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Originally posted by Marius1
Not nessisarily. What if its because they want to become famous as a martyr?
Or believe they will have a better afterlife due to their self sacrifice?
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the old man who goes down with the ship allowing the child and young couple to board the lifeboat... selfless. no reward, no martyr, not necessarily afterlife
second guessing or adding supposition invalidates the argument to me, because you are then giving specific conditions to make the argument fit.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 09-12-2003 at 08:03 AM..
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