Current Events > Hypothetical: Some guy saves his dog over your son in a burning building

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While you're at work the building your son was in catches fire and the blaze is out of control.

By the time you find out and come home you discover it's too late and the building has collaspsed.

You discover one guy was nearby in the building when the fire started and could have saved your son. He had 3 options, either saving your son, his dog, or a Ming Vase valued at 67 Million Dollars. They were all in different directions and he didn't have time to reach more than one before the building collasped and so in the moment he chose his dog.



You then see the man playing with and comforting his distressed dog.

How would you react?

Interested in CE's take as when we had the polls for similar scenarios a huge chunk of CE always overwhelmingly chose their dog. So I wonder how people would feel if they were on the other side,
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I'll predict that they would be upset and would have wanted the guy to save their kid.
The same things that would cause them to pick their dog in the other scenario would also cause them to want their kid saved.
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Some guy saves his dog over your son in a burning building

This is exactly what I would do.
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It's not his fault the building burned down, but damn man, priorities. You can't let a human being die over a dog.
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I thank him for saving me further child support payments.

I save animals first
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aki_sora posted...

I save animals first

so you would save the boy?

@HollowKnail nope.
Human can become serial killer
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aki_sora posted...

@HollowKnail nope.
Human can become serial killer

you said you would save the animal. so which is it?

We're not asking you what you would do.

CE has been asked several times and in several combinations and overwhelmingly the majority values pets above human life.

This question is how would you feel coming home to find your home burnt down, your son dead and the realization that the man who could have easily saved him chose to save his pet dog instead of your son.

Don't evade that
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*grabs popcorn*
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Ilishe posted...

It's not his fault the building burned down, but damn man, priorities. You can't let a human being die over a dog.

Explain.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

We're not asking you what you would do.

CE has been asked several times and in several combinations and overwhelmingly the majority values pets above human life.

This question is how would you feel coming home to find your home burnt down, your son dead and the realization that the man who could have easily saved him chose to save his pet dog instead of your son.

Don't evade that

don't evade this nail in your face

dolomedes posted...

why is my child alone at home? social services should look into my situation tbh.

Because obviously the topic is implying your child is of an age where he/she can be home alone.
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the0rebirth posted...

dolomedes posted...

why is my child alone at home? social services should look into my situation tbh.

Because obviously the topic is implying your child is of an age where he/she can be home alone.

Or maybe you had a babysitter who also died in the fire.

It's not really important. What matters is your son is dead and the guy chose not to save him because of Scruffles.
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dolomedes posted...

the0rebirth posted...

Because obviously the topic is implying your child is of an age where he/she can be home alone.

but not old enough to escape a fiery building?

By your logic, being trapped inside a burning building comes with an age limit.
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the0rebirth posted...

dolomedes posted...

the0rebirth posted...

Because obviously the topic is implying your child is of an age where he/she can be home alone.

but not old enough to escape a fiery building?

By your logic, being trapped inside a burning building comes with an age limit.

Yeah I don't get what the fuck he is trying to say there.

Did he think 9/11 was an attack on daycare?
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dolomedes posted...

he didn't choose not to save my kid. he chose to save his friend.

That's the same thing in this context.

"He didn't choose to leave Jane at the Alter, he chose to have an affair with Trish!"

hypothetical situations are stupid lol

How close minded

like, what kind of communal living situation are you envisioning?

Generic apartment complex.

have you ever lived in an apartment building?

Yes
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UnfairRepresent posted...

How would you react?

I'd probably be over come with emotion and fall into my knees crying. Or I would sorta of freeze, not really processing what I found out.

People only want needlessly specific details to questions like this when they don't wanna answer, because it makes them uncomfortable.
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This topic is stupid and so obviously bait. Trying to stir up trouble.
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I'd never really know,but if the dude said that to my face,I'd make him eat teeth
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the0rebirth posted...

People only want needlessly specific details to questions like this when they don't wanna answer, because it makes them uncomfortable.

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dolomedes posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

dolomedes posted...

he didn't choose not to save my kid. he chose to save his friend.

That's the same thing in this context.
"He didn't choose to leave Jane at the Alter, he chose to have an affair with Trish!"

consider someone else.

if you're mad at somebody who escaped the horrific tragedy of a fire because he wasn't considering you during the emergency, you're twisted & self-centered.

I'm not making any comment on the morality of the actions.

That's for CE to decide.

I'm just pointing out that your "He didn't choose his dog over your kid! He just decided to save his dog and leave your kid to die." is the same sentiment reworded.
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I would let him know that I hold no resentment against him and that I do not blame him for whatever happened.
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dolomedes posted...

the0rebirth posted...

By your logic, being trapped inside a burning building comes with an age limit.

what? so now this pre-teen kid is trapped in a burning building and his only hope for escape is an unknown neighbor breaking into the apartment and removing him?

so you expect a stranger to bust through a double-locked door, remove some unknown blockage, and save my kid? get real lol

the kid can go out the back door or hop out a window and hope for the best. i've never lived in a place with only one access point to the outside.

You're choosing to focus on the "LOL this is technically unrealistic" side of things to avoid the main point, which is how you would feel if you knew a stranger had the opportunity to save your kid, but chose their pet instead.

It doesn't matter how the situation transpired. The topic is simply asking how that would make you react.
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dolomedes posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

I'm just pointing out that your "He didn't choose his dog over your kid! He just decided to save his dog and leave your kid to die." is the same sentiment reworded.

reworded, indeed, from what i said. he didn't 'leave my kid to die,' my family is not his concern.

Except he did leave your kid to die because your family is not his concern or at least ranks below his dog on the concern chart
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I charge TC with capital murder for setting the blaze in the first place.
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I would only been mad if the guy saved the vase. Choices like that are never easy, and I can't fault someone for following their gut and make a split-second decision like that. Something like that you can't dwell on and weigh the pros/cons. He chose, he acted quickly, and he saved a life.
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dolomedes posted...

the0rebirth posted...

You're choosing to focus on the "LOL this is technically unrealistic" side of things to avoid the main point, which is how you would feel if you knew a stranger had the opportunity to save your kid, but chose their pet instead.
It doesn't matter how the situation transpired. The topic is simply asking how that would make you react.

i've been through a few tragic events and have known many people who have been through many more tragic events. you cannot imagine how you will react to something like your home being destroyed, let alone the loss of a loved one (personally i can't imagine having a child, let alone losing one).

but hey, that cute li'l handicapped dog i sometimes see in the stairwell or coming through the alley is alive? at least there's that. at least somebody didn't lose everything.

i'd console my neighbor and assure him that we're in this together.

Respectable.
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Jokes on him. My son was his dog
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I'd be sad, but I'd understand. I'd save my pet over some random kid too.

Kajagogo posted...

I would only been mad if the guy saved the vase. Choices like that are never easy, and I can't fault someone for following their gut and make a split-second decision like that. Something like that you can't dwell on and weigh the pros/cons. He chose, he acted quickly, and he saved a life.

Why would you be mad if he saved the vase?

After the whole "can't fault someone for following their gut!" thing
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I wouldve picked the child obviously but I mean its his dog. Id be angry at him but Id try not to take it out on him.

If he chose the vase Id grab it from him and smash it lol.
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Who wouldnt save their own pet over a stranger?
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BilalPowell posted...

Who wouldnt save their own pet over a stranger?

I swear I wouldn't if I had at least one second to think about it. Let alone the moral factors, that stranger could grow up to be one of your best friends. Your dog is already your best friend, okay, but a good human friend >> a good animal friend. Stranger is a temporary condition.

As for the topic (silly as it is), I'd be very upset to make an understatement of course, but after some time I would understand that judging someone else aside, nothing I do will bring my child back.

Sorry if I sound too nice to be real. I will say this, although at first I would be glad that the person at least didn't choose an inanimate object over a living being, 67 million dollars man... you can buy a dog shelter, name it in honor of Fido and take care of a lot of pets with that money. Heck I'm gonna be completely honest, I would think twice about saving a human being over that much money. You can do a lot of good with 67 mil. Probably still save the child though.

These silly topics are entertaining lol

I steal his dog and raise it as my own child, sending it to the college my son intended to go to.
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I would wonder why someone living in an apartment complex has a 67 million dollar vase.
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