DD Support Board and Research Team

[shajandr]

"What's scary is there are people who don't think that's a bad thing."

Is it in all cases?

Hypothetical: There are 100 sailors in a sub stranded on the bottom. There is only enough oxygen (actually CO2 scrubbers) for 20 men to live long enough to be rescued.

Is it better to kill 80 of them to save 20 or for all 100 to suffocate to death equally?

I ask - it is an open question each will have to decide for themselves.

The Donner party and the airplane passengers stranded on a mountain in Peru decided to eat their fellows. The claim is that those eaten had all died naturally. However, there is some evidence (and in other cases than these there is clear proof) that survivors (or someone) may have killed some of those who were eaten, as unhealed tool marks on skulls or ribs indicate a violent death.

So, as usual, nothing is as clearcut as it may seem.

And the damned lawyers gett blamed for it all:

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20071127/LIFE/71127001