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guybrush  ·  4367 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hypothetical for the day

I know yours is the morally correct answer, but I would, if my two options were limited to just those specified in the question (which would never be true). Because if I lived in a world where people, both collectively and individually, didn't care enough about me that they were willing for me to slowly starve to death, I would owe them nothing. That said, I could/would never actually kill someone - I don't even kill insects (excluding wasps - we have an ongoing feud).





user-inactivated  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hypocrite!

guybrush  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In what sense?

user-inactivated  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well you kill wasps, but nothing else. Rather hypocrite-ish if you ask me.

guybrush  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the clarification. When I was five, my older brother told me to catch a 'hoverfly' in a jar, from outside their nest at the base of a tree. I learned two things that day. 1) My brother is not an expert in flora and fauna. 2) Wasps are not to be trusted and must be eliminated on sight. To clarify, this stance only applies to the 'standard' wasp found in the UK.

user-inactivated  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was mostly a joke, sorry you took offense. And that's a pretty hilarious story.