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View Poll Results: If HR4411 does pass, will you continue to play online when/if ways around the law prevail?
Yes 40 78.43%
No 11 21.57%
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Old 04-12-2007, 09:43 AM
A_C_Slater A_C_Slater is offline
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Question #1.

A trolley is coming down a track, and it's going to run over and kill five people if it continues. A person standing next to a track can flip a switch and turn the trolley onto a side track where it will kill one but save the five. Do you flip the switch and kill one to save the five?


Question #2.

A nurse comes up to a doctor and says "Doctor we've got five patients in critical care; each one needs an organ to survive. We do not have time to send out for organs, but a healthy person just walked into the hospital. We can take his organs and save the five. Is that OK?"
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Old 04-12-2007, 10:08 AM
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#2 is obvious. If you flip the switch in #1, you have committed murder. Mitigating circumstances? Perhaps. But murder nonetheless.
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Old 04-12-2007, 05:06 PM
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your tone in this thread is obnoxious.
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Old 04-12-2007, 05:35 PM
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your tone in this thread is obnoxious.

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Nice contribution. Would you like the discuss the OP, or is a comment on my tone the only thing you can come up with....
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Old 04-12-2007, 06:08 PM
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your tone in this thread is obnoxious.

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Nice contribution. Would you like the discuss the OP, or is a comment on my tone the only thing you can come up with....

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obviously i wouldn't like to discuss the OP else i would have.

thank you for recognizing my contribution toward helping you not suck.
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Old 04-12-2007, 07:26 PM
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thank you for recognizing my contribution toward helping you not suck.

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I apologize. After re-reading the thread, and slamming a couple of stiff drinks, I must now agree that I did indeed suck. It was certainly not my desire, or intent.

I allowed chezlaw's evasive responses to get under my skin, and that fact was glaringly obvious in the arrogant tone of my subsequent posts.

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Old 04-13-2007, 09:49 AM
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your tone in this thread is obnoxious.

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Nice contribution. Would you like the discuss the OP, or is a comment on my tone the only thing you can come up with....

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obviously i wouldn't like to discuss the OP else i would have.

thank you for recognizing my contribution toward helping you not suck.

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Old 04-12-2007, 11:19 AM
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1) is a fairly easy flip the switch. 2) is a stunningly easy not ok.

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Old 04-12-2007, 11:30 AM
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I assume the person making the decision would have no fear of getting caught?
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Old 04-12-2007, 11:38 AM
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1) is a fairly easy flip the switch. 2) is a stunningly easy not ok.



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