Would you sacrifice yourself?

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...

 

Fuck no?

 

I would only sacrifice myself if I beilived in a higher power, otherwise no.

 

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.

 

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.

 

You just found a way to abolish religion.

 

Sometimes I consider sacrificing myself for nothing at all. I'm on medication now though.

 

Post of the month!

 

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.

 

I'm willing to sacrifice all of you for anything I consider important.

 

DB, you missed your true calling. I think you would make an excellent politician.

 

Eh, I dont think so.

he is to honest for that position.

 

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.

 

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...