Would you cut off a limb to save a stranger?

[stonethered]

Well, I suppose if some provision could be made that limb loss wouldn't quickly turn into life loss I probably would. You know, if I was provided with fire to cauterize it or a lot of sterile bandages and a decent doctor, maybe if the cutting instrument was a lightsaber or something similar.
And even if I knew I would probably die I probably still would. Especially if the stranger was either a girl or seemed like the sort of person who would pay it forward to the community.



I'd chop off my left hand, for the record. It'd make a few things pretty hard, like gaming, but it'd be really hard to aim properly for my feet and taking a finger seems like kind of a half-assed way to do it. I mean, if someone tells you to chop off a limb to save someone else's life, I want that person I'm saving to know that I was willing to cripple myself for them, not just to inconvenience myself a little.

 

[Caligulust]

No, I would not.
I don't think I would remove anyone's limb to save anyone's life.

 

[randomsix]

It would seriously depend on who is in risk of losing life compared to my limb. Irrational as it may be, I won't sacrifice myself for just anyone.

 

[helldragonX]

No, strangers aren't worth that much to me.

 

[duchaked]

no...
and not because I'm a douchebag or anything
just...
like I'm one of those guys who when asked about the moral dilemma of whether I'd push one stranger onto the train tracks to save a train full of people I said yes pretty quickly (my then-not-quite-girlfriend-now-ex friend showed her great heart by saying she'd throw herself on the tracks...guess I'm just a terrible person?)

saving someone I love is a whole new story, but strangers...ehh I tend to not care there

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I pick option C. Pull out crossbow and kill crazy man.

[sub][sub]Tough moral dilemma but I'd probably be too stunned to act to save his life anyway.[/sub][/sub]

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Sorry guys, I'd save anybody I knew well but never a stranger.

 

[Shadowtek]

i would use the knife to clean my finger nails. Then leave.

 

[Spinozaad]

No.

Fuck that stranger. He or she is not worth my limbs.

 

[ArchBlade]

WOULD I? Possibly. COULD I? Probably not. Hacking off your own limb is easier said than done. Also, for a stranger? I don't know if it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

 

[Mr. Doe]

...yeah, if man doesnt help his fellow man in all ways that he can then we wont ever surpass our less desirable traits.

 

[Omikron009]

To be blunt....hell fucking no.

 

[Shapsters]

No.

Woah wall of text over here! Might want to consider adding a little more to your posts, posts that short are generally frowned upon.

As for me? Hell no. I can barely operate with all of my limbs, I'm not gonna chop one off to save some dude I've never met.

 

[David_G]

If it's a complete stranger... I'm sorry, but no.

 

[Mortons4ck]

I love how people avoid the question by turning it into a mini D&D and just kill the bad guy...

I roll for initiative......


I mean, no, I don't believe I would sever a limb to save a stranger. I'd probably just blow past the crazy guy and say something like, "Cool. You do that."

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Nope. Sorry buddy, but I don't know you and I'm not going to risk being physically deformed just for you.

 

[superbatranger]

Of course I would! Let me just find a tree and start choppi-wait...You mean one of my limbs? Oh hell no! I don't even know the person! For all I know, they could be worse than the madman himself.