Which Would you Choose ver. I
 

So your dog and a stranger are both on the railroad tracks about to be hit by a train. You can only save one. Which do you choose?

Uh, I'm pretty sure my answer would be obvious.

The dog. I've just spent about 15k on heart surgery and chemo for him. I'm not letting him get hit by a train. LOL

My dog is cute, but his personality....leaves something to be desired, so I would choose the stranger. Shoot, I would choose a violent, career criminal over that dog.

That's why I gave him to my parents. They'd take him over the stranger. My dad would take the dog over anyone he knows including all of his immediate family members.

The stranger. Admittedly, I'm not an animal person (AT ALL!), but even if I were I feel like I would still place a higher value on human life.

I don't have a dog, so perhaps I can't answer this question fairly, but I'd like to think I would choose the stranger. I like animals, but I do place a higher value on my own species.

I love my dog, but I'd save the stranger and hope the dog saved himself. No question.

Save the stranger

I would think that this stranger would be able to save him/herself. Why is this person on the tracks anyway?

Come to think of it, why would I be randomly passing tracks?

Let the dog and the stranger fend for themselves.

Like there are any trains running anymore. Ha, ha, ha.

Here's another one I heard on the radio the other day. Would you rather watch your parents IN a porno, or watch a porno WITH your parents.

WITH, without a doubt

if with, is everyone naked or dressed? How much space is between all of us?

I think it would completely depend on the porn. I mean, what exactly are we talking about here?? I consider myself fairly okay with the idea that, yes, my parents have sex. But I don't want to know the details, I definitely don't want to SEE the details, and if the details are something really nasty, then PLEASE keep that mess as far away from me as possible.

It's not just nasty being porn?

I completely understand. I've spent more on my furkid this year than many people spend on their children - and that's medication, tests, food, and daycare, not toys. He's not a toy type of guy.

I can't stop giggling over this one, though!


As for the porno, I've never seen one, don't plan to do so, so I'll pass.

Skip the stranger, skip the parents. Watch the porn with the dog.

It's about the level of disturbing.

There are levels of nasty. Levels which I will not describe.

It depends on why these individuals are stuck on the railroad tracks.

Well, I will freely admit that I would save the dog. I figure people get enough advantages in this world. Besides people should know better than to walk on train tracks.

And DrPhil, you can buy your own damn Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich and Fuji Apple Chicken Salad ;)

there are. my dad works for the railroad.

and I'd have to save them both.
I can't kill my dog or a stranger unless the stranger is someone who rapes children. Then, I'd only save the dog.

I would save the dog too. I just feel worse for animals since they can't control their situations in the same way humans can. (And yes I realize that many humans can't control their situations either blah blah blah) To be honest, I just prefer animals :o:p

I'm assuming that if both need saving from the train tracks, the neither can control their situations.

So, to tweak the hypothetical: What if it turns out that the stranger on the tracks is a single-mother (husband was killed in Iraq) of three children under the age of ten who will now be orphans because you chose to save your dog? Should that matter? Why or why not?

I still want to know why this person and this dog are stuck on train tracks in the same spot lol

Well seeing as how I don't actually have a dog and there's only a stranger on the tracks I would save the stranger. But then this is hypothetical.
However, I thought the whole point of this hypothetical was that we didn't know any details. Of course, things change once you hear a story. What if the person tied themselves to the tracks or something because they're trying to commit suicide? What if the person tied to the tracks was a murderer and rapist? And now you just saved his life and now he will go murder 10 more people. On the other extreme is perhaps it's the person who will cure cancer. So yes depending on the stranger's back story I would choose the stranger or not.
In all honesty, I go to pieces in emergencies so I'd probably just stand there screaming hysterically. I'd probably lunge at the tracks to try to save something and end up killing myself in the process.
Also, I firmly believe no one can *truly* say what they would do in a situation until it happens.

I don't know what, but this reminded me of this photo from ANTM:

http://sarugan591.files.wordpress.co...pg?w=322&h=304

Clearly, I'm bored at work lol

I don't have a dog.:(

As for the porn, I've never seen porn, and I don't want to.

lol lol
Again? :p

I have things to do, but don't feel like doing them haha

Heading out now, though, so that is no longer an issue :cool:

lol lol
Hilarious!!

That's possibly what I look like, just minus all the make up lol. No my horse fell down in the trailer and I just stood there holding the other two crying and pacing and panicking. It was one of the scariest moments of my life lol

Um, no.. Assuming I strolled along and found a person and my dog (or any animal for that matter) tied to some train tracks with a train quickly approaching them, and I only had time to save one, I can safely say I'd save the stranger.

Could you seriously stumble upon that situation, untie your dog, then look the person in the eye and say, "Sorry..."? If so, I must say.. IMO, that's pretty screwed up.

I mean in all reality no probably not. (Unless as mentioned before said stranger was a murderer or something, in which case I would totally save the dog) But until I'm in that situation I really can't say. I would probably try to save both. I couldn't untie the stranger and look my dog in the eye be like "sorry dude." I would still go back and try to save him/her too, even if in the hypothetical I would be unsuccessful. If I'm in the situation I may panic in which case I would save no one. I could also be unsuccessful in trying to save either. I really don't know as there's not enough information. (ie if I have to carry a 400lb man off the tracks he'll probably have a very slim chance of survival as I'm not very strong).

Save the stranger. I don't have a dog.

The very idea of my parents doing the horizontal lambada turns my stomach. I know intellectually they must have done it at least once, otherwise I wouldn't exist. Still, ewww. So I'd rather watch a porno with my parents - with a stopwatch in hand, to time how long it takes them to flee the room. My guess is they'd be gone before the well-hung pizza delivery man could even ring the doorbell.

k_s is really me, trapped in his body. which, i imagine is awesome^2.

its a really silly scenario, and im a libra, so if i believed that astrological signs really affected character traits (Sheldon, anyone?), id just grab each of them by the hand and mosey off into the sunset.

but really, theyre BOTH stuch on tracks and I just HAPPEN to be there? if i save one, surely someone else will think "OMGWTFBBQ save that man/dog!" and save the other one.

Dog.

Sorry.

The problem is that the hypothetical is not likely to happen. A fire, now that would be more likely... stuck on train tracks? How do you even get stuck on train tracks?

Sorry to derail this thread (haha, I made a pun!) but I tried that yesterday for lunch and damn, it is gooooooood!