Would You??

[Pendragon]

An interesting point, Adil. It was brought up when Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans and the surrounding area. For many, there was no clean drinking water, and they lost everything. If they looted a store, and took drinks and food, and perhaps clothing, was that stealing or survival kicking in? Others were taking wide-screen TV's, DVD players, and such. Why? There was no electricity. My own mind would have been on surviving, not something else. I would say it would take a disaster of that magnitude to make me steal, and then it would be only what I needed to survive.

Anyone else have a thought on the matter? Adil's question: Would you, in case of need, steal?

[Kelly_Sprout]

Steal what?

Ex: "Would you, in case of need, steal love behind your spouse's back?"
Ex: "Would you, in case of need, steal time from your employer?"
Ex: "Would you, in case of need, steal underwear from your neighbor's house?"
Ex: "Would you, in case of need, steal a book from the library?"
Ex: "Would you, in case of need, steal oxygen from your diving partner?"
Ex: "Would you, in case of need, steal cake from a bakery or a filet mignon from a restaurant?"

Ok, so I know the question means, "Would you, if you were fleeing from the Germans in WWII, steal a shabby coat in the dead of winter and some frozen potatoes from a root cellar?" But the phrase that has be going is "...in case of need...". What constitutes need?

In fact, that is the question I'll pose here for the next person. What constitutes need (in the context of the previous question)?

[penelopea]

Need has no constitution,its entirely subjective.
Would you kill your terminally ill relative?

[Pendragon]

Whew. Questions are getting much tougher. It would be tempting to end their suffering, I cannot deny that. I cannot even say I would blame someone if they did. I find it interesting that society will find a person guilty of animal cruelity for allowing them to suffer but send that same person to prison or maybe the death penalty for ending the suffering of a human. Could I do it? I don't think any of us could really say until we're in that position to have to make the call.

Pass this most powerfull question.

[Shalot]

No I definately woudln't. I would probably get caught and have to go to prison and I don't think anyone in my family (those that love me anyway) would want me to put myself out there like that for him/her.

I think that if you find yourself in a difficult situtation (any difficult situation), then you have to see it through to completion and learn the lesson you were meant to learn. If it were me, I wouldn't want to see someone I love risk the rest of his/her life just to end my suffering. I'd rather just suffer till the end rather than put it on someone else.

(of course I say that now...)

Pass the question.

[Laindessiel]

I understood the question as if I would allow a person to end his/her suffering (medically, like if he's terribly ill on the verge of dying), and would do a mercy kill. If that's how the question was meant, I'd rather say yes because seeing him in endless pain and enduring all of it while knowing that he's going to die soon anyway makes it hard for both that person and his relatives, for both parties. I don't know in other countires but in my country, it's still not legal to do that, much like cremating is still an issue with most religions here.

If it's getting hard for him, getting hard for the family, let it end. That's how God would want it to be. After all, dying is inevitavle and it'll come to all of us, sooner or later. It's the will of God.


I'd like to know of the others' thoughts on this one.

[Woody]

Would I kill my terminally ill relative? No, but I would give him the option of continuing a life of pain or ending it himself. If that means I have to make sure he has access to what he needs for his choice, then I am willing to go that far. To play God and hold the pillow over his head. NO.



Would you pick up a hitch-hiker at midnight on a dark stretch of road?

[CheshireCat87]

NO. Depending on my mood however I may pretend that I'm going to pick him/her up and then drive away but that would only be done in a very evil mood because nothing is worse than false hope.

[CheshireCat87]

would you ever sleep with some one to get what you want?

[toni]

Not now not ever. We must not lose our self-respect and dignity.

Would you eat the pancakes I worked hard for cooking even if they are a bit burnt?

[Pensive]

Sure, I do it now and then for certain people.

Same question:

Would you eat the pancakes I worked hard for cooking even if they are a bit burnt?

[Laindessiel]

Yep, for a friend, and a friend Pensy is to me.

Hey Pense, how would you like to go to Neverland on a plane or by boat?

[Madhuri]

Since Pensy is in her dreams, I can go any way (plane or boat), if it was luxurious and grand...

How far can you go to achieve your dreams??

[Laindessiel]

Ah, that is a serious question, Mads... It will take lots of my time and numbing of the fingers to get through to satisfying your query.

But to make it short, ideally, the farthest I can possibly reach, maybe it can go as high up as in the Milky Way, but I have yet to experience and in real life do that. I have BIG-but-tangible dreams in life but I also know that I have a full lifetime ahead of me to do fullfill them. I'm not in any hurry.

[Laindessiel]

Would you rather have a brain or a mind?