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The UNTHINKABLE!?

Imagine this. Total anarchy! The government is overthrown. There is no law, no order. Homes are burning to the ground and the lives of you, your friends and your family are in great danger. You travel as a pack to protect each other, but you have no guns.

Meanwhile, you are being chased by a large number of people who want to do harm to you and your loved ones. It's dark, but you find safety in a nearby abandoned building. You MUST be in total silence in order to avoid these evil-doers. There are a lot of children with you (one of them being your infant child).

As the evil mob passes by, your child is about to cry. You immediately cover their mouth with your hand. The longer you leave your hand on them, the chances greatly increase of you smothering them to death. But, if you take your hand off, the mob will hear the cries and find your location.

So, what would you do? Take the life of your child in order to save yourself and the rest of your loved ones or do you let your child cry and take your chances, unarmed?

Update:

Yeah, and don't tell me that was the last episode of "M*A*S*H*". I know that!

I am asking you, what would YOU do in this situation.

This is a question designed for the reader to analyze, think then answer. If you have difficulty doing all of the above, then don't answer.

;-]

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  • 1 decade ago
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    omg.. a really really great question.. kudos.. but to answer it.. being a female and a cancer i would not be able to kill my own child... i would rather die then to kill one of my kids. i would take my chances.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hold my child's mouth and hope they pass by quick,so I can remove my hand from it's mouth.

    Or stick a bottle in its mouth. If I didnt have a bottle then well... we could always do it the old fashioned way.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is like the life story of Homer Simpson.

  • josh
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Keep running,and praying.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i just wouldn't cover the kid's nose.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The kid would have wanted it this way.

    Source(s): R.I.P.
  • 1 decade ago

    crush them into a car and drive away

  • 1 decade ago

    yeah sorry but this is unthinkable, I always have a weapon!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    LMAO. Cool story!

    Idk what I'd do though. Maybe, may I?, hit him in the back of the neck and knock him out temporally.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    kill the baby?if it is not mine i dont care

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