Gotta agree with the Doctor. I think I'd rather die with my hands clean than live a murderer.TimeLord said:
Could you kill someone if you had choice?
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I'd do it, no question about it. I definitely value my own life over some strangers'. But let's put it in a different perspective: what if you were the person on your knees? Would you judge the person with the gun if he/she shot you?
Edit: This is, of course, if you can trust the person with the sniper rifle. And that, you probably can not. Doesn't matter though. I'd still do it. Me and the guy with the sniper go way back, soo.
Edit: This is, of course, if you can trust the person with the sniper rifle. And that, you probably can not. Doesn't matter though. I'd still do it. Me and the guy with the sniper go way back, soo.
Shoot the guy. What? This is supposed to be a morality question? Easiest one I've answered at least. I don't know him, so for all I know he might be a murderer. Hell, I might do the world a favour without getting credit for it!
I'm dead. This guy is clearly simply trying to make a point; what other uses do complicated ultimatums have? I'd wager he is a cynical misanthrope, attempting to prove that human beings are inherently evil.
So, you know what I'd do? I'd shoot the man in question. It won't grant me absolution, it won't free me from this guy's macabre plot. But he's arguably correct, and I'd hate to give him a false reaction to his experimentation.
Besides, we're both going to die anyway, and I've always wondered what handling a firearm felt like.
So, you know what I'd do? I'd shoot the man in question. It won't grant me absolution, it won't free me from this guy's macabre plot. But he's arguably correct, and I'd hate to give him a false reaction to his experimentation.
Besides, we're both going to die anyway, and I've always wondered what handling a firearm felt like.
I'll shoot the ceiling light, making the place go pitch black. I then use the guy on the floor has a decoy while I make a run for it.
Even though it'd lead to chaos? Plus, if you did save him/her, you'd be remembered as a hero.Mackheath said:
I would kill the victim, for this simple reason..
If I kill him, one person dies..
If I don't, the rifle man will kill me, then probably the victim after, so two people die.
The less deaths the better.
If I kill him, one person dies..
If I don't, the rifle man will kill me, then probably the victim after, so two people die.
The less deaths the better.
I'm damned if I'm going to waste my only bullet on some random stranger when there's a psycho with a sniper rifle out there (assuming there's only 1 bullet, I'd check).
Sniper sounds scary until you realise that they've exchanged scope of vision for range, i.e. they can see far away, but only a small bit of far away. If I can't see him then if I dodge a bit he can't see me.
Yeah he'll shoot the guy, like I care. The key here is that while the other guy will be dead either way I have a choice:
a) He can be dead and I have an empty gun, or
b) He can be dead and I have a single shot.
I choose the situation that leaves me with at least a chance of survival.
Oh, plus if he kills the other guy then muzzle flash and the sound of the shot will give me some indication of which direction he's in (even with sound suppression a sniper rifle is pretty loud).
I realise that technically this puts me on the "evil" side of the equation, but it also puts me on the "armed" and "alive" side of the equation too, so I'm happy with my decision.
Sniper sounds scary until you realise that they've exchanged scope of vision for range, i.e. they can see far away, but only a small bit of far away. If I can't see him then if I dodge a bit he can't see me.
Yeah he'll shoot the guy, like I care. The key here is that while the other guy will be dead either way I have a choice:
a) He can be dead and I have an empty gun, or
b) He can be dead and I have a single shot.
I choose the situation that leaves me with at least a chance of survival.
Oh, plus if he kills the other guy then muzzle flash and the sound of the shot will give me some indication of which direction he's in (even with sound suppression a sniper rifle is pretty loud).
I realise that technically this puts me on the "evil" side of the equation, but it also puts me on the "armed" and "alive" side of the equation too, so I'm happy with my decision.
It'd take me the best part of two seconds to decide, I'd shoot the guy.
I wouldn't take pleasure in doing so but at the end of the day it would be me or him (and as others have said, what assurance would I have that the other guy isn't just shot after me anyway?).
It is entirely possible that he can't be saved, yet I can save myself.
I wouldn't take pleasure in doing so but at the end of the day it would be me or him (and as others have said, what assurance would I have that the other guy isn't just shot after me anyway?).
It is entirely possible that he can't be saved, yet I can save myself.