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would you give your life to save a child who wasn't your own?

  • 16-04-2015 10:36PM
    #1
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭


    At school once we were presented with burning building and sinking boat" scenarios where we were asked who would we save from a list of people like pregnant women, children. The elderly etc. or just save ourselves, it was like a test of character and morality. One thing that was brought up is that children should be saved first and foremost as they have more to live for and have had little life experience in comparison for those from older age groups.

    In a situation where a child's life was threatened, and ONLY you were around to intervene, say a hostage situation, or any situation where one of you will surely die, would you take a bullet for said child, even though they are a mere stranger to you?

    It's an emotional one definitely, but my heart says that I would.

    would you give your life to save a child who wasn't your own? 57 votes

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  • #2
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    Of course


  • #3
    bjork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭bjork


    No, **** them


  • #4
    Simi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,079 ✭✭✭Simi


    Sure


  • #5
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    I would save them and sell them to santa.


  • #6
    johnny osbourne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭johnny osbourne


    yes


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  • #7
    Merrion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭Merrion


    Yes if it were to happen instinctively - probably no otherwise.


  • #8
    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    bjork wrote: »
    No, **** them

    My first reaction too!

    Still, you never know till you're in the situation....


  • #9
    Gerry T
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Gerry T


    No way, I have 2 kids depending on me. A child can be easily replaced, say the endangered child was 4, it would only take 5 yrs to replace.


  • #10
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    If I had no connection, no. But I would try to save them if I could.


  • #11
    Señor Fancy Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,628 ✭✭✭Señor Fancy Pants


    Scene safety.....SCENE SAFETY!!!!!

    I'd do my best not to die but I doubt it's what I'd think about in that millisecond. I'd like to think I'd do the right thing at the right time but who knows.


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  • #12
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    If you had your own children would you give your life to save that of a child you don't know, leaving your own children without a parent? I think not...


  • #13
    Knasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    Sure, I'm always the hero when asked these types of questions on the internet.


  • #14
    Frito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Frito


    I don't have my own children and I probably wouldn't. I don't wanna die!


  • #15
    Tails142
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭Tails142


    No, I hate children


  • #16
    Penny Tration
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,687 ✭✭✭✭Penny Tration


    Nope. I don't want to die. I'd rather the child were to live, too, but if it were a choice, I'd save myself.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't know if I could live with the knowledge that I could have done something but chose not to.


  • #18
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    And here I was expecting tons of PC "of course I would" responses, but no..


  • #19
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,911 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    And here I was expecting tons of PC "of course I would" responses, but no..

    This place is so edgy.


  • #20
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    When I was younger, no - but now I would, as I have less to live for and a child has so much to.

    If I happened upon the following girl's abduction (or any like it) I know I'd risk my life to help.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0416/694603-man-confesses-killing-nine-year-old-girl-in-france/

    Not that I think I'm alone, I'm sure many would do the same.


  • #21
    mushu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭mushu


    I think I would instinctively. My husband was a security guard a few years ago in a big shopping centre and was hit by a van (speeding shoplifters making a getaway) when he ran & pushed a toddler out of harms way. Husband was lucky & only got a glancing hit from the side of the van but the child would have been hit dead on and had no chance.


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  • #22
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    No. I would have no hesitation giving my own life up for my son though


  • #23
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    it was like a test of character and morality.

    I think it's more a test of instinct than anything. I really hope I'd unthinkingly dive in and save the child. I'm not sure I actually would though...


  • #24
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    bjork wrote: »
    No, **** them

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZ_o727M68


  • #25
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    No, I have responsibilities. Like to my geraniums. And to my cats.

    Anyway, other people's kids are a pain.


  • #26
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Nope, although I'd give up another kids life to save mine.


  • #27
    hopgog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭hopgog


    A child more the likely not unless I knew the parents where upstanding people. I wouldn't give my life for some scum kid off an estate.


  • #28
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,911 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    hopgog wrote: »
    A child more the likely not unless I knew the parents where upstanding people. I wouldn't give my life for some scum kid off an estate.

    Make sure you give that kid the aul twenty questions before deciding, to be sure. Wouldn't want to make a mistake and end up accidentally not saving some mansion-raised sprog.


  • #29
    hopgog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 167 ✭✭hopgog


    Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »
    Make sure you give that kid the aul twenty questions before deciding, to be sure. Wouldn't want to make a mistake and end up accidentally not saving some mansion-raised sprog.

    You can usually tell the scum by looking at them. Same if they where fat I wouldn't bother trying either.


  • #30
    qt3.14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭qt3.14


    How do you know the child you're about to save isn't the next Hitler? You could be saving millions of Jews by letting the child die. The really brave thing to do would be kill them yourself. Just to be sure.


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  • #31
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    It's "were", not "where".


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