Would You??

[Clopin]

Ah but Lykren likes 3DPD so no luck.

I would eat most things that fell on the floor but cheesecake might be an exception depending on how clean my floor is and how smooshed it got, and whether this is the last piece - I need details man! - but I lean towards yes.

Which governing council would you rather see in complete control of your nation

Group A - Italian confederate of weirdos

Benito Mussolini
Julius Evola
Ezra Pound
Niccolo Machiavelli

Group B - German Übermensch

Frederick Neitzsche
Adolf Hitler
Max Stirnir
Kaiser Wilhelm

Bonus - Group C - Mystic Frauds Association

Aleister Crowley
Madame Blavatsky
Grigori Rasputin
David Koresh

[Pompey Bum]

Yikes! It's a package deal, is it, like cable? Okay, the Italians. The food's likely to be better.

If you could magically remove one country from the history of the world which would it be? (The country has to still exist today).

[Clopin]

Let's get rid of Germany then, I think those world wars irrevocably damaged Western civilization.

Same question.

[Pompey Bum]

East Timor. No one would notice, and we wouldn't loose Beethoven and Bach.

If you could permanently change one aspect of your physical appearance, what would it be? (Genital/breast size are off limits).

[Clopin]

Give my hair a nicer texture/quality I suppose. I would give my body an overall thicker/bigger heft but that covers multiple body parts and feels like cheating, so I'll just take nice hair.

Would you commit murder for the ability to read a book and fully memorize its contents by touching it?

[Pompey Bum]

Of course not.

Would you exchange your vision for a life of luxury?

[Clopin]

Come on, you could use all that knowledge to cure cancer or something... Okay I wouldn't either, but I do wish I could read books by touching them.

And nah, I don't think I could enjoy life blind as much as I do now, luxury or not.

Would you donate a kidney to a close relative?

[Pompey Bum]

Again, of course.

If you were Commander-in-Chief of a country, would you order a drone strike against a fellow citizen serving in an overseas terrorist organization (that is, ordering a death without due process, including a trial)?

[Clopin]

No, and I wouldn't torture him in custody either. I'm not really opposed to the death penalty for people who voluntarily join Isis or whatever, but it has to be done through legal channels.

After committing a serious crime of passion would you pin it on a crazy homeless man if you had the chance, or turn yourself in?

[Pompey Bum]

I wouldn't pin it on someone else, but I wouldn't turn myself in, either. I don't know what I'd do if someone else (not family or friend) ended up taking the rap for it. Which probably means that I'd do nothing, doesn't it?

Same question.

[Clopin]

I wasn't thinking of this when I phrased the question but actually that basic situation occurs in Les Miserables and of course Jean Val-Stupid turns himself in.

I would pin it on anyone or anything, man, woman, flora, fauna, mineral... you name it.

Would you conspire against a totalitarian government if you knew it was unsafe to do so?

[Pompey Bum]

Yes, if I was convinced it might help. Otherwise I'd focus on getting out.

Two part "Would You?":

1. Would you have advised Britain to go to war with Germany over Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia?

2. Would you advise NATO to go to war with Putin if he invades Georgia?

[tonywalt]

a quiet No on the first one and strong No on the second (The Swiss philosophy: but keep a strong defence. It is, of course, somewhat amoral).

Would you hang out for the night in a gay bar (of your own sex) for an entire night? (I realise you may not hang out in bars, or consider yourself too old for many of them, or may not drink- but this is a hypothetical)

[Dark Muse]

I always thought it would be cool to hang out in a gay bar but I would feel wierd since I am not really looking to hook up. I would go if if I could take a friend I would feel too awkward alone.

You lend something to a friend and they never returned it when you have tried to ask they always have an excuse, would you confront them and insist they give it back or let it go?

[Pendragon]

If it was one of my beloved books, dang right! I'd get a search warrant!

Are you easily embarrassed?