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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Speed
(submitted by student) In the movie Speed, the main character has a choice to either save his own life, or risk his life to save a girl he just met. If you were in his position, what would you do and why?
20 comments:
LeBron
said...
If I was in this situation I would choose to save my own life. Why would I save the life of a girl I just met and that I barely know, unless she meant something to me. I would say if the guy really cares about her then he should risk his life.
I agree with lebron ^. If i just met the girl, i dont see a point in dieing for her. I wouldnt know much about her so its not like i would be losing soemthing that meant alot to me. But if i had met her and i knew she meant alot to someone i loved, i would give my life for her. I wouldnt want a person i love to be upset that i let the person they have feelings for die.
i agree with both lebron and liittle miss sunshine. There is no reason to risk your own life just to save the life of a stranger. It would be pointless to try to save a stranger and may be even losing your own life in the process.
I agree with all of you. If i was in this position I would definitely choose to save my own life over some one I don't even know. Now, if this girl had made a huge impression on me and say I was falling in love with her or something along those lines, I would have to seriously consider the circumstances of the situation, otherwise, if I completely didn't know here, then I would save my own life.
i would attemp to save both lives but if their was only one opption i would save my own. It makes more sense to save your own life then some one you dont know ecause for all u know she could be a murderer.
I don't agree with LeBron because even though you may not know her it is still the right thing to do. Lets say that you only saved yourself then you would have an enormous amount of guilt. Another reason why is that if you did save them then you would feel good knowing that you went back to help, not to mention they would be thanking you for going back.
I agree with fitzy12 because I would not want to die or see a person die right in front of me. Even though I do not know who the girl is I still would not want to see her die. I would try to save both myself and her. I also agree with CharlesM because i would not want to feel giulty. But if I lived after being shot that would lead me to saving her life. I would not decide what to do until the last minute.
i feel the right thing to do is to sav the other person however me personally i would probably save myself unless i knew she had a family at home and kids that need there mother so if it was like that i would save her and not myself.
I would risk my life to help the girl because it is the right thing to do. First if i saved myself i would have to live with the guilt that i just sat by and watched someone else die. Also it speaks to my proper gentlemen's manners. I belive the theme is in life you have to make choices because this is clearly a major choice in this man's life.
I would save myself first unless i really knew that person and they met something special to me. If i had a chance to save both of us then i would do that even if i don't know that person.
I would save my own life unless the person I just met was important or ment something to me after that short time of knowing them. It may seem selfish but I dont really know them to actually care about them. However If i did actually care for them I would save them because I would put my life after anyone else because I would want them to have a life if i couldn't.
i would save my own life. i'd save my own life because i just meet the girl. its not like i kown alot about her so what does she mean to me? if i could save my life and the girls then i would but i'd save my self frist
If i was ever in this situation i would save my own life. This is because if i don't know anything about the person then why would i save them it's not like they ever did anything to help me. Also i won't feel bad if the person dies because i don't know them very well so it won't affect my life.
If I was ever in this situation, I would save my own life because if I don't know the person then why should I save her? For example, if a plane crashes and some people are still alive (including yourself) would you get out of there or would you save someone else? To me, thats a huge risk and isn't worth it.
This would be a very hard decision to make i would deffinetly have to know some background to this girl but i would try to save her life as well as mine.
I wouldnt save the girl because how should i know her? i agree with kayla on a background check of this girl before i make my decision. if she was a good person it would be a eye clawing decision but if she was a bad person and could harm people in return of my sacrifice itd be an automatic no
It depends on how risky the task is to save her. If the chance of me dieing was about 50% or greater I probably wouldn't save her because I hardly Know her and if I attempt and fail to save her I would die for nothing. However, if the chance of dieing was about 20% I might save her because It would seem like the right thing to do.
I agree with "cstrachan" because I would probably wake up every morning and imagine the horror of the girl dying. In addition I agree with "I'm Joe King" too because I wouldn't want to try to save her life and die with her unless I knew her and she meant something to me.
Interesting to see a lot of people admit that they might not make the altruistic choice right off the bat...if you don't know what altruistic means then you know what to do - H
i agree with everyone who said that they would risk their lives to save the girl. i would never be able to live with the guilt of having the chance to save someone but choosing to let them die just to save myself, like cstrachan said. i think that would also be extremely selfish to leave them. and also if i saved them i might benefit like if we became really good friends. so i would choose to risk my life to save them.
20 comments:
If I was in this situation I would choose to save my own life. Why would I save the life of a girl I just met and that I barely know, unless she meant something to me. I would say if the guy really cares about her then he should risk his life.
I agree with lebron ^. If i just met the girl, i dont see a point in dieing for her. I wouldnt know much about her so its not like i would be losing soemthing that meant alot to me. But if i had met her and i knew she meant alot to someone i loved, i would give my life for her. I wouldnt want a person i love to be upset that i let the person they have feelings for die.
i agree with both lebron and liittle miss sunshine. There is no reason to risk your own life just to save the life of a stranger. It would be pointless to try to save a stranger and may be even losing your own life in the process.
I agree with all of you. If i was in this position I would definitely choose to save my own life over some one I don't even know. Now, if this girl had made a huge impression on me and say I was falling in love with her or something along those lines, I would have to seriously consider the circumstances of the situation, otherwise, if I completely didn't know here, then I would save my own life.
i would attemp to save both lives but if their was only one opption i would save my own. It makes more sense to save your own life then some one you dont know ecause for all u know she could be a murderer.
I don't agree with LeBron because even though you may not know her it is still the right thing to do. Lets say that you only saved yourself then you would have an enormous amount of guilt. Another reason why is that if you did save them then you would feel good knowing that you went back to help, not to mention they would be thanking you for going back.
I agree with fitzy12 because I would not want to die or see a person die right in front of me. Even though I do not know who the girl is I still would not want to see her die. I would try to save both myself and her. I also agree with CharlesM because i would not want to feel giulty. But if I lived after being shot that would lead me to saving her life. I would not decide what to do until the last minute.
i feel the right thing to do is to sav the other person however me personally i would probably save myself unless i knew she had a family at home and kids that need there mother so if it was like that i would save her and not myself.
I would risk my life to help the girl because it is the right thing to do. First if i saved myself i would have to live with the guilt that i just sat by and watched someone else die. Also it speaks to my proper gentlemen's manners. I belive the theme is in life you have to make choices because this is clearly a major choice in this man's life.
I would save myself first unless i really knew that person and they met something special to me. If i had a chance to save both of us then i would do that even if i don't know that person.
I would save my own life unless the person I just met was important or ment something to me after that short time of knowing them. It may seem selfish but I dont really know them to actually care about them. However If i did actually care for them I would save them because I would put my life after anyone else because I would want them to have a life if i couldn't.
i would save my own life. i'd save my own life because i just meet the girl. its not like i kown alot about her so what does she mean to me? if i could save my life and the girls then i would but i'd save my self frist
If i was ever in this situation i would save my own life. This is because if i don't know anything about the person then why would i save them it's not like they ever did anything to help me. Also i won't feel bad if the person dies because i don't know them very well so it won't affect my life.
If I was ever in this situation, I would save my own life because if I don't know the person then why should I save her? For example, if a plane crashes and some people are still alive (including yourself) would you get out of there or would you save someone else? To me, thats a huge risk and isn't worth it.
This would be a very hard decision to make i would deffinetly have to know some background to this girl but i would try to save her life as well as mine.
I wouldnt save the girl because how should i know her? i agree with kayla on a background check of this girl before i make my decision. if she was a good person it would be a eye clawing decision but if she was a bad person and could harm people in return of my sacrifice itd be an automatic no
It depends on how risky the task is to save her. If the chance of me dieing was about 50% or greater I probably wouldn't save her because I hardly Know her and if I attempt and fail to save her I would die for nothing. However, if the chance of dieing was about 20% I might save her because It would seem like the right thing to do.
I agree with "cstrachan" because I would probably wake up every morning and imagine the horror of the girl dying. In addition I agree with "I'm Joe King" too because I wouldn't want to try to save her life and die with her unless I knew her and she meant something to me.
Interesting to see a lot of people admit that they might not make the altruistic choice right off the bat...if you don't know what altruistic means then you know what to do - H
i agree with everyone who said that they would risk their lives to save the girl. i would never be able to live with the guilt of having the chance to save someone but choosing to let them die just to save myself, like cstrachan said. i think that would also be extremely selfish to leave them. and also if i saved them i might benefit like if we became really good friends. so i would choose to risk my life to save them.
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