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 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:49 am
So I was thinking about that thing, you know how people say,
"Oh, I care so much about you... I would die for you."
Well. I kinda figured...
Say someone is standing in front of you and the person who means the most to you. The person is going to kill one of you but not both, but you get to decide who. What would you do?
A: Let them die
B: Die yourself so they can live
Most people would pick B. But, see... if that person stays alive, they will have to wander the earth with the torture and memory of knowing you died for them. Whereas to die is to experience releif of EVERYTHING. That includes guilt, remorse, etc., for letting someone else die for you.
So I kind of think that if you really love someone, you'll let them die... and go through the torture of knowing they no longer live, knowing that they are happy (or at least feel nothing) wherever they are.
Make sense?
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:18 am
I don't agree.
If you don't, then YOU are the one who has to live with the grief. And it won't be an "OMG she gave her life for me!" grief. It'd be an "I killed her" grief since that person didn't make the decision. It was you.
I would rather live knowing I was loved THAT much then live haunted by the idea that my choice directly led to the death of someone else. I'd probably consider myself a murderer rather then a emotional self-sacrificing hero.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:08 pm
LibidinalCatharsis Most people would pick B. But, see... if that person stays alive, they will have to wander the earth with the torture and memory of knowing you died for them. Whereas to die is to experience releif of EVERYTHING. That includes guilt, remorse, etc., for letting someone else die for you. So I kind of think that if you really love someone, you'll let them die... and go through the torture of knowing they no longer live, knowing that they are happy (or at least feel nothing) wherever they are. No offense, but that seems like the "angsty teenager" way of looking at it. No matter how much you loved that person, life does go on. Anyone alive past their teenage years will tell you that. Anyone who's lost someone very close and dear to them as an adult will tell you that. A couple of years ago, I would have agreed that you had a very good point, but I'm not a teenager anymore. When I say this, I'm not making personal attacks against you. I'm not saying teenagers are stupid and ned to grow up. All I mean is that maturity changes the way people look at life. By the way, I would die for the one I love. And it would probably be in an attempt to save us both.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:29 pm
Yeah, I would die for the one I love. It may or may not be the person I'm with right now, but, if there is such a person, I would definitely die for them. And, if I could, I would tell them not to feel bad, not to worry, as I'll always be there for them.
Oh my, I'm getting quite teary-eyed with my own drama. I'mma go now.
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:43 pm
Absolutely. Though perhaps my love situation is a bit unusual.
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:51 pm
My love situation is also unusual. But I'd have to say I'd die for the boy I love if he wanted to live. Personally (Christian belief coming out here) I believe the girl in a relationship should be submissive to her bf/fiance/husband. I do agree that it would be hard for the one who lived to see the other die, but if their faith is strong and they know their loved one's faith was strong to, they can live in peace knowing the deceased is in a good place and that they'll meet again soon. If it were for someone like my brothers or best friend it'd depend. That's not to sound mean or anything. I'm just saying, which would be a wiser choice? You know? Bah, that sounds mean either way so I'm gonna stop and hope everybody understands what I mean anyway redface
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:15 pm
Would I die for the one I love? Well, first of all, me being me, I have, probably too many questions, that need to be answered; if you dont answer them, I'll try and answer them all, with as many different situations as I can possibly think of.
So, onto the question, would I die for the one I love? Well, what is my situation? Am I the only money maker? Do I have kids? Is my significant other good or bad with money? How would the grief affect my significant other, if I chose to die? How would the grief affect me if I let my significant other die? What type of death is it? Is my significant other watching me die, how will that affect them? Am I watching my significant other die, how will that affect me?
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:05 pm
I would kill myself to let some one live, but i wouldn't kill my self so easly.u know wat i mean?
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:57 am
It's only natural to give your all to whoever you love, for me at least.
But of course, I'd rather make sure that I'm strong enough to protect both of our lives. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:58 pm
Well, if you think about it, the whole hypothetical situation is flawed. If a man is telling you to choose between you or your lover, chances are he's already mentally unstable and has made up his mind to kill us both. At this point he'd only be playing mind games. At which point I'd probably die trying to save us both.
Now, if its to block a bullet from someone randomly shooting, I'd do it in a heart beat. A situation like that, the person is more wound up than mentally unstable.
Or even if it was to swim out into a raging river to save my loved one, I'd do it. Of course I know how to swim rather well but the fact stands I would put my life on the line for someone I loved without thinking twice.
I think a trickier question here would be: Would you sacrifice yourself to save 2000 people you didn't know?
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:41 pm
Tigress Dawn I think a trickier question here would be: Would you sacrifice yourself to save 2000 people you didn't know? If they were 2,000 idiots who won't learn anything from my sacrifice, no. To be honest, I wouldn't sacrifice myself for 2,000 Indonesians. Why? Because they are mostly uneducated, hypocritical bigots. domokun
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:23 pm
Honestly, I cannot think of any single person I would give my life for. Maybe I'm callous, but I see all of us as equal, and no one is important enough to me that I would lay down my life for them, as horrible as it may sound.
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:50 pm
i dont think id lay my life down for one person. many, yes. one.....
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:26 pm
I am a hopeless romantic. Of course I would give my life for someone I love. If I felt that that persons life was worth saving then of course I would do it. There is one person who I love who I would let die because I just want him out of my life at this point.Go ahead, ask why, but it was all so confusing.
.............................Now that I think about it, I would still probably give my life for him. I haven't completely let go and I know that if I ever saw him hurt or alone I would try to help him. There's just something about his eyes that make me feel like I know him. Like I've known him for years. Almost as if we were in love in another lifetime or something. It's odd,but it's true.
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:15 pm
I can tell you that I most certainly would. The person I have in mind right now is someone I love in a platonic sense, but the root is the same. I would die for her, for several reasons. For one thing, she has a warm, loving, caring family who would miss her terribly. I wouldn't be surprised if I wound up killing myself in a situation such as that because of guilt and regret. Besides, Akasha is a beautiful person. She's a genuinely GOOD PERSON. There aren't many of those, and if I could give my life to save one, I would. With no hesitation whatsoever.
If it was someone I loved in a romantic sense - and I mean really, really, head-over-heels, this-person-is-my-soulmate kind of love... I would. I know that I would, because that's part of who I am.
I know that if someone did that for me, I would feel guilty about it. For a little while. But it wouldn't be nearly the same or as bad as the guilt I know I'd feel if I just stood by and let someone die, if I made the ultimate selfish decision and placed my life above someone else's, when I know that I'm not worth any more than they are, and quite possibly less.
In that situation, I see only two options. I die, or we both die.
Horribly melodramatic, I know, but that's the way I feel.
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