View Single Post
Old 06-19-2006, 09:02 PM   #17 (permalink)
genuinegirly
Eat your vegetables
 
genuinegirly's Avatar
 
Super Moderator
Location: Arabidopsis-ville
i have no children, so I do not feel that my choice is even remotely valid. How could I consider making this decision when I don't have all of the pieces.
I think that a person's age has a lot to do with the choice they will make on this one. If you're a woman who is post-menopausal, it seems natural to choose the child over yourself since there would be little chance for offspring. But for someone between the age of 18 and 35, it would make more sense to choose the woman over the child. Unless of course they would be rendered infertile from whatever processes were necessary to save their life.

In any case, it is a difficult question and one that will keep me thinking for quite some time. I do not think that the poll will be very accurate, though, since you will most likely have responses from folks like me with no perspective to accurately vote.
__________________
"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq

"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy
genuinegirly is offline  
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62