Poll: The Most Morally Ambiguous Choice I've Ever Seen

[Kuchinawa212]

As long as no one has to die, I suppose I'd let him rape her. I'd feel bad, but do what must be done

 

[Hallow'sEve]

Let him fuck the *****. I thought the choice was pretty obvious.

 

[Hawks_Pride]

I take Option 3: disarm the guard, and say "I got a better idea: You let us through, I let you live. Deal?"

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

Allow it to happen. Everyone will die otherwise

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

I take Option 3: disarm the guard, and say "I got a better idea: You let us through, I let you live. Deal?"

then the gurad alerts other guards, lorry gets stopped & everyone gets taken to camps... THEN the woman gets raped anyway

 

[lucaf]

iv seen that film. twas a goodun. didnt he give them a watch?

 

[SteelWolf89]

i'd wait until he is just about to do it, because that'd be the moment when he is most vulnerable, then i'd hop out and snap the fuckers neck.

everyone lives, no one gets raped, fucker dies.

 

[Kubanator]

Don't you think his comrades will wonder where he left and stop you at the gate? And then imprison you when they find him dead?

I choose you, rapeachu!

 

[Shadeovblack]

Compromise is for the weak. I would fight to the death.

 

[UberMore]

I just saw a movie that was incredibly good. At one point, a scene in the movie started getting me thinking about the moral quandary that a father went through. Really, this might have been the most morally ambiguous choice I have ever seen, to the point where it really comes down to what type of person you are.

Spoiler

You are the father of a child, and together you are fleeing your country during a time of war. You are in a caravan with a few other people running for the border, two being a woman and her baby. The truck stops and a single armed border guard who is a soldier for the army attacking your country opens the back of the truck to find the group. The guard says he will only allow the truck to pass if he can have 10 minutes with the woman. A man who might be her husband, though you aren't sure, protests but stops when the guard points his rifle at him. It's clear the guard wouldn't want his superiors to find out about this, but really, you have no idea what he might do if you stood up. He is clearly very paranoid as you look at him.

Now, you can either defend her and say you will not allow this to happen, risking your own life for her, or you can stay quiet and allow the man to rape her for your own safe passage. What is the right thing to do? Now, keep in mind, you are a father. If you die, your son will be left alone. Is it right to stand up for the woman and risk leaving your son alone during this time of war, or is it right to stick with your responsibilities to your own family and let this horror befall the poor woman and her family?

Keep in mind, my question isn't what's the smart thing to do, but rather the right thing to do.

For those interested, the movie is:

Spoiler

The Kite Runner. Seriously, go rent this movie. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen.

I choose not to vote at this time, because I've read the book (studying it for English) and am about to watch the film, so I know what happens and know what the choice made leads too, which is blurring my moral compass.

Let him do it, wait until he's distracted (say, getting undressed, after having set down his weapon,) then try to kill him.

This seems the obvious solution. That's the thing with these moral quandries. They only give you two choices, but there's always a third option.

The thing with this answer is that the scene takes place at a checkpoint, with other guards all armed with AK47's, alot of hate for your people and a menace you don't want to fuck with, so you'd just end up dying anyway, and would probably cause the death of all the other people in the caravan and wouldn't stop the rape of the woman.

 

[Hawks_Pride]

No, because the second he reaches for his radio, it gets kicked out of his hand, and that boot heel comes crashing into his jaw. Then his weapon gets field-stripped. I leave him the receiver, and we proceed through. I drop the bolt a few miles away.