "robotic" than majority of people here, it isn't the first time I noticed this.



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27 Jul 2008, 5:31 am

Sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?



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27 Jul 2008, 5:41 am

No, I wouldn't save my mother and my mother wouldn't want me to.

I would save my child--no hesitation. The reason has nothing to do with ego or being a martyr. It's simply the bond between a parent and a child. I would do anything for my child. It's part of the job.



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27 Jul 2008, 5:56 am

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27 Jul 2008, 1:49 pm

Irulan wrote:
-JR wrote:
It's not as simple as avoiding negative feelings, Irulan.


I'm talking about things taking place on the level of subconsciousness while on this very deepest, the most subtle level, I guess everything boils down to the simplest explanations. The simplest explanations are a fascinating mixture made of several more complicated ones interacting with each other and in the end the final explanation is showing itself from the whole chaos :)


-JR wrote:
Given the choice, without the negative reprecussions I'd do many things differently, but not this. I do tons of sh1t to "impress" people, or to "show" something that I'm not, and really hate it, but this is not one of those things. This is different. Maybe I'm too dense to figure it out, don't really care either way, but this isn't explained by the cold logic you have in your head. I'll put it this way, I'll *possibly* put my life on the line for about 5 people, but only my brother would I do it willingly, without thought. Everyone else gets a second thought. I don't know, maybe you got a different/better explanation, for it. I don't have any, and really cannot relate your current one to the way I think/feel.


I also encounter SERIOUS problems while taking attempts to figure out your way of analyzing things :? Not a very pleasant sensation - to know I don't understand something -but on the other hand this lack of pleasant sensations mixes with satisfaction that I came across a logical challenge :D Maybe I'm simply more "robotic" than majority of people here, it isn't the first time I noticed this.


I love this, the weird mishmosh of perspectives we have here!! ! The different kinds of logic. This is so interesting.


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27 Jul 2008, 2:53 pm

I dont know. I dont think so but i guess id have to be in the situation to know what i would do. I think its very easy to sit here and assert that i would do somthing maybe not so easy when the bus is in front of me.



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27 Jul 2008, 10:23 pm

I would die for anyone in my family and one of my best friends.



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28 Jul 2008, 12:38 am

I will do everything I can; I can't say absolutely because I evaluate situations more than over-arching ideas... but if there were someone, it would be her.


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28 Jul 2008, 1:24 am

I would in a heart beat. There are times when my mom and my brother are the only people I have, and if I lost either of them, there's no way I could keep on living anyway. Besides, in all honesty I don't really care if I die, I really and truly don't. Plus, I believe in reincarnation, so I think I would just be reincarnated into a happier life anyway.



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28 Jul 2008, 3:49 am

Sure i would she's the best! , but if possible i'd like to avoid this type of situation ( thinking back towards the end of Saw 1 where she had to kill her boyfriend to get the key to save herself....)



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28 Jul 2008, 4:51 am

I'm trying to think of scenerio's where you HAVE to die for someone else.

Okay so my real answer is, I would not purposely die to save my mother's life. I would however try to save her life and if it put me in danger or in a situation where someone was being forceful then I would fight the person unsure of if I will prevail or not.

If someone else made this type of scenerio where we were both on a boat and one of us could live and the other one were to be thrown off, I would say throw me off. While the person was trying to throw me off then I would retaliate because chances are, the person will end up throwing my mother off anyway and I do know that if I do end up dying, the attacker will go down with a busted lip, (assuming he's male) swollen balls, a black eye, busted nose and possible busted ears drums if done correctly and if I have extra time shattered teeth.



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28 Jul 2008, 7:26 am

My mother is deceased, so the question is moot.


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29 Jul 2008, 11:35 am

I wouldn't. I'd only die to save the people that I couldn't live without. My mother is not one of those people.



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29 Jul 2008, 12:23 pm

Yes, I would. Without any hesitation.



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29 Jul 2008, 4:52 pm

no one should be able to know now whether they really would know they would die to save mums life unless it was happening,the fight or flight brain chemicals kick in and will force in one way [to stay and do something] or another [to run away].


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29 Jul 2008, 5:02 pm

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No BS or 'socially acceptable' answers, please.

Why not?


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