Would you sacrifice yourself?

Radman said:
In my experience you often dont think about it when the situation arises, not to go into details but in my line of work you often end up putting yourself in harms way for others - I ended up on the roof of a railway station trying to talk down a suicidal fifteen year old girl - she walked towards the overhead power lines which had 25,000volts running through them and put her hands out to touch them.

My colleague was closer to her then me and ended up running towards her and rugby tackling her on the roof, both of us ended up in a struggle on top of the station roof next to the train lines and overhead power cables.

Neither of us realised what sort of risks we were in at the time, we just did what we had to do - supervision gave us a pat on the back and I have a nice certificate in my hallway because of the incident - my immediate line manager was annoyed at us and more or less told us it was a stupid thing to do but what else could we have done?

End of the day you just find yourself doing something WITHOUT realising just what COULD happen - the day it all goes wrong and doesnt pan out you wont be worrying about it anyway.
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Commendable move from your collegue there, I don't think this is something everybody would do. I think I would be much too aware of the power lines, and just stay clear :I

Off the top of my head, the riskyest move I've done were in self-preservation, and it was to somehow sneak my paper money out of view, during a muggery. In retrospect a stupid risk, but at the time, idunno what I was thinking :D
I have also snuck away from a muggery while visiting Prague, and some students of my "paralel class" were attempted mugged. Attempted, because they were so amazingly naive, they never realized they were being mugged. The mugger obviously tried to be quick and discrete about it, so not to draw attention, and they simply didn't "get it". In the awkward discussion, I took my moment to casually walk away :] I am SO noble.

But yes, risk is often a thoughtless act. Sacrifice is often very different.
 
This depends on the value of what - or who - I'm sacrificing myself for. Do I really have anything I value so much? Maybe in my dreams...
 
I would never sacrifice myself for someone else. How stupid is that?! We only have one life and we must preserve it as much as we can.
 
zegh8578 said:
Threepwood said:
I would only sacrifice myself if I beilived in a higher power, otherwise no.
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That seems to be a global trend
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And I should add that anyone who does belive in an afterlife (via confirmation on a cencus or whatever) should be contractually obliged with the government to sacrifice their lives at the appropriate time for the good of others.
 
Threepwood said:
zegh8578 said:
Threepwood said:
I would only sacrifice myself if I beilived in a higher power, otherwise no.
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That seems to be a global trend
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And I should add that anyone who does belive in an afterlife (via confirmation on a cencus or whatever) should be contractually obliged with the government to sacrifice their lives at the appropriate time for the good of others.
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You just found a way to abolish religion. :lol:
 
mobucks said:
Little Robot said:
Sometimes I consider sacrificing myself for nothing at all. I'm on medication now though.
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Post of the month!
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If a single further word is spoken on that partucular subject on here, I will... litter.
A lot. And destroy the ozone layer.
 
Would I sacrifice myself?

For someone I loved, and there's only one person that means that much to me, yes, without question.

For a stranger in a dangerous situation, like trying to rescue a child being swept out to sea, I like to think I would but having never been in the situation... could I? Would I "freeze"? Can't say.

For someone I despise, like Canada's Prime Minister, nope. If he was hanging from the edge of a cliff I'd tell him karma's a bitch.
 
I got in trouble with my girlfriend once over pillow talk-- she asked me how I'd prefer to die if given the choice, and I responded "saving a life or in service of of some truly noble cause." I guess "peacefully in my sleep alongside a very elderly version of you" was the answer the judges were looking for (though in my defense, it didn't really present itself in the context of the conversation).

I've been told I tend to put others before myself to the point where it's a flaw instead of a virtue, but realistically speaking, I know my limits. My first instinct would probably be to charge in on behalf of another and damn the torpedoes, but I'm a weak man with bad reflexes and a stuttering heart. In a situation where I couldn't possibly do any good, like someone getting pulled out in a riptide, I'd probably make the wiser choice not to get two people killed instead of one, and stand there hating myself for it. If the situation were one where I had the potential to do more harm than good (an armed robbery, for instance), I might well spend too much time in hesitation.
 
DB, you missed your true calling. I think you would make an excellent politician.
 
Honest, but inflammatory, and he was purpose-built to enrage liberals. If we ran him north of the Yukon or south of the Mason-Dixon line, he could win by a landslide.
 
Yamu, you kindov remind me of my dad :D He is, what one would consider overly selfless.
Me and my brother will often, jokingly, describe him as the type of person who will burst across the street, leap over cars, shove other people aside, so to be The One to help a mother lift the baby-stroller up onto the bus :D

But, if anything, it is easily the most admirable "fault" a person can have :D
 
Yamu said:
DB, you missed your true calling. I think you would make an excellent politician.
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Well, all politicians are more than happy to sacrifice any of us or all of us for anything they might momentarily consider important or not important at all.

So, there's that...
 
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