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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-08-06 04:55 PM
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32. It is a tradition amongst the shipwrecked,
and some who have been wrecked in mountains.

It does raise the question of "Where do we draw the line about whether they did enough?" Just what heroic measures should they have taken before they are no longer morally culpable for their own deaths? (of course, in this instance that didn't happen, but how would we feel if they mother and daughters had died in the car as well? Would we be angry at the mother for not offering herself as food? Do we allow the killing of, perhaps, the baby?)

If we are gonna play the "what if?" game, then yes, let's go all the way with it, and see if we can find a line that we aren't willing to cross.
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