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To: gobucks

If your Mom was dying of cancer, but telling her she would get better would extend her life and give her strength, would you lie to her?


700 posted on 01/26/2005 7:37:23 AM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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To: shubi
If your Mom was dying of cancer, but telling her she would get better would extend her life and give her strength, would you lie to her?

If you mean I was aware of the cancer, but she wasn't? This implies I have a time machine and I have proof she'd live longer by lying? Well, if I had the time machine, I suppose I would be tempted to enjoy having her around longer, by indulging in a lie of omission about the cancer she has...

but then I'd be playing the role of God, wouldn't I?

703 posted on 01/26/2005 7:48:41 AM PST by gobucks (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Ribeiro/laocoon.htm)
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