Would you cut off a limb to save a stranger?

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Reaper195

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A limb? Why should I care? I'll cut his fucking head off.

Hehehe, Jimmy Carr joke there. And works with the title and it's lack of....whatever that word is I can't think of.




No. I don't know them, how do I know they aren't a child molester?
 

Engarde

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Ok, I do not want to turn this into D n D, assuming as you have said:

We both go free if I do.
I go free if I don't.
He keeps his word.

And assuming, also, that I have the means to:

Cut of a limb without passing out, wimping out, which is kind of difficult, going through bone and all. Perhaps the villian is a wizard and can magically remove it?
Medical assistance so that I do not die of blood loss
Preferably some painkillers or a close ambulance.

I would like to think that I would. In more detail, assuming I think the victim is a nice person, though I somehow doubt I would, in my cynicism of the self. I would definately do it for someone I knew and was close to. Also, for those who wish to know, I would take of my left leg. Prosthetic legs are much better than prosthetic arms. Unless we have the technology for perfectly functioning cool cyborg arms.
 

psivamp

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WanderingFool said:
Sure, I would... wait, is it our limb? OH HELL NO!
I might cut off someone's limb to save their life, but cutting off my own isn't going to happen and is generally problematic. If I lose a limb, I am now less capable of helping others and, mainly, myself.
 

Exocet

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Here's the thing:if after you let the other guy die,the villain releases you,no one will blame you for not hacking a limb off.It's self-preservation and no one could predict the villain would actually keep his word,on account of being a lunatic and all.

In other words,not a jackass in the eyes of others,no missing limb,and one dead bloke.
Good enough for my conscience.
 

thahat

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stranger: no. just no. i just dont care enough XD
i'd just walk away and have seen nothing at all. ( unless ofcoarse i could take out the weardo or have a decent change ( 66,6% and upward ) at taking him down WITHOUT cutting off a limb )
 

Admiral Stukov

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If I can get a cybernetic one that is fully functional and connected directly to the nerve bundle of the lost limb - Yes.
[sub]I've always wanted a cybernetic limb.[/sub]

Otherwise - No.
 

SinisterGehe

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No... I don't like people to begin with, why would I destroy my body to save something I don't like...
 

Jedoro

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I use my cutting utensil to kill the weirdo, whether the stranger survives or not.

Fuck that shit.
 
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I don't think I'd even break a bone to save a stranger. Cutting off a limb is more likely to be fatal than not, so you might as well ask if we'd die to save a stranger. I suspect most people don't even have the willpower to seriously injure themselves on purpose, myself included. You should relaunch this one as a thread and ask for a few different degrees of injury one might accept in exchange for saving a stranger.
 

Egitor

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As you said I would do so for my own life after much thought.
For somebody I loved, in an instant.
For a complete stranger, I would do no such thing. Monkeysphere, anybody?
 

Ickorus

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I could probably lose a foot to save someones life considering how much more awesome a pirate costume would be with a genuine pegleg.

But yeah, in seriousness I would cut a foot off if it would save someone elses life seeing as how good prosthetic feet are these days.
 

C117

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No, I believe I'm more fond of my limbs than the life of a complete stranger...
 

Alandoril

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The thing is if you cut off your own limb without almost immediate medical attention then the chances are quite high that you will bleed to death, let alone suffer immense cardiac trauma from the shock (not counting that guy who removed his own arm to escape a boulder, that was a fluke due to circumstances and conditions) So, this question is basically would you kill yourself to save another life.
 

Estocavio

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Substance-E said:
Pff, no. I'm far to misanthropic for that...
My god, another person who isnt me who uses the word Misanthrope CORRECTLY.
Seriously, im suprised.

*OT

No. I put my self preservation high above a potentially ungrateful and possibly undeserving stranger.
 

tobi the good boy

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well i dont really need a pinky toe and that counts as a limb so yeah if that counts sure, if were talking arms and legs and uhm ... other appendages then likely not