FUCKING THREADWINNINGLY VICTORIOUS! XDXDXDXDXDthiosk said:[HEADING=3]After the fall of civilization, you best protect yourselves.
Because I'm feeding you all to my cat.[/HEADING]
FUCKING THREADWINNINGLY VICTORIOUS! XDXDXDXDXDthiosk said:[HEADING=3]After the fall of civilization, you best protect yourselves.
Because I'm feeding you all to my cat.[/HEADING]
Nothing against the rest of your post, but that point is completely meaningless, the same logic could be applied to other people, not just a pet. Why save your friend over a stranger when you could just make friends with the stanger to replace him? It's fucking pointless to state hypothetical potential futures, sure it might happen, but it has no place in the process of actually making the decision of which to save, pet or stranger.Chronologger said:EDIT: Did you people ever consider that the companionship that you had with your pet could be replaced and made even better by forming a companionship by whoever you just saved? You just saved someones life, surely they're going to be grateful, who wouldn't be? Not that companionship should be the main focus of this question obviously.
First of all, maybe that situation was a bit complicated for you then, I'll try to make it as bare-bones as possible because obviously you're looking for excuses to save the pet over the human.ravensheart18 said:If they are in my house I either know them or they are a burgler. Either answer invalidates the OP's "stranger you know nothing about" premise and thus your example is invalid.Chronologger said:Over 700 people chose their pet.
Really now, you're serious?
Think about it, your house is burning down for some reason, you walk into a room and you can see your dog and another human stuck under some collapsed ceiling.
And you people would go help the dog, knowing another human being has died because of your choice?
What the hell is wrong with you people?
No. Someone who is your friend because they owe you is not a friend.EDIT: Did you people ever consider that the companionship that you had with your pet could be replaced and made even better by forming a companionship by whoever you just saved? You just saved someones life, surely they're going to be grateful, who wouldn't be? Not that companionship should be the main focus of this question obviously.
If you think me deciding I'd save my dog whos not only my been a best friend but also like family to me for as long as I can remember over you makes me selfish well then I guess Im a selfish bastard! Nothing against you personally though I mean if I had time I'd go right back into whatever had been trying/about to kill you and my dog and try to save you. But my dog as I've said would have to come first.Brawndo said:Even as a pet owner myself (I have a cat), I feel that people who put the lives of animals they own over other human beings are SELFISH. Selfish because their pets love them unconditionally and provide companionship, and they don't want to give this source of happiness up, while many people don't get along well with other humans. However, I personally could never live with the guilt knowing that I let another human being with family, friends, a significant other, a job where they provide value to others, hopes, and dreams die for an animal that is barely self-aware and mainly exists to make me happy and entertain me.
It would pain me to do so, but I would kill my cat myself so that any one of you may live.
I know I'm not going to like the response but I gotta ask. What if the OP is the same gender as you?The Stonker said:If you would have sex with me twice a day for a whole year then I would pick you.
Otherwise my pet.
Try telling that to the guy you're leaving to die. Might be harder in person.00slash00 said:some people value the lives of animals just as much as the lives of humans, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Under what rationality would I be selfish for choosing the life of my beloved animal to whom may have been apart of my life for years over a stranger? For all intended purposes you could be an individual I would rather see dead. Granted, I cede that is making presumptions I cannot possibly know, regardless you have no value by comparison. Whereas you could not live with the guilt, I would not have any to begin with. Fate demanded a choice and I chose.Brawndo said:Even as a pet owner myself (I have a cat), I feel that people who put the lives of animals they own over other human beings are SELFISH. Selfish because their pets love them unconditionally and provide companionship, and they don't want to give this source of happiness up, while many people don't get along well with other humans. However, I personally could never live with the guilt knowing that I let another human being with family, friends, a significant other, a job where they provide value to others, hopes, and dreams die for an animal that is barely self-aware and mainly exists to make me happy and entertain me.
It would pain me to do so, but I would kill my cat myself so that any one of you may live.