Who would you take a bullet for? - Page 2

stabn · #11 10-02-2007, 04:44 PM

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I mean, there are so many people out there who are going to make humanity better off.

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Oh well then sure. I will take a bullet for edfurlong. I don't want the robots taking over.

ahnuld · #12 10-02-2007, 05:18 PM

Muhammad Yunus

gumpzilla · #13 10-02-2007, 05:28 PM

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Muhammad Yunus

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Why not just give him a [censored] ton of money instead? Or ask how you could help with his initiatives? It seems very strange to me to have these questions like "Would you die for this philanthropic stranger?" when we can address it in concrete, real world terms instead. Basically, I'm unconvinced that anybody who isn't already giving this guy like 15% minimum of their worldly goods is going to step up and get shot for him

goebbelboy · #14 10-02-2007, 05:32 PM

It would not sit well with my grandparents if I died for someone named Muhammad.

ahnuld · #15 10-02-2007, 05:32 PM

I dont feel a micro credit system based off of donations will work to solve anything. Its not a question of money, but will he accomplish more good in the world than me. For that man, I can safely say yes.

jackflashdrive · #16 10-02-2007, 05:33 PM

A better question might be "Is there a number of random people you don't know that you would die to save?" E.g., 100 random strangers somewhere throughout the world.

I'd be surprised if most people would substitute their life to save even a million random strangers.

ahnuld · #17 10-02-2007, 05:34 PM

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A better question might be "Is there a number of random people you don't know that you would die to save?" E.g., 100 random strangers somewhere throughout the world.

I'd be surprised if most people would substitute their life to save even a million random strangers.

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that would depress me very much. I think I would die for 10 random strangers, although I know people who would do it for 2.

gumpzilla · #18 10-02-2007, 05:35 PM

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I dont feel a micro credit system based off of donations will work to solve anything.

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I assume you mean that he has no use for his money. That's why I included option 2, ask how you can further his initiatives. You're willing to die for that guy, but not go work for him and further his goals that way?

Alternatively, maybe you mean you disagree with the fundamental efficacy of what he's trying to do, in which case . . .

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Its not a question of money, but will he accomplish more good in the world than me. For that man, I can safely say yes.

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. . . makes no sense to me.

gumpzilla · #19 10-02-2007, 05:37 PM

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that would depress me very much. I think I would die for 10 random strangers, although I know people who would do it for 2.

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What exactly is the Mother Teresa lifestyle they have adopted? How are they pursuing their clearly singular humanitarian vision, since they have such an uncommon love for Man?

jackflashdrive · #20 10-02-2007, 05:42 PM

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A better question might be "Is there a number of random people you don't know that you would die to save?" E.g., 100 random strangers somewhere throughout the world.

I'd be surprised if most people would substitute their life to save even a million random strangers.

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that would depress me very much. I think I would die for 10 random strangers, although I know people who would do it for 2.

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You can save some random person's life for, I believe, about a $250 donation (I can try to find the link if someone wants it). This means that whenever you purchase anything for $250 or more (regardless of how much you already give to charity), you are essentially condemning a person to death so that you can have a material good.

Have you ever purchased something that costs more than $2,500? You are not sitting on a new sofa, you're sitting on the bodies of 10 dead africans.