Avicenna

All the Zeldas 

Noooooope. BlackasLight

Civ three and Civ four were both great. Hope this isn't terrible like Beyond Earth 

I love hiking! Most of my hiking has been limited to the Appalachians, but it's lotsa fun

No Frankfurt? What sort of Germany poll is this? 

https://viewing.nyc/now-at-the-bronx-zoo-name-a-cockroach-after-your-ex-for-just-10/

For just $10, you can name a cockroach at the Bronx Zoo after your ex!

If I ever go back to Chicago, I'll be grabbing pizza at Giordano's. Best pizza I've ever had. 

sever 

Nah. Def not. 

Cenna? 

Sieve

Close! Avicenna tho. 

Cenna? 

Yeah, I saw it back when it was in theaters and I really enjoyed it - the cinematography was awesome 

Bohemian Rhapsody

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

As the scenario is laid out, I'd give them the extra change back, even if they were a jerk.

Who's yours? As an INTJ, I guess I'm Palpatine 

I'm speechless, IC. 

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39 minutes ago, Infinite Citadel said:

As much as I'd like to say I'd save the other 12 people, my instincts would kick in should I confront this situation and I'd save myself and my kid

Pretty much this. 

Art or otherwise, if an idea is inferior, don't ban the idea. Show why it's inferior. Reason trumps censorship. 

In the case of rape, murder, etc., the executed criminal's life is not taken; he has freely forfeited his right to life. 

I nuke the hill, wait a day, show up with a hazmat suit, and claim the hill as my own. 

44 minutes ago, BlackAsLight said:

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I'm an assistant grader for one of my professors, so I'm always reading through people's papers with an eye out for plagiarism. Where'd you copy/paste this from?

As not only a theist, but also a theology major/philosophy minor, there is no "correct" moral course of action here. If you save the five over the baby because you're saving 5 people over the one, then you're saying that the one life is ok to sacrifice for the sake of the five, but is that the case? Do the 5 make the 1 any less valuable? If you save the one because the 5 are bad people, but the one has the chance to grow up and cure cancer or something, I'd argue the baby has as much a chance (if not more chance) of growing up to become a criminal as it does to grow up to cure cancer (or make an otherwise grand contribution to society). Philosophically, it is very difficult to make a solid case one way or the other. 

As I imagine myself present in this scenario, I'm trying to think what I'd actually do in the moment. If the opportunity presented itself, I would try to get the baby off the tracks before I tried to switch the track and kill the criminals, even if it meant sacrificing my own life in the process. 

Heyyyy, Dismalia?