Originally posted by Afro Cheese
It's not something I would be entirely thrilled over but I couldn't let somebody die if it was that easy to stop it, even if I didn't know them.
And thats possibly the ideal answer to this (if there is one)
Putting a human being's life before your own vanity. 👆 You are the only person I have discussed this with that hasnt said ''yeah i would only if it was family member''
I cant answer this - i guess I am vain, and kinda ashamed.
Gotta say Milla, LOVE the whole cute "are you following me" bits. Genius and all that.
But seriously, while I've regained composure, here's your question:
"Would you save someone's life if that meant you would have to be 75 pounds overweight for the rest of your life?"
My answer was no. Did you ask if I would save a family members life? No you did not.
My family members mean something to me, that's the purpose of family. I don't walk the street thinking "I hope that guy would be obese for the rest of his life if it meant saving my mum." Why is that his problem? If you're not family or a friend, you don't mean anything to me. Simple as. If I'm not going to see you, if you are not part of my life, then you being dead or alive is irrelevant.
Unless someones answer makes you happy or happens to be the same as yours, you get in a strop. Stop acting like a child everytime you get spanked in a debate. Tiresome.
-AC
Re: Vanity
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Would you save someone's life if that meant you would have to be 75 pounds overweight for the rest of your life?Those are the conditions - if you save the person, you WILL be 75 pounds overweight, and there's no compromise or possibility of losing that weight.
So, in all honesty, would you save someone's life if that meant you being obese for the rest of your life?
75lbs, 100lbs, 175lbs it don't matter. I would, not because of heroic deeds or to gain recognition, but becuase despite the misery of this world saving a life is still an important issue. Even when I support things like the death penalty or taking revenge on somebody.....saving a life in an emergency or in a disaster is very important.
I know I might sound like a hypocrite but saving a life is important. Life is precious and gaining weight because of saving a life is nothing but a small price to pay.
What good is life if you're unable to live it happily?
I guess that all depends on how happy you would be obese. I wouldn't be happy but like I said, it depends on who I'm obese for. If it was someone who meant something to me, I most likely would but even then, I might be making THEM unhappy by doing it.
If it was someone I'm never ever gonna see, no.
-AC
Originally posted by BackFire
If you would become unhappy by becoming fat then I really have to question how happy you are to begin with.
Great point 👆
Wow, im kinda stunned at the replys - i think i expected all replies to be ike AC - bit of a shocker there.
The question was meant to question our vanity - and it seems not many people here are so...
I'm not a vain person.
I just don't see why the hell I should become obese to save the life of someone I'd never see or meet, coz I wouldn't know if they were alive or dead anyway.
Family member, almost certainly. Friend, depending on who, likely.
There are never really any replies like mine. There's only one me.
-AC
I don't care if people like, love, dislike or hate me.
I don't believe the question solves vanity at all because it's not vanity to say you wouldn't. By no means is someone being vain by saying they wouldn't, unless they are saying it purely because they value their looks. Which I don't. Well, I don't NOT care but I'm no Paris Hilton.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I'm not a vain person.I just don't see why the hell I should become obese to save the life of someone I'd never see or meet, coz I wouldn't know if they were alive or dead anyway.
Family member, almost certainly. Friend, depending on who, likely.
There are never really any replies like mine. There's only one me.
-AC
No there are replys like yours and yeah you are a vain person - your looks is more important than someone's life, i cant think of anything more vain than that.
You are talking some crap about you saving your family member, when I wasnt asking would YOU save your family member. I was asking would you support a person who thought in the same way you did, if THAT PERSON could to save YOUR family member?
"No there are replys like yours and yeah you are a vain person - your looks is more important than someone's life, i cant think of anything more vain than that."
Lovely assumption I must say. Everybody observe the way she tells me what I think. Primo.
As I just stated, far beyond you to actually read my posts however, my looks don't matter shit to me. The reason why I wouldn't do it for a person I don't know and won't ever see is because I wouldn't know if they died or not anyway, unlike someone actually INVOLVED in my life.
Do you drive? Coz if your driving is anything like your ability to stay on topic and stick to things you previously say then I feel sorry for anyone in a car with you.
To answer, nobody HAS to save my family members. Nobody has that responsibility except people who willingly take it up as their profession. Even doctors and nurses are only obligated to do their best. I accept that to someone who doesn't know me or my family, my family members are nobodies. If someone said to me "Sorry buddy but I'm not being obese for you or someone you know, because well....they're nothing to me really." I would understand that because I'm not a hypocrite.
People are dying now that you've never seen, met or interacted with. What difference does it make if I save some random persons life? They're random to me. People are dying every day and to me, the only people worth going obese for are those I care about, why go obese for those I don't care about?
Answer: Because it's pointless.
Chill out and stop making assumptions. If you don't like getting paddled in a debate, don't try to out debate me on points that concern my own decisions.
-AC
And that was 10 paragprahs of ramble that didnt asnwer my question.
''Noone has to save my family'' - you're avoiding my question, because you cant answer it without being a hypocrite, can you?
It is an ''what if'' situation -so treating this as an ''what if situation'' answer my question -
Would you support a person who thought in the same way you did, if THAT PERSON could to save YOUR family member?
Yes or no - im not interested in your mindless ramble about something i havent asked you about .
I haven't dodged your question. You dodged the answer, but I'll post it again coz you make me laugh.
Your question to me: Would you support a person who thought in the same way you did, if THAT PERSON could to save YOUR family member?
My answer in previous post (with bold to help): To answer, nobody HAS to save my family members. Nobody has that responsibility except people who willingly take it up as their profession. Even doctors and nurses are only obligated to do their best. I accept that to someone who doesn't know me or my family, my family members are nobodies. If someone said to me "Sorry buddy but I'm not being obese for you or someone you know, because well....they're nothing to me really." I would understand that because I'm not a hypocrite.
You would have known all that had you actually read my post but that doesn't appear to be your forte darling, but for the sake of you, I'll re walk you through it coz it's hard, I know.
I accept that to someone who doesn't know me or my family, my family members are nobodies. If someone said to me "Sorry buddy but I'm not being obese for you or someone you know, because well....they're nothing to me really." I would understand that.
If you value the lives of people you've never had anything to do with or don't know, and would be willing to alter your life forever just to save their life, go you. I'm not for that and I've stated why.
All of your posts seem slightly hypocritcal coming from a girl who said "I don't know if I would or not" to some effect.
-AC
👆 Excellent - then thats ok.
Its rather frightening to think you would let someone die because of selfishness, and you would at the same time while watching your family member die, say ''its totally ok that this is happening because i would have done the same''
Its frightening and great i guess - becuase I could never do it.
I totally take back what i said about you being vain - You're selfish.