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  Adolf Hitler and a gorilla are drowning in a river. You can only save 1. (search mode)
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Question: Who do you save?
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Adolf Hitler
 
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The gorilla
 
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
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« on: August 09, 2016, 08:32:00 AM »

Wait, is Tony saying that if Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was captured and arrested, he'd choose to save his life over that of an innocent animal's?
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2016, 09:24:16 AM »

Wait, is Tony saying that if Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was captured and arrested, he'd choose to save his life over that of an innocent animal's?

Are you saying that if he was captured we should just kill him? I thought you were against the death penalty.

No I wouldn't execute him, but I wouldn't exactly lift a finger to save him either. And yeah, I sure as hell would rather save my parents' beloved cat that I also grew up with rather than him. I assume you've seen Batman Begins right? Think of what Batman says and does to the villain at the end.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Posts: 113,110
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Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2016, 09:30:18 AM »

Actually a plausible implementation of the human vs. animal life issue here is with poaching. For example in India and South Africa, it's legal to use deadly force against poachers if needed to save any animals. I don't disagree with that.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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Posts: 113,110
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2016, 08:24:54 AM »

What if a trolley was headed down a track and about to run over a tied up Hitler, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Pol Pot, Kim Jong-un and Augusto Pinochet. You can throw a switch to change it but that'll run over a box of kittens on the other track. Do you throw the switch?
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