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The Dog or the Stranger?
Posted on 09/21/2011 12:12:19 PM PDT by MNDude
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Wow! I was actually surprised that many people feel that way. I'm curious, any Freepers here that would answer in favor of the dog?
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:12:27 PM PDT
by
MNDude
To: MNDude
Gotta admit, the dog is my family.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:15:06 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: MNDude
If it is my dog I am personally responsible for its safety and well being - and if it drowns it is my fault.
A stranger - if an adult - is responsible for his own safety - and he has nobody to blame but himself for getting in ‘over his head’.
Women and children I would save first. An adult male - sink or swim while I save my dog- THEN I will save him.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:16:47 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: MNDude
Is the stranger wearing an Obama T-Shirt?
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:17:22 PM PDT
by
KittenClaws
(A closed mouth gathers no foot.)
To: MNDude
I have to be honest. In a pressure situation like that, where I was acting on gut instinct and not on logical thought, I'd probably save my dog.
Logically speaking, of course, a human's life is worth more than a dog's. However, when humans are operating in a crisis, we don't always behave logically.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:18:58 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: MNDude
What if the stranger was Obama? Now that's tough. My dog has way more character and integrity. I'd probably jump in and drown with my dog, and then tell the Lord that I just couldn't handle the dilemma.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:21:02 PM PDT
by
throwback
( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
To: MNDude
Really tough to answer. Two of my dogs I helped whelp, the third is the dam.
What if the generic person was a child? Would the answer change?
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:21:08 PM PDT
by
Roos_Girl
(The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: MNDude
Guaranteed the dog did NOT vote for Obama.
Ya don’t know about the “stranger”.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:22:05 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: MNDude
You save the person, not the dog, for the same reason that unborn children should be protected: with rare exceptions, human life has priority over other concerns.
To: MNDude
I would save Sir Winston before I would save a stranger. He's a vital member of our family.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:23:10 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: MNDude
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:23:32 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
To: MNDude
LOL I’m going to catch “H” for that one I just posted, because somebody is going to hit me on Democrat dogs voting, but OK. Guaranteed the FReeper’s dog didn’t vote for Obama.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:23:56 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: MNDude
More importantly, what is that stranger doing in the water with my dog?
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:25:22 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
To: rockinqsranch
I admit, the dilemma would grow if the stranger just came from a car plastered with bumper stickers :)
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:25:45 PM PDT
by
MNDude
To: ConorMacNessa
It’s good to know he can help with the carpooling too.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:25:51 PM PDT
by
goldi
(')
To: MNDude
Wow! I was actually surprised that many people feel that way. I’m curious, any Freepers here that would answer in favor of the dog?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heh heh. If you were surprised that many people felt that way, then based on FReeper responses...
How do you feel now?
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:25:59 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
To: MNDude
It's a theoretical question.
Nobody really knows what they'd do in a situation like this until they're in it.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:27:14 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
To: allmendream
If my dog is drowning, there’s a pretty good chance its a direct result of my own actions.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:27:14 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: MNDude
Depends...if it was a child, I’d save the child.
I’d have a hard time deciding any other situation, and I think it would be decided only upon being put in that circumstance. Like they say, you never know how you’re going to react until you’re in the situation.
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:28:15 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: MNDude
“Saving the person serves me in no way”
And after all, it’s all about ME, isn’t it?
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posted on
09/21/2011 12:31:27 PM PDT
by
flyingx
(Woodrow F. Call for President - "Newt, git yer rope.")
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