:
|
You're talking about the progression of mankind, and then you're talking about valuing one person's life over a thousand people's? From my view that is the ultimate selfish thing to say. One person died, a tragedy to his/her family - yet each of a thousand people are individuals, not in some kind of collective. Each one matters just as much as the other. I'd rather one family be broken and distraught than one-thousand.
|
I don't think you quite follow. I never made a statement concerning that quote in particular - all I said was - it's something to consider. If someone were to say "Oprah Winfrey died last night", people would definitely consider that a tragedy. If however, someone would say "100 people died when a car bomb exploded near a marketplace in Tikrit", most people would only see that as a statistic, because as soon as you start counting dead bodies, you tend to steer away from the individuality you mention. Indeed, each individual counts for his/her family, I can fully understand that, but I was being objective here when quoting and that's something you need to understand.
Also, in response to
:
|
You're talking about the progression of mankind, and then you're talking about valuing one person's life over a thousand people's? From my view that is the ultimate selfish thing to say.
|
;
Progression? Hello? When did I mention anything about the progression of mankind? All I see is regression, mind you. Also, I never said that I would value one person's life over a thousand. Please quote me if I did, because all I'm able to find is;
:
|
In reverse, that would be like valuing one person over a thousand. It doesn't hold for long. There is no difference between killing and killing. However, I'd be a hypocrite to say that I would rather let thousands die before one single man.
|
Read that thoroughly, it was only meant as a counterstatement to your first response. Basically, what I'm saying is that if you were to view it from another point of view, you might as well say that it's the same thing as valuing one person over a thousand. I never said I would be the person to do that though, so I'd appreciate it if you would spend some time reading what I've actually written and avoid twisting everything around.