No, I'd deliver the lecture, then respect his or her own decision.
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No, I'd deliver the lecture, then respect his or her own decision.
Same question.
I've enjoyed the academic path, despite its legitimate pitfalls and aggravations. So, if either of my children decided to pursue it, i would encourage it with the caveat of unimpressive pay, the occasional sniping colleagues, and lack of clear meritocracy. If they love their area of study, and my son is already brilliant at philosophy and literature, they will find it is worth the down-sides.
Would you alter your ethical judgments of someone merely because of your like or dislike for them, or would you hold to your ethical principles?
I would hold to my principles, although I have not enjoyed that same treatment in the corporate world (a world where the slightest sign of intellectualism is smashed or ostracized, and quite often both). I have to deal with this daily and know cognitve dissonance all too well.
same question.
I got that feeling, Tony. I know it's hard, but stand firm.
If my dislike of someone were based on ethical principles, as it generally is, then obviously there would be no conflict. I don't have to compete with people anymore, and I generally don't dislike someone merely because we do not agree about something.
If your son were going off to war (and combat), would you tell him not to be a hero and get killed?
Yes. I question many wars.
Would you accept political office at say..a senator level if tomorrow you woke up (this is crazy hyphothetical) and found you were a senator? Would you play it out?
Sure, if I thought I could help:
1. Establish needed gun laws, particularly mandatory registration laws and needed wait periods
2. Eradicate ridiculous stand-your-ground laws
3. Illegalize militarization of the police
4. Reduce ridiculous tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy
5. End unnecessary subsidies for oil companies
6. Take a substantial chunk of our ludicrous defense budget and use it on public education and health care.
Same question.
Yes I would accept the position.
Would dating/marrying a vegetarian cause you many problems?
Yes, but I still love her.
Would you marry someone who was serious about a religion or secular worldview significantly different than yours?
that's a toughie...when the bible talks about not being yoked together with unbelievers, this is what its referring to.
but i lean towards a "maybe" answer...i think it would depend on the potential for worldview compatibility.
from a book im reading:
you find yourself unexpectedly transported into the past but you have a strong potential to return to your own time.
you know from history that the people and place you find yourself in are three days away from being killed by an attack from an alien species.
would you warn the people and risk altering your own timeline?
I suppose (for us) it would have to do with how one relates the Law to the New Covenant, but that's too thorny an issue to get into here.Quote:
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I would probably treat it like I was an observer of nature in Yellowstone and let the chips fall where they may. It would be hard, though.Quote:
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You are in combat, separated by at least two days walk from the rest of your group, and your rations are low. You wound and capture an enemy soldier. He is bleeding--potentially to death, although you could probably stop the bleeding and save his life. But you know that having a prisoner will slow you down and expose you to increased danger of being killed or captured yourself. And you are certain that you do not have enough rations for the two of you. He is begging you for mercy. Would you try to stop his bleeding?
Depending on different variables I would make the judgement call to either bandage his wound and leave him behind or give him a quick death.
You suspect your partner might be cheating, he/she is asleep supposing you know thier password would you look in thier phone to see who they have been texting and talking to?
It depends on the degree of validity of the suspicion. Extremely high, possibly; any less, no. My wife is much smarter than me, though. So, I doubt she'd leave any smoking gun...the travails of having a brilliant wife.
If someone you liked and someone you didn't like were in a philosophical or aesthetics dispute, would you alter your judgment of it based on your personal views?
no
Would you respond to a girls question, "Do I look fat in this dress?" with "Yes," right before you were both going out to an event?
No. Be nice to girls.
Would you respond to a male friend's question, "Do you think I'm smart?" honestly, if in fact you thought he was kind of slow?
Friendship paramounts everything to me and I value it more and more. If i want blunt crude analogy I only have to go to work and get my fill (and be encouraged to give it- such is the corporate culture, and I'm no socialist).
Would you step in if you saw a parent giving severe corporal punishment in public i.e. beating a kid with a belt (a practice quickly leaving our culture - and that's a whole other discussion).
No, pragmatism demands working towards an enjoyable evening, not a sincere display of honesty. And even the many women preferring honesty over flattery don't want such "honesty" with no time for outfit amendment.Quote:
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Would you amend your political views in any way to please an amazing woman (with somewhat different political views) you just started dating? And if so, how much and for how long?
I tend to be quiet about my political views in public if I'm talking to anyone I'm not good friends with, though I don't ever lie about them outright and occasionally I will argue a position, especially one I am very interested in (hate speech, affirmative action). It has been a problem in the past, I've dated a hardcore feminist (it didn't work out) and frankly most people my age genuinely hate most of my political positions. It's whatever, I deal with it. So no, there won't be an amendment but I'm not going to go on a rant about forced gender parity in parliament on our first date regardless, and if it ends up being a problem, well maybe three fights a year?
Would you argue heatedly with a coworker about politics?
No. It is the surest way to end a friendship. That and discussions concerning religion.
Would you run for office if nominated?
Yep, I would love to.
Would you?
If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve.
If you were skydiving, would you insist on packing your own parachute or be happy to let someone else do it?
Do your civic duty pomp, I would vote for you.
Someone else can set up my parachute, I'm not qualified.
Would you go scuba diving with sharks?
clopin! are you a closet moby fan yet?? smiles...
Appreciate it, Clopin. :)
Pack your own chute, by the way. You don't know what idiot the charter is paying to do it.
Sure. Sharks are notorious p*ssies.
If you were walking through a moderately to sparely populated area, and came across a highly venomous snake that didn't seem to pose an immediate threat to you, would you kill it (you are carrying a large machete and could do so with minimal risk) or just let it do its snake thing?
Hey Bounty, I forgot which thread the music recommendations were in to reply to you, actually a couple of the songs I had heard before at a friends house but never knew they were Moby, I liked them but I don't know if I'm a closet fan yet, haha.Quote:
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And pomp I murder the snake.
Would you murder the last pair of an endangered species of snake whose venom likely holds the key to curing a number of very deadly diseases if they were currently bearing down on a couple of little kids? (you have time to intervene and kill both snakes).
That's a real dilemma. I'd probably try to get the kids away from the snakes even at the risk that one of the three of us would be bitten. You didn't say we were in the middle of nowhere, and most snakebites are curable (if not particularly pleasant) with treatment. But that's only because of the detail about the venom's potential. If they were just endangered species, I'd whack both rather than risk the kids.
Would you rather have lived in an direct democracy like ancient Athens, which started useless wars on the whim of the masses, regularly exiled people just for being unpopular, and executed free thinkers as atheists; or a representative oligarchy like the Roman Republic, in which elected elites governed with a greater degree of conservatism?
Direct democracy like modern Switzerland please! But okay, I'll pick the Roman oligarchy.
Would you consider a weighted vote (certain people have stronger votes, based on some preset criteria) plausible or justifiable in a democratic society?
No.
Would you characterize the United States in 2015 as a democracy or a plutocracy?
Eh, I strongly suspect there isn't much real democracy in the States and I don't know how that impacts the democratic process globally, but not well I imagine. I would definitely call it a plutocracy over a democracy though.
Would you rather see WW3 fought against China, Russia, or the Arab world?
If there really has to be a WWIII, I would hope that only one side had nuclear weapons. So that leaves Russia and China out, right? But there would be alliances (Syria and Russia for example), so better not to have a WWIII.
Would you rather see Russia or China experience a new revolution from within?
If one of them has to have a revolution? China I suppose, but i don't know why either of them would have one. Revolutions are usually pretty bad.
Would you make fun of Russel Brand if you saw him right now? (I mean... His campaign revolved around telling people not to vote and now that Cameron has won he's crying about it)
Bonus question: What would you tell Ed Milliband if he accused you of acting in a "reckless and provocative manner"... several times?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTggc0uBA8
Yes, I meant: which of those players on the global stage would you less like to see implode with the prospects of an unstable or even fanatical provisional government replacing it? China, by the way, has had on and off rural violence (routinely crushed and seldom reported in the West) for year.Quote:
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Absolutely. Satire's a great way to get your point across (even if it makes YesNo think I'm a big meanie. :)).Quote:
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Ed who? ;-)Quote:
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If you were the real father of Prince William, would you tell everyone, or just quietly watch your seed ascend to Britannic majesty?
You mean the father of prince George? Haha if you do I wold definitely publish a tell-all book and make millions off the many sadsacks who care about the royal family. Plus that means I slept with Kate, and no, I'm not keeping that to myself.
Would you ever use the word 'myriad'?
Yes, I'm afraid so. I once used it in an epic doggerel I wrote about Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, though only because I needed a rhyme for "period."
Now Mistress Kate, accepting fate,
Sent out love letters myriad.
One day proofreading,
And little else heeding,
She noticed she was missing a period.
Hey, I never claimed to be a good poet!
Would you get a whole body transplant (in which you choose a new body from cryogenically preserved corpses) if it became possible and if you could afford it?
i like the word myriad, its right up there with plethora!
in exchange for my present body no, but possibly at the end of life in order to live another human lifetime...maybe.
would you?
Eh, I might.
Would you upload your consciousness to an indestructible, ever-youthful robot body?
No. If it was indestructible and could feel pain, I would run the risk of being put in a hellish situation (buried alive or thrown into a volcano, for example); but if it couldn't feel pain, then how could I feel pleasure? Plus it would probably make me insufferably arrogant, and I'm bad enough as it is. Better to take my chances with my faith.
If you could save only one species (aside from ours) from extinction, which would it be?
dogs.
Would you accept a knighthood - along with the Sir titles and blah blah? (And if so, state why)
I have zero chance of it ever happening, being from "across the pond" and "extreme Southwest Virginia. But yes, I would accept, because I don't feel it would be lightly given, it would be an honor bestowed on an admitted unworthy commoner.
Would you give up a title already yours, either by birthright or accomplishment to live the life of a common man?
No, I'd refuse it in the first place and live the life of an extraordinary man.
Would you feel good about yourself if you were internationally hailed as a hero for something you didn't really do? (There is no chance that this fact will ever be known).
Of course not, and I would tell people I hadn't actually done anything worth celebrating.
Assuming you are a king and your wife is guilty of treason against you through taking your best friend as a lover, and your bastard son and nephew insist on bringing them both to justice -which means being burnt at the stake- while you have sworn absolutely to uphold the law in all situations, making no exceptions for yourself; would you place enough security at the site where your wife is to be burned to keep out your aforementioned best friend (who is also the best knight in the world) should he attempt to intervene, or would you place only enough security that he is certain to overcome and kill them in his bid to rescue his lover, your wife? Essentially sacrificing all of the men placed on security.
Bonus question: One of your nephews wishes to stand guard, do you allow this even though the inevitable result of his death is an unrelenting and destructive feud?