nope.

If anyone's experience would gear them towards helping others in the future it would be your friend. I think when the kid can understand what happened, the whole dead parents thing will probably overpower the caring stranger bit. Also the baby could turn out good or bad, your friend is obviously a friend for a reason. I'd say growing up an orphan would even lean him towards the bad side of the spectrum, best case scenario you're looking at 50/50. Not great odds in my personal opinion.

it is said that every single act we do is because we are selfish - even the good ones.
i think there is a grain of truth to that... my decision would probably be based on how i could live with myself after.

regardless of the scenario the core of what you're asking is - what kind of life do you value more - a friend or a stranger..

i think for me it would be a case to case basis ..
your particular scenario would be a no win situation for me because i couldnt live with myself after .. a young friend vs a baby - i couldnt chose.

an old bastard and a baby - i'd pick the baby (if there was absolutely nothing i could do for the old bastard)

since having my son i feel very strongly towards the protection of babys.. once you experience first hand how defensless, and dependant they are - on you - it really brings out the protector in you - or it did in me anyway.


re the blood disease thing - its nothing at all really - no measurable effect - didnt even know i had it till i was in my 30's and we dont even know what parent has it ..

the only risk is if i married someone with the same affliction - and had a baby - the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of getting the advanced version of the disease (alpha) and they dont live very long at all...

:rolleyes:

re - scenario
 

A few years back (college, i think) the class members had a similar scenario to the one mentioned; the difference was that the man/woman wasn't a friend but an imminent heart surgeon. It was later mentioned (after everybody had picked their choice) that the baby would grow up to be a millionaire who would spend his/her money helping the poor and giving money to medical charities; which would ultimately lead to a cure for Cancer and Aids, thereby saving millions across the globe; which sort of changed the whole scenario.

Without this knowledge most people went on gut instinct.

My own opinion (with or without, the later knowledge gained) was i would have chosen the baby - simply because unless we are extremely psychic, we can't possibly predict anyones future. The baby may go on to be the future president, or the most notorious mass murderer, history has ever known, or catch some virus that could end up in death or extreme disability

The "friend" may die on the operating table, get run over by a bus, die in a car crash while leaving the hospital etc

I think we can't really answer the question until we are ourselves faced with the actual problem.....Let our concience be our guide.

Fuck that. My blood, nobody's getting any.

As far as the old man goes, if I'm out of the house I don't care. If his screaming is going to disturb my watching reruns of Benny Hill, then I guess I might spray him with the garden hose so I could get some peace and quiet.

hmm, who was that guy???

as for me - i'd like to think that, rationally, i'd give the blood to the baby who has a whole life of potential ahead of him, but i think i'd probably give it to my friend out of sheer guilt


(and for the record, I am a pretentious asshole!)

oh - and big prayers to entity's friend - hope it helps!

LMMAO

Brilliant.

I would call Dracula and have him come over and vampirize the baby and then it'll have eternal life. Then I would get a zombie and have the zombie bite my friend and that would turn the friend into a walking ghoul creature. (Maybe after that he would shut the hell up for a change!!) Then they could both fight and someone could film it. I win; I win the thread.

Fuck it.....other than immediate family, no one gets my blood.



They would just get drunk anyway