Moral debate

[techweenie]

Originally posted by notfarnow
What about a method of selection that's agreed upon by a majority? I don't know that you could ever find a method that is universally agreed upon.

That's an interesting dilemma. Is majority rule moral?

Often, the majority supports less-than-moral positions.

[svandamme]

Originally posted by techweenie
That's an interesting dilemma. Is majority rule moral?

Often, the majority supports less-than-moral positions.

also, old people , some of em senile or just plain mean by old age...

or kids...

how do those votes work


nah , in times of great peril , there cannot be democracy
nature wasn't designed that way ...

[artplumber]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
I'll field this one on behalf of everyone:

Mul - For the max benefit to the world, throw all the liberals overboard. (duh).

charleskiffer - This is a Code Red situation, those with the biggest CCWs will decide.

techweenie - there's no rain, there's no hole in the boat, it's in no danger of sinking, so there's therefore no reason to throw anyone overboard.

fastpat - For the good of the country, all criminal Northerners must go. Or cut-and-paste a patch for the boat. Either one.

Superman - for the max benefit to the world, everyone not as smart as him must go. (thus leaving only one person in the boat).

turbo6bar - don't need to toss anyone, do some research on sinking boats, plot everyone's weight on a graph to figure out the best distribution on the boat to prevent it from sinking. Historically, 86.3% of the time, the boat doesn't actually sink.

widebody - don't need to toss anyone - fabricate a new boat out of carbon fiber.

tabs - do whatever Mother says.

nostatic - 5 years ago: Do what the wife says. Today: A little green tea, some Zen meditation, stick a knife between his teeth and wrap a bandana around his head and swim to get help - it's only 1500 miles.

fintstone - no decision necessary, a black helicopter picked him up 10 minutes ago.

coolchick - start some debates to pass the time, in short order half the passengers will jump overboard voluntarily choosing death's sweet release.

I think we've found our standup comedian! LMAO

[ChrisBennet]

Originally posted by TerryH
Single men first, then married men, finally married men with family on the boat. We don't know how many of each catagory, but this order makes sense to me. If it came down to women, same order.

What's the reasoning on married men having a precedence over over unmarried men? Is this assuming that the unmarried man is a the breadwinner or something?
The way I see it, married men got lucky in love and the unmarried ones haven't had the chance yet.

Plan B - row back to the iceberg and get on it.
-Chris

[techweenie]

Originally posted by ChrisBennet
What's the reasoning on married men having a precedence over over unmarried men? Is this assuming that the unmarried man is a the breadwinner or something?
The way I see it, married men got lucky in love and the unmarried ones haven't had the chance yet.

Plan B - row back to the iceberg and get on it.
-Chris

Pretty nonsensical. Especially if the married man was a wife batterer or pedophile and the unmarried man a philanthropist or volunteer.

No, there is no moral superiority expressed by marital state, race or gender.

[notfarnow]

Originally posted by techweenie


No, there is no moral superiority expressed by marital state, race or gender.

What about age?

[techweenie]

Originally posted by notfarnow
What about age?

I don't think moral value is expressed in any quantifiable way. Only in qualifiable ways.

That's why I suggested the cop-out of unanimous choice of selection method, with volunteer substitutions.

Of course, I suppose everybody could jump overboard and let God decide.

[legion]

How would such a situation really turn out? Most likely everyone would drown because no one would have the cohones to try to save themselves over everyone else.

If someone did have the cohones, the strongest and most fit would survive, along with anyone they deemed worthy of saving.

Where do the biggest tits fit in this situation?

[artplumber]

Originally posted by Mark Wilson
Where do the biggest tits fit in this situation?

Most likely to float!

[M.D. Holloway]

All these arguments are valid if you’re setting up a society. Your not. You have to have the thought that help is on the way and at some point you will be saved. Without that thought pattern you end up developing a social model that will take generations to sort out - it ain't happening. Even if some of you survive the guilt and remorse you will have will be worse then death.

Say you start throwing the fatties, the old and the hurt over the side. And even some folks who are plenty healthy decide to give up the ghost (which will never happen BTW) take a powder and expire. And then the unthinkable happens...you get saved. You just sent a bunch of folks to their deaths because in your infinite wisdom you played God. Nice going! Thanks for killing my Grampy and fat Uncle Ned!

How does that fit in with big tits?
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I love saying tits.

[artplumber]

Originally posted by Mark Wilson
How does that fit in with big tits?
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I love saying tits.

No, really? What did you say?

[M.D. Holloway]

all the more reason to keep as many on board as possible. At some point, the hot chick will have to pee and then you get to watch!

Originally posted by artplumber
No, really? What did you say?

...........................................Wait for it................................................ .................................................. .................................................. ...................... TITS!!!!!!!!!!

[nota]

Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
I would begin by throwing over all the liberals. I think that once that dead weight is gone, the b!tching and moaning will stop and the boat will be able to sustain those left. For the greater good and for the love of humanity, even if that left one conservative on the boat and all the rest overboard, it would be a justified expenditure.

eazy moral choice throw the christians overboard
first they THINK they are SAVED
and you get rid of the fools who belive fairytales
who therefor are not rational anyway or usefull
and are likely to be neo-conned too
so it's a WIN WIN

BTW if in iceberg waters people in the water DIE quickly
and the more in the boat the more to bale out the water
and the warmer everyone will stay

[RoninLB]

"The majority should kill the four fattest people asap. As soon as they bloat and float tie them to the lifeboat to keep it afloat."


Humanity loses its charm in the end.

[M.D. Holloway]

why not just climb up on the iceburg and hang there until somebody arrives. You can go weeks without food and the ice would provide plenty of slushies in case you get thirsty!

The South side of the burg can be the conservative Baptists (always keeping a vigil eye out for intruders from the southern tip), the Northern side of the burg can be your democratic liberals, the west side can be where all the fruits and nuts hang out the middle can be where all the folks without accents and have a fair degree of tolerence will be.

[TerryH]

Originally posted by ChrisBennet
What's the reasoning on married men having a precedence over over unmarried men? Is this assuming that the unmarried man is a the breadwinner or something?
The way I see it, married men got lucky in love and the unmarried ones haven't had the chance yet.

Plan B - row back to the iceberg and get on it.
-Chris

I was trying to avoid creating more orphans in the world. Yes, I think a family mans life should be given more value for that reason alone. Should we make the children in the boat watch their fathers drown?

Wouldn't you as a father gladly drown rather than watch the entire raft go down with your family on it? The single guys on board would not have a motivational factor to sacrifice themselves. The single guys would have to be voted into the water to even the score with the married male volunteers.

Not saying this is correct logic, just mine atm. If I hear anything better I can give this up.

The married/single thing was my second choice behind putting who leaves to a vote.

[notfarnow]

Hey folks, I got my essay back. Got an A. I included a lot of the ideas discussed here, so thanks to those who contributed.