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The question is moot ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #1
Lolololololololol! [Inhales] Hahahahahahahaha! [Rolls on floor] KCDebbie Sep 2018 #5
What a dumb idea Beakybird Sep 2018 #2
A good exercise, just not for middle school kids. mwooldri Sep 2018 #3
Encouragement of the development of and use of critical thinking skills can be disturbing... KCDebbie Sep 2018 #4
I am uncomfortable with this collection of gross stereotypes. A REAL "think piece" would be... Hekate Sep 2018 #20
He should have left off the adjectives. Except for maybe race. Blue_true Sep 2018 #22
It's a variation on an old ethics challenge. In a freshman Honors English class at Penn State tblue37 Sep 2018 #6
The child and pregnant woman. Well, at least the old priest is paired with his future partners. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #28
Philosophy classes often use a version of this exercise. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #7
None of them. 8 is far too small to maintain a viable breeding population NickB79 Sep 2018 #8
My inner sci fi reader told me that, too. Hekate Sep 2018 #11
Well, 1 is most definitely too small a sample ... so of course you'd bring SOME others ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #27
Oh come off it, we all know the richest person will buy up all the seats on the space ship Farmer-Rick Sep 2018 #9
This isn't "diversity": it's a collection of gross stereotypes. Did they include a "dumb Polack"... Hekate Sep 2018 #10
Because they can't include those without adding "drunk Irishman", of course... JHB Sep 2018 #18
I remember doing a similar exercise at middle school age Cairycat Sep 2018 #12
I got kicked out High School English when my teacher didn't like my answer to similar exercise. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #13
Good for you! MineralMan Sep 2018 #14
used to be bomb shelter/tornado shelter/ except then it was choose 5 people msongs Sep 2018 #15
Collapsing cave. Pick five classmates. Instead I asked if we shouldn't choose who we wanted to die. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #16
A fan of CBS' Salvation taking things way too far? Roland99 Sep 2018 #17
They don't call it Caucasian Falls for nothing . . . n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #19
I think the intention was right. But the actual execution sucked. Blue_true Sep 2018 #21
I'd make sure none go. roamer65 Sep 2018 #23
Morality test. edbermac Sep 2018 #24
As it's obviously God's Will that humans are exterminated... hunter Sep 2018 #25
A-oh, way to go, Ohio... unblock Sep 2018 #26
As is my custom, I'll add some pertinent musical accompaniment ... mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #29
Well if we're going with the Cuyahoga theme,...: unblock Sep 2018 #30
Two songs about the same event, REM is just a bit more abstract it lol ...nt mr_lebowski Sep 2018 #31
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