Say there was a homeless guy walking down the street. He colapses, and he is rushed to the hospital. He has no ID, no family to report him missing, nobody has any idea who he is.
It turns out he has a rare disease that can only be cured one way. By having someone continuously give him a blood transfusion for 9 strait months.
Obviously nobody should be forced to give the blood transfusion, that would be like rape. Lets say however that the hospital sweetens the deal. They set up a roulette wheel with 200 spaces. If you spin the wheel you get $20. If you land on 00 however, you get plugged into the guy.
So you figure what the hell there is only a 1 in 200 chance of hitting 00. So you spin, you lose and get plugged in. Nobody forced you to spin the wheel. It was your choice that got you where you are. can you unplug? You knew the potential consequenses of spinning the wheel, nobody can be blamed but you. Unplugging will kill this man. Should you be allowed to do it?
2006-07-24 19:08:44 · 15 answers · asked by Batman 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Come on batman you suppose tobe smarter than this!
The bat computer would tell you that you would not get one person to donate all the blood, you would get multiple donors.
2006-07-24 19:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by happymrzot 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A person's body is their own, and therefore, the choice is ultimately up to them. Can you live with it after you do? When all is said and done, that's what really matters--if you can deal with it, why can't everyone else? Since you know that some people will be upset, don't talk to them about it, because they obviously feel differently.
It's funny, that those same people that would talk about you for unplugging, didn't bother to help the homeless man while he was conscious.
And, they won't shed a tear for him after he dies. They'll talk though, about you for stopping the fair and square deal. Maybe they take gambles like this all the time. Maybe this was your first time. Maybe you actually needed that $20.00 to buy food for your family. Would that have made a difference? Yes. Will people stop talking? No.
To answer your question, you should be allowed to do it, because it's your own body, and you have your own reasons.
2006-07-25 02:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by classyjazzcreations 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the stranger questions of the night, but i myself donate blood every 8 weeks to the red cross so it wouldn't bother me in the least bit to donate some blood to the guy, who cares if he is homeless, he is a person after all. I don't need the blood so i donate, i think that everyone should,it is sad that 80% of Americans think donating blood is a good thing but only 20% donate on a regular basis.
2006-07-25 03:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyday there is someone who selflessly gives to help others....we've seen this on the news....as far as the wheel thing....people take the same chances in driving when they decide to drive and when they get into an accidents they have to deal with it.....how about the people who do drugs....there is a chance they may die but they take it anyway....or the people who chose satan over Jesus.....they go to hell and they cant go back.....consequences are a daily thing.
2006-07-25 02:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by storge07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah you should be allowed to let the man die. He isn't your responsibility, regardless of whether you played the game or not. And there isn't a 199 in 200 chance that a person will get pregnant after having sex, this is a stupid analogy.
2006-07-25 02:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by holidayspice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro-Choice, a woman right to control her body, has nothing to do with economics of medical care. Your example, poor as it might be, is a question about how and when medical care should be given. Donation of blood is different than murdering for blood, but you like to confuse the issue.
A man who can not pay for medical care should he be allowed to die? Even though we have the medical knowledge to save his life.
Did you vote? And was that issue debated in the race?
Like I said, the economics of medical care is a political issue, so write your representatives about how medical care will be financed.
Pro Choice? The choice is yours.
2006-07-25 02:19:50 · answer #6 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could be the dumbest argument for anti-choice I've read. Bravo!
Let just start with the presuppostion that a homeless guy is the same as a conglomeration of cells. Duh they're not. An 8 week old embryo is NOT a human. And yes it has POTENTIAL for life, but so do the skin cells you wash away every day in the shower you murderer!
2006-07-25 02:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by GobleyGook 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it was your choice to spin the wheel, no. You knew that it had potential consequences. You have to live up to those actions now. If you unplug it would be murder.
2006-07-25 02:14:57 · answer #8 · answered by mikey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, no. You made the CHOICE to go willingly, to spin the wheel
IF you were not prepared for the cosequences, DONT SPIN THE WHEEL!
Wear a condom!
2006-07-25 02:14:54 · answer #9 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would never happen, so it is moot. Try asking your question without masking behind some illogically hypothetical story.
2006-07-25 02:13:05 · answer #10 · answered by kiz_ma_az 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋