[Popman]

If we were on the Titanic and my wife had to choose if I, or our daughter,would get the last seat on the lifeboat I *know* she would choose,and would *urge* that she choose,our daughter. And if I was forced to make the same decision *I* would choose our daughter.

Wow... you can put that statement in a dictionary to explain what a strawman argument is...

Seriously, 99.9 % of family decisions are not a matter of life or death...

[Gay State Conservative]

Wow... you can put that statement in a dictionary to explain what a strawman argument is...

Strawman? Nope.Yes,that's an extreme example of my point but it nicely explains it.Our daughter is,and *should* be,more important to my wife than am I.And the reverse is also true.That's *not* to suggest that we're not *very* important to each other.

What would *you* do if it was you,your wife and daughter on the Titanic? Or is that too "strawman" for you?

And another thing just occurred to me...explain to me the stories one hears,often in relation to the awarding of the Medal of Honor,of solders,sailors,Airmen and Marines who fall on a grenade,run through gunfire to get to a buddy,etc at the cost of their own lives.Explain the folly of such acts.

And if you have 3 kids?

That's an easy one.Having already made all the arrangements I could in anticipation of my possible premature demise (life insurance,for example) my surviving family (including the child who got the seat in the lifeboat) would know that that's what spouses/parents do in desperate situations.