Poll: What would you save? All of your gaming accounts/memory, or a person?

[Blank Kold]

Pleh.

Already done that, it differs depending on where the bias is.

Religious site: Religion is closely knit with morality.
Atheist site: Many people have swallowed the idea that morality started with religion to such an extent that they cannot separate the two.

Screw that, I'm willing to concede that religion and morality are hand in hand.

Morality can come from other sources than religion though, which is the main point I was stressing (not sure why, you seem to agree to some extent anyway).

Yea, we seem to not really be in much disagreement at this point.

Well, i had fun with that argument.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Then why did you post in the first place about religion being an important factor in morality?

When you agree with the fact that religion merely preaches morality, and did not create it.

Think of it like the discovery of a viral video, it existed before but no one cared. Religion was an important factor in the spread of morals.

Alar it's cool.

I'm not so sure I believe that.

Citation?

Posting from a phone :/

i hate to say this, but some account can likely be found by googling religion in morality.

edit: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-morality/

Pleh.

Already done that, it differs depending on where the bias is.

Religious site: Religion is closely knit with morality.
Atheist site: Many people have swallowed the idea that morality started with religion to such an extent that they cannot separate the two.

Screw that, I'm willing to concede that religion and morality are hand in hand.

Morality can come from other sources than religion though, which is the main point I was stressing (not sure why, you seem to agree to some extent anyway).

Not to intrude, but man, it's strange how simple threads like this turn into religious arguments. It makes slightly more sense here, but still, why can't we all get along without arguing like this?
Continue with your argument my fine fellows.
EDIT: Oh, it ended while I was posting. , disregard my existence then, if you would.

 

[Squeaky]

The stranger, gives me an excuse to pick up some games i just didnt finish or play though some great ones gain

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I'd save the person, probably. I can make that all again. It will be a pain in the balls, but I can do it.

 

[zehydra]

Fuck strangers.

Sure the data/ memory of games isn't important, buta human life, one of a stranger no less, means absolutely nothing. Besides mortality is outdated and over population is already a problem.

Mortality is outdated? What did you mean by that?

OT: I'd save the stranger. Progress in games is not worth a dime. You can always get back to where you were, and if it wasn't fun doing it the first time, then why were you doing it?

Posting from my phone, so I'll try to just kind of summarize my point.

Morality stems mainly from two things, religion and the belief that human life is somehow sacred. The first was necessary to organize separate nations to prevent a mass extinction from infighting, as well as explain phenomenon that couldn't be explained otherwise. The second reason stems from both religion and a draconian need for people in a tribe.

I'd like to avoid being overly inflammatory with this, but most of the need for religion has been phased out, but it as well as its lessons, or definitions, of morality and sin remain.

The second was phased out by rapid population growth. Should one person it

I believe this conversation suffered from a severe typo. You originally said that MORTALITY, with a "T" in the middle was outdated, not MORALITY (sorry for the caps, I don't remember how to bold).

But while we're on the subject of morality, I'd like to point out that religion did not cause morality, and the two are only related because religion often attempts to sort out morality. Morality serves as the basis for laws, and came around for the same reasons as laws do.

 

[FlashHero]

Do i lose my steam games or my physical game collection? If yes then no. I would be willing to lose gamerscore and all that but not 16 years worth of games.

 

[Brawndo]

Faith in world = Destroyed

Then again, the Escapist forums are not very characteristic of humanity as a whole; there are lots of apathetic loners here who attach strong value to inanimate objects.

 

[littlealicewhite]

I am quite nerdy, yes, but I understand that no amount of virtual achievement is worth another person's life.

 

[kortin]

If i don't know the person, I'll save my games. If i do, i'll save the person. Simple. I don't have an e-peen problem or anything, but I worked hard for those achievements god damn it!

 

[metalarmsglitch]

Losing all my game data would be awful. However I am a cup-half-full kind of guy. So I could save the stranger and have all the fun of playing through my games all over again.

 

[joshuaayt]

Wait a second, my memory? Like my memory, memory? All the knowledge and all the skills I've learned from gaming? Or just saved memory?

Memory defines who you are, and I'm not willing to give up myself, as I am, for a stranger. If it were simply all my saves, subscriptions, etc, then I'd save the stranger, but with actual memories? No way.

I'll assume, though, that you meant save data only. In which case, I'd expect most people to save the person, except the more misanthropic types.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Fuck people I don't know. My gaming achievements were a massive part of life.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Well, considering how anal I am about losing things, this'd hurt.

But it's a person's life. And besides; it's my gaming stuff. It's annoying, but nowhere near as bad as losing some of the other stuff I store digitally...

 

[Blank Kold]

I believe this conversation suffered from a severe typo. You originally said that MORTALITY, with a "T" in the middle was outdated, not MORALITY (sorry for the caps, I don't remember how to bold).

But while we're on the subject of morality, I'd like to point out that religion did not cause morality, and the two are only related because religion often attempts to sort out morality. Morality serves as the basis for laws, and came around for the same reasons as laws do.

Yea,i was worried that might have happened. Slide it is kind of a piece of shit. Not sure what point you're trying to make, but it might have already been made.

I was hoping i was done in this thread. Also fuck att.

 

[UnmotivatedSlacker]

How is this even a choice? You can always just work to get back that data, you can get back the person.
captcha: egalsry MEMORY Hm, interesting.

 

[Angerwing]

I've spent months in-game in WoW, and I've spent hundreds and hundreds on Steam games. Losing all my gaming data would be a huge slap to the face.

But I would save the random guy, and anyone who says anything different deserves a long drop on a short rope.

 

[DeathsHands]

My gaming stuff. Stranger is a stranger, I won't lose any sleep over it.

Not that I'm selfish, just that I value all the stuff I've worked up over the years. I gotta have things to keep to my name.

 

[natster43]

The stranger. sure it would suck losing the data but eh.