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I don't think that you or anyone has the right to be so judgmental as to who is willing to sacrifice their life for their child, any child, dog or a loved one. Until you are actually put in that position, it's not even fair to say that you would definitely sacrifice your life for another living being. Being hit by a train is a quick death, but what about running back into a burning house to save someone? Or jumping into a polar bear's pen at a zoo to save your child? And sure a mother's love is strong, but in these last two situations, it's much more likely that the mother would be screaming and crying frantically for a fireman or someone else to save their child instead of them actually jumping in to endanger herself for her child.
I'm just being very honest with my feelings on this subject. And if any of you supersduper moms should ever lose a child and you hesitated to risk your life in that situation, I would have enough compassion to wish that you didn't suffer from the guilt afterwards.
And in regards to the worth of a child over an adult, in the big picture, the earth is billions of years old and our lives are but a teeny speck in our planet's timeline. So just because I have only another 30 years left to live over their 70, doesn't mean that my 30 years isn't less valuable or precious than theirs. If anything, my best years in life started in my 30's and every year keeps getting better for me.
But stop being so judgmental about others. You only have the right to decide how worthy your own life is. You don't have the right to decide what defines a good mother or parent. And again, until you are actually put into that life or death decision, all your claims of motherly love are just idle talk.
[quote=miu;8294835]I don't think that you or anyone has the right to be so judgmental as to who is willing to sacrifice their life for their child, any child, dog or a loved one. Until you are actually put in that position, it's not even fair to say that you would definitely sacrifice your life for another living being. Being hit by a train is a quick death, but what about running back into a burning house to save someone? Or jumping into a polar bear's pen at a zoo to save your child? And sure a mother's love is strong, but in these last two situations, it's much more likely that the mother would be screaming and crying frantically for a fireman or someone else to save their child instead of them actually jumping in to endanger herself for her child.
I'm just being very honest with my feelings on this subject. And if any of you supersduper moms should ever lose a child and you hesitated to risk your life in that situation, I would have enough compassion to wish that you didn't suffer from the guilt afterwards.
And in regards to the worth of a child over an adult, in the big picture, the earth is billions of years old and our lives are but a teeny speck in our planet's timeline. So just because I have only another 30 years left to live over their 70, doesn't mean that my 30 years isn't less valuable or precious than theirs. If anything, my best years in life started in my 30's and every year keeps getting better for me.
But stop being so judgmental about others. You only have the right to decide how worthy your own life is. You don't have the right to decide what defines a good mother or parent. And again, until you are actually put into that life or death decision, all your claims of motherly love are just idle talk.[/quote
I don't think that you or anyone has the right to be so judgmental as to who is willing to sacrifice their life for their child, any child, dog or a loved one. Until you are actually put in that position, it's not even fair to say that you would definitely sacrifice your life for another living being. Being hit by a train is a quick death, but what about running back into a burning house to save someone? Or jumping into a polar bear's pen at a zoo to save your child? And sure a mother's love is strong, but in these last two situations, it's much more likely that the mother would be screaming and crying frantically for a fireman or someone else to save their child instead of them actually jumping in to endanger herself for her child.
I'm just being very honest with my feelings on this subject. And if any of you supersduper moms should ever lose a child and you hesitated to risk your life in that situation, I would have enough compassion to wish that you didn't suffer from the guilt afterwards.
And in regards to the worth of a child over an adult, in the big picture, the earth is billions of years old and our lives are but a teeny speck in our planet's timeline. So just because I have only another 30 years left to live over their 70, doesn't mean that my 30 years isn't less valuable or precious than theirs. If anything, my best years in life started in my 30's and every year keeps getting better for me.
But stop being so judgmental about others. You only have the right to decide how worthy your own life is. You don't have the right to decide what defines a good mother or parent. And again, until you are actually put into that life or death decision, all your claims of motherly love are just idle talk.
I did it for a number of years as part of my job description. I can clearly tell you what I would do in that spot. Saving people and sometimes having to make a choice that will either allow only one to live and the other to die is not something that anyone should take likely.
But I can tell you without a second thought that if it was my child or spouse that could be saved, the kid wins and I would bet my last dollar that my spouse would do the same thing and save the kid, I wouldn't want it any other way.
You may be "Honest" with your opinions, but I would bet that you are very young and have not had a very strong family tie in your life. As you get older, you will realise that there is more in life than yourself.
You clearly don't have a child, because that is a life changing option that you will naturally fall into once you hold your own child in your arms.
I would save a pet if there was a very good chance that I wasn't going to get killed or wounded, but no, the jumping in front of the train option is out.
Besides, if I couldn't get the dog to come when I called, he wasn't that great of a pet anyway, because it the past, they would come at the first whistle...
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