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[explosivecombat]

You know, I've realized that whenever I address the network nowadays, I always include some sort of apology for the morbidity of the subject matter; the subject matter is never any better the next time around, which I think just draws the validity of the apology into question by now. Ah, but that's neither here nor there - the subject today is still, however, not any better, so consider the apology this afternoon as genuine as it always is.

[In other words, sorry-not-sorry. Kimblee...]

I would like to discuss morality today, actually - perhaps befittingly, since there are so many morally dubious individuals around as of late.

Assume for a moment that you come across someone in peril; you're in a secluded area, and no one else is around to help this individual but you. The specific sort of peril they're in doesn't matter, but for the sake of argument, assume that it's something that you can handle easily - assume that assisting them won't kill you, and even if the situation you envision is dangerous you can call the authorities for help and that would be considered "assisting" for the sake of this experiment. For whatever reason, the person in peril cannot save themselves; if you don't do anything, the situation will prove fatal for the person you've come across.

No one will know if you help the person or not. You won't be punished or penalized in any way for not helping them - in other words, you have no legal obligation to do so - but if you don't, the person in peril is going to die. You've never met the person before this moment; there's nothing about their appearance or situation that implies that you should consider them an enemy, but they aren't explicitly a friend or an ally either. Just a random stranger that you are given the option of rescuing.

Most would probably agree that rescuing a person in peril like that is the "right" thing to do; I'm sure some would disagree, either because their beliefs are a bit unorthodox or because they want to feel edgy. So my question isn't necessarily what you believe - my question is why. Can you justify it, or are you just operating under "what feels right"?

Answer me anonymously if you'd like; as usual, your identity doesn't necessarily interest me, but your answer does.

Comments

[explosivecombat]

[..........................]

...Why in the world would anyone take dancing half that seriously?

[...is he going to regret asking that or]

[konpeitoqueen]

[YES YOU ARE]

Well, I don't know what world you come from, but dancing is a cultural art! People forget about its importance (;*△*;) but it helps hold this world and our roots together! Plus, watching dancing is great

[Hmmm...] If you really can't understand, moron, being Head means having the ability to shove off blame to others. The Head is always well-fed and lives in the best house with bodyguards wherever they go and are big guests in all events. Being Head means you can oppress who oppressed you before and execute [oh she's not lying] whoever you deem fit

Even if you're not into dancing, to shameful humans who don't know their place and have actual ambitions for it, that doesn't sound bad, does it? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

[explosivecombat]

[t r y h a r d]

No, it still begs the question of why anyone takes dancing half that seriously.

[konpeitoqueen]

[KEEP FUCKING DOING IT, SHE FUCKING DARES YOU]

I'm going to assume you're a filthy Westerner or brainwashed Tokyo citizen, because the answer is obvious (｀_´)ゞ

We all cherish what's close to us, right? And when you grow up engrained in a 400-year-old history, it all becomes close to us. So what's wrong with our thoughts being a bit old-timey? It's part of our nationbuilding and identity!

[explosivecombat]

Neither, actually - I'm not from your world in the least.

Though if that's what your world chooses to cherish, you're more than welcome to it; the things we find close to us are decidedly more practical, where I'm from.

[konpeitoqueen]

Are you an alien then Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

[uh] What do you mean practical? Learn how to kill things and conquer kingdoms quickly (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ

[explosivecombat]

[...YOU KNOW, HE HADN'T EVER PUT THAT FIRST LINE INTO SO MANY WORDS, BUT WOW...]

I'm a soldier, actually. Something of a human weapon. Killing people is what I was specifically trained to do.

1/2

[konpeitoqueen]

[WHOA OKAY SHE HATES IT WHEN SHE'S RIGHT SOMETIMES]

Oh

Too bad murder is disgusting (;° ロ°) but since you're the weapon that means you're not the murderer, just a tool

2/2

[konpeitoqueen]

But you're human right ヽ( ★ω★)ノ I knew there were psychos in this place

[YEAH this is ringing too close to home.]

[explosivecombat]

I'm human, yes. And I've been called a psychopath a few times; I'm not offended by it, though I don't agree with it or believe it to be correct.

There are differences allowed by society for those who kill in times of war; it's considered defense of one's country, not murder. Do you disagree with that notion?

[konpeitoqueen]

Oh war ( ꒪Д꒪)ノ I see

Depends, how did the war start? [...Okay, Saionji isn't a good judge of this either. She's kind of a war apologist when it comes to Japan.]

[explosivecombat]

The one I was in was a civil war, actually. A specific ethnic group within our country was opposed to one of our practices, for cultural and religious reasons - they claimed that what we were doing was blasphemous to God and an unforgivable transgression. However, relations between us remained mostly peaceful, or at least nonconfrontational, though they were incredibly tense; once in a while there were uprisings, though they always settled themselves quickly enough.

During one of those periods where aggression was higher than usual, one of our soldiers shot a child belonging to that ethnic group, on their land. The civil war started from there.

[konpeitoqueen]

[lol]

That's a really dumb reason for a war to start （；￣ェ￣） but I guess worse reasons have been done. Over a child and religion is really pathetic though. If it was that important, the war would've started and one side would be dead much sooner

My own country went into a war with others a long time ago too ヾ(。◕ฺ∀◕ฺ)ノ but it was for progress, not something so trivial

[explosivecombat]

They tried fighting with conventional weapons first. That was a mistake.

Once we were brought in, we ended it in a matter of weeks by completely eradicating the other side.

[konpeitoqueen]

As expected (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ

It doesn't make you any less of a murderer, though. Just bad luck the aggressors were so stupid.

[explosivecombat]

I don't particularly care if you call me a murderer, you know. You seem to be trying to get a reaction.

[konpeitoqueen]

You're not wrong (　ﾟдﾟ) but mostly I wanted to see if you were stupid enough to have remorse, or something like that

Then again you're just a weapon, so I shouldn't expect that. I just don't want to be anywhere near you, do me a favor and stay away ヾ(。◕ฺ∀◕ฺ)ノ

[explosivecombat]

You have no right to claim that I'm "just" anything, you know.

You claim that only stupid people would feel remorse for murdering others, but you repeatedly call it disgusting and imply it's something that people should feel bad for indulging in. Furthermore, this 'execution' privilege that you were so looking forward to is also murder, so either you're bluffing and trying to look strong by saying you'd actually do it, or you're trying to act like you're above 'common' murderers to hide how you really feel about the subject. Either way, it's not going to work against me nearly as well as you think it is.

You've implied that you were oppressed and specifically targeted by others within your family, which I believe simply because I feel optimistic today. If that's the case, then you're really nothing but a scared, spoiled child trying to act like an adult.

And in that case, why in the world would I want anything to do with you?

[konpeitoqueen]

[OH SNAP]

You have no right to claim that, you filthy bitch!! Murder is a disgusting action, and if anyone resorts to it without being sure and end up regretting it they're the most despicably idiotic of fools

I am the most talented amongst my field and you have NO RIGHT to call me a spoiled child

Good then stay AWAY

[UGH UGH UGH]