Pet Owners: Morbid Hypothetical

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If a situation arose in which you must choose between saving the life of your pet or the life of a stranger, whom would you rescue and why?

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[shropshire 0]

It would depend upon the circumstances. People would not get an automatic pass.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[TrophyHusband 0]

stranger. even though my pets are family members, human life comes first. unless of course its someone who broke into my house or hurt my family.

"Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama
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It would depend upon the circumstances. People would not get an automatic pass.

this. But then again, I'm a misanthrope.

Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

[PLFXpert 0]

I wish I had thought initially to make this a poll. I think more people answer honestly with anonymity.

If it is possible for a mod to make this a poll (options: Pet, Stranger, Depends) that would be terrific.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[warpedskydiver 0]

My dog.

Unless it was a child.

[vortexring 0]

I'd probably take a moment to decide, and more than likely decide to not bother and continue on my journey to pub. If I was coming back from the pub, I'd probably not even notice and continue receiving feeds from my internal drunks compass. It's very effective, in the fact I can fall over fences & crash through hedges yet it still remains orientated towards the intended destination.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

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stranger. even though my pets are family members, human life comes first. unless of course its someone who broke into my house or hurt my family.

So human life comes first, unless the person stole your plasma TV.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[christelsabine 1]

Bwahahahahaha ....

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[warpedskydiver 0]

Piss off you slacker...

Get yer kit on and do yer bloody job you retread.






How the hell are you!

Good I hope

[shropshire 0]

I guess that is why helicopter pilots fly close to the ground ... they are shit at navigation and need to read road signs

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[warpedskydiver 0]

The follow the goat trails, because goats know where they are going.

[shropshire 0]

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[vortexring 0]

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I guess that is why helicopter pilots fly close to the ground ... they are shit at navigation and need to read road signs

It has been done!

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[vortexring 0]

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The follow the goat trails, because goats know where they are going.

Hey Randy, very well thanks! As for goat trails - how many people do I know who followed the sheeps trail to avoid the babies heads and ended miles off the intended route?

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

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Bwahahahahaha ....

Have I just hijacked another thread again?

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[warpedskydiver 0]

Did you remember toi raise a toast on the 19th?

[warpedskydiver 0]

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The follow the goat trails, because goats know where they are going.

Hey Randy, very well thanks! As for goat trails - how many people do I know who followed the sheeps trail to avoid the babies heads and ended miles off the intended route?

That is setup just to make sure they can see if you wear out your legs, or get stupid and wrench a knee.

You can follow the trails but you better remember to correct your course, otherwise

it is actually better to just tough it out.

For the rest of you, the grassy mounds you find up in Wisconsin in the marshes are the same type of thing.

They also occur in Fens and are bitch to navigate over.

You can step on them, or stay off, but you had better make a choice.

[vortexring 0]

Or tape your ankles up after you've shaved them!

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[warpedskydiver 0]

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Or tape your ankles up after you've shaved them!

Don't show up with shabby boots, use olive oil in your socks.

And don't forget to drain the blood blisters on the ends of your toes.

Eat until you are ready to puke.

Then rest.

Mars bars were good, but we don't have them anymore.

Now all they have is Snicker with Almonds.

Cadbury fruit and nut bars busted up into chunks was good stuff as well, just don't keep them close to your body or it looks like a lump of shite.

[warpedskydiver 0]

One of the guys from here went there for an exchange program, he used to eat Milkbone Dog Biscuits.

That was in the days before power bars and etc.

[vortexring 0]

Jeez, what a tangent this threads gone off on. To answer the original post: If faced with such a choice the difficulty lies with how close you are to your pet. If it's only a goldfish? Or a cat or dog you've had for 12 years? Or a little snapping bastard of a Chihuahua your wife inherited from a dead Aunt that you've been secretly trying to kill with rat poison when nobodies around? (Joking!)

Instinct says save the stranger. Emotion says save the pet.

It's actually a difficult question. I don't know is my answer.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[1969912 0]

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Or a little snapping bastard of a Chihuahua your wife inherited from a dead Aunt that you've been secretly trying to kill with rat poison when nobodies around?

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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To answer the original post: If faced with such a choice the difficulty lies with how close you are to your pet...

On one hand (probably not one of yours ) I agree. On the other, I view the question as not a matter of love for a pet, but more of one of value of life.

You say instinct says save the stranger; emotion says save the pet. I say that is debatable.

But, let's say you are correct. Which do you think might/likely will generally rule out the other in a life or death situation?

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[vortexring 0]

I view the question as more of a value of life too, but you can't rule out human emotional attachment to their pet in regards to the strength of this emotion. That's where I believe the problem to your hypothetical question lies. I'm only assuming most people would instinctively save the stranger rather than the pet, but I reckon there are plenty of people who'd reckon they'd save the stranger but when finding themselves in the situation you describe, save their pet. Or completely shut down through the trauma of the situation and save neither. (I'm imagining that person hugging themselves with their eyes closed wondering aimlessly away from the situation and bumping into tress bleating out 'MEH!' on impact kind of thing
Besides, as humans we're all different too, some being ruled by their head, others their hearts, and others by the moon for all I know.

Anyway, what's wrong with my hands!!??

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'