2006-09-12 09:53:45 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Dudes and dudettes, this is an hypothetical question asked in a vacuum. Don't read into it. Just answer it.
2006-09-12 10:21:49 · update #1
Choices have to be made .... Yes, I would have to say so. Thanks
2006-09-12 09:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by pitterpatter47 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dismissing the conspiracy theory implications of the question, I would say that the premise assumes that those who making the choice KNOW FOR A FACT that the saving of those 10 million lives is absolutely dependent upon the deaths of the 3,000. How can one ever know that? The decision to "kill some to save many" implies an arrogance that removes any moral authority from the act.
2006-09-12 17:11:38 · answer #2 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No hero kills 3000 people.
They were killed in order to provide an excuse to kill over a hundred thousand more, mainly women and children, and to have the control of the second largest oil reserves on the world so that the oil price could be raised from $25 per barrel to $75 per barrel, making a fortune for the killers.
2006-09-12 20:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean 9-11 was a plot by the saudi government to save 10 million arabs?
2006-09-12 16:57:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The trouble is that the 3000 become a fact, but the 10 million we have to take on trust. Then again it depends whether you, or your family, are one of the 3000. Or, if you are one of the 10 million. It's the same argument with 'capital punishment', is it me or one of my family.
2006-09-12 17:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was a government plot to imprison 10,000 people based upon their ethnicity, would you be ok with that?
3000, eh? I hope this is not a reference to 9/11... only a buffoon believes the "government conspiracy" ideas for that... besides, it'd have to have been concieved by the previous administration... and not even I would buy that..
2006-09-12 16:59:07 · answer #6 · answered by Archer Christifori 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The conspiracy to which you allude requires that 100s of people keep a single secret. Think about the book deals on telling and supporting that secret! Where are the book deals?! To answer the question, I would not call the government staff making that decision heroes since it's their job to protect the citizenry.
2006-09-12 16:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by stklotto 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is not a hypothetical question. It happens all the time(Or used to) It still does in parts of the world. China, Russia and in Rwanda, Cambodia. They target a group of expendables and save the rump if you get me? Its not so strange and you wont be told.,
2006-09-12 19:50:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me ask you a question. Would you be willing to be one of those 3000 heroes? No, they would be just unlucky. After all they were not given a choice.
2006-09-12 17:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by The Mick "7" 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because whether they killed the 3,000 or not, the 10 million would still suffer somehow. Why couldn't it just be left at 10,003,000? They are NOT heroes, they are Tyrants
2006-09-12 16:57:35 · answer #10 · answered by Rae 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because that presumes an awful lot of prescience on the part of the government. Put simply- they don't have a crystal ball so any such plot would be sheer fantasy on their part and criminally immoral.
2006-09-12 16:57:37 · answer #11 · answered by SWMynx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋