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11. I like to think that ...

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 07:29 PM

Sep 2013

... if I were terminally ill, I would die to save a child's life. Everybody dies eventually. The time we have left may very well be weighed against the time someone else may have.

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I guess it had to be asked - are some lives worth more than others? [View all] Taverner Sep 2013 OP

Of course not LittleBlue Sep 2013 #1

Check out the Gungeon Taverner Sep 2013 #2

They have a lot of delusional thoughts etherealtruth Sep 2013 #17

I don't like reading the gungeon because it rots your brains, and I need whatever bain cells hrmjustin Sep 2013 #26

Indeed .... oldhippie Sep 2013 #33

Your welcome. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #34

not many Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #63

Are you saying I have not many brain cells. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #64

I guess I'm confused ... Bake Sep 2013 #27

You need to start coughing up some links. nt rrneck Sep 2013 #62

Yes. Igel Sep 2013 #3

I think you hit the nail on the head treestar Sep 2013 #51

As I told you in the other thread you started, furious Sep 2013 #4

I think your life is worth more than a murderous scumbag like Richard Ramirez, so my answer is yes. Throd Sep 2013 #5

I'd say the answer is obviously yes. Dr. Strange Sep 2013 #6

To protect ourselves and the general public. furious Sep 2013 #7

Its not that simple... Whiskeytide Sep 2013 #8

precisely. I really have contempt for this kind of sophomoric garbage. cali Sep 2013 #47

The life of a child rapist is certainly worth less WonderGrunion Sep 2013 #9

I disagree Taverner Sep 2013 #10

So the rapist gets to rape and then get psych help. The child gets to be raped and then get money uppityperson Sep 2013 #14

Simple truths can be elusive for some. pintobean Sep 2013 #20

Oh I didn't say there wouldn't be punitive damages Taverner Sep 2013 #21

I am confused. "any one of us has the right to stop it, but not by lethal means" and the raped child uppityperson Sep 2013 #36

Is raping a child worth death? Taverner Sep 2013 #37

And if killing someone is the only way to stop someone from raping a child? uppityperson Sep 2013 #38

By any means. Also, no one is required to assign greater worth to an assailant's life than their own TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #18

That is my nonviolent stance Taverner Sep 2013 #19

Gandhi endorses non-violent means to stop attacks. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #31

You just decided blueridge3210 Sep 2013 #32

absolute fucking sickening garbage. cali Sep 2013 #48

I like to think that ... surrealAmerican Sep 2013 #11

That is your personal choice Taverner Sep 2013 #22

Worth is a subjective term The2ndWheel Sep 2013 #12

Yes -- juries and judges make determinations of amounts to compensate survivors. FarCenter Sep 2013 #13

Depends on how you define 'worth' it is a little subjective (nt) The Straight Story Sep 2013 #15

I agree with you LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #16

+100 Taverner Sep 2013 #28

Fucking ridiculous- unless you're talking on some metaphysical level cali Sep 2013 #45

Please don't misunderstand me LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #54

What would it be worth to Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #46

It would be worth the world to save even one of them LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #49

"had the people who did this believed as I do, would this have happened?" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #55

In other words LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #56

That's a tautological statement. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #57

Yes its tautological LostOne4Ever Sep 2013 #58

The OP asks, "Are some lives worth more than others." Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #59

yes? BOG PERSON Sep 2013 #23

I suppose from a purely practical standpoint, some might be. PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2013 #24

lives themselves, no - same worth. What the lives represent, on the other hand... yawnmaster Sep 2013 #25

Yes .... oldhippie Sep 2013 #29

That question is best asked of a violent attacker. nt Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #30

When the chips are down, yes, and there is nothing unegalitarian about making the choice. Yo_Mama Sep 2013 #35

Absolutely, you take someone like that Castro guy that held those women and rl6214 Sep 2013 #39

Of course. My life and the lives of those I care for personally... Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #40

Yes and I don't like it but it is just reality in America and the world today. FUMCSDLCBDPOS Sep 2013 #41

that's actually not a simple question. At fucking all. cali Sep 2013 #42

Let us know Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #43

We all decide the value of individual lives... Decaffeinated Sep 2013 #44

No. What makes you think it had to be asked? nt rrneck Sep 2013 #50

his post #2 in this thread and all is revealed ... Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #61

Are some lives worth more than others? People and Animals Yes. Cockroaches Yes but with exceptions BlueJazz Sep 2013 #52

Of course your life is worth more than other lives. That's built in to us. dkf Sep 2013 #53

Maybe "All men are created equal," but what they do afterwards is a factor in your query. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #60