If the Titanic Were Sinking Today, Who Should Have First Access to the Lifeboats?
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MissCris says:
(pulls on MissCris shirt sleeve)... "uh, MissCriss, uh, if you look down at your feet there...
....."water's a really pouring in. maybe I think we oughta....."
"...yes mam'm, and I hear what you're sayin' and all, it's just that I think we need to get on a boat here and...."
(pulls on MissCris shirt sleeve)... "uh, MissCriss, uh, if you look down at your feet there...
....."water's a really pouring in. maybe I think we oughta....."
"...yes mam'm, and I hear what you're sayin' and all, it's just that I think we need to get on a boat here and...."
I don't know if this is true...but I have been told by people that someone said that God couldn't even sink the Titanic and that an event that is extremely rare is what caused the iceburg to move to an unusual location. Never get on a ship that has people saying that God can't even sink it.
I would attempt to save everyone...not just a certain group first....I would be spending my time trying to Macgyver up a way to save as many as possible.
I would attempt to save everyone...not just a certain group first....I would be spending my time trying to Macgyver up a way to save as many as possible.
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I dont know,Ive questioned that line of thinking. A young pastors daughter said to me once "God sank the Titanic". I replied " you do know there were missionaries on the ship right?" We are living under grace. Im not sure God is in the smiting business these days. The Titanic happened where I lived, the Atlantic in Eastern Canada.My mother heard a missionary once who survived the sinking but lost her husband that night.Don't mean to derail but just had to add that thought.
This is a delicate question, so I am going to answer this as a response to the question "What would I have done if I had been on the Titanic?"
If I was a man
I would let the children and the women board the lifeboats. The children first, because - they are the future. They have a lot of potential and their best years are before them. The women second, because - it is the females who are responsible for the survival of a species. I am not only talking about the biological aspect alone, but I am also talking about the notion that mothers are the first teachers for the children. Even a post-menopausal woman can bring up a child with her motherly love and care.
Would I save myself if they allowed the men to board on the remaining lifeboats? I would if there will be something worth coming home to. Else, I would stay back and fight the fire or help the others escape and prepare myself to die a noble death.
If I was a post-menopausal woman
I know I don't have a shot at helping the survival of our species, so I may not insist on getting on the lifeboats. But, if there is a single father who isn't allowed to board the lifeboat, I promise him that I will take care of his child. Then I will fight to the get on the lifeboat.
If I was a chronically infirmed person, irrespective of age or gender
I would make my peace to meet my Saviour.
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I would appreciate if people spoke highly about those who sacrificed their lives so that the others can survive because it takes a lot of courage to face death in the eye, without flinching.
Edit: On a side note, I think I know what my death song will be. It will be "Nearer, My God, to thee."
If I was a man
I would let the children and the women board the lifeboats. The children first, because - they are the future. They have a lot of potential and their best years are before them. The women second, because - it is the females who are responsible for the survival of a species. I am not only talking about the biological aspect alone, but I am also talking about the notion that mothers are the first teachers for the children. Even a post-menopausal woman can bring up a child with her motherly love and care.
Would I save myself if they allowed the men to board on the remaining lifeboats? I would if there will be something worth coming home to. Else, I would stay back and fight the fire or help the others escape and prepare myself to die a noble death.
If I was a post-menopausal woman
I know I don't have a shot at helping the survival of our species, so I may not insist on getting on the lifeboats. But, if there is a single father who isn't allowed to board the lifeboat, I promise him that I will take care of his child. Then I will fight to the get on the lifeboat.
If I was a chronically infirmed person, irrespective of age or gender
I would make my peace to meet my Saviour.
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I would appreciate if people spoke highly about those who sacrificed their lives so that the others can survive because it takes a lot of courage to face death in the eye, without flinching.
Edit: On a side note, I think I know what my death song will be. It will be "Nearer, My God, to thee."
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I was thinking about this tonight at work as well.
It really does get messy because the whole inspiration of the thread was the question of whether or not men should automatically be sacrificed for the sake of women and children.
I have to be honest in that I'd be bitter about my Dad having to die for the sake of others ("Why does my Dad have to die but your mother gets to live?"), because I know that's what he would choose. He would say, "How could I meet God and tell Him I didn't do everything I could to protect the family He put under my stewardship?"
I hope I would have the courage to stay behind with him. I couldn't live the rest of my life knowing I'd abandoned my father to die alone.
That would just be more than I could bear.
It really does get messy because the whole inspiration of the thread was the question of whether or not men should automatically be sacrificed for the sake of women and children.
I have to be honest in that I'd be bitter about my Dad having to die for the sake of others ("Why does my Dad have to die but your mother gets to live?"), because I know that's what he would choose. He would say, "How could I meet God and tell Him I didn't do everything I could to protect the family He put under my stewardship?"
I hope I would have the courage to stay behind with him. I couldn't live the rest of my life knowing I'd abandoned my father to die alone.
That would just be more than I could bear.
Gah, this topic is painful. I hope none of us are forced into a situation where we have to make such choices!
Kim, since you started this thread, you have to start another thread to cheer us up.
Kim, since you started this thread, you have to start another thread to cheer us up.
At this point, I'm sure that if I wrote a thread entitled, "I Promise Not to Write Any Threads for At Least 24 Hours," that would probably lighten the mood of the entire forum!
P.S. I have heard that a couple of anonymous regulars have offered to pay us to host it.
Either you do that or CatHerder and I will host an intervention for you.
P.S. I have heard that a couple of anonymous regulars have offered to pay us to host it.
P.S. I have heard that a couple of anonymous regulars have offered to pay us to host it.
"Anonymous", my foot...
(I've been under A LOT of stress lately, and when that happens... My mind starts to wander and ask questions as an escape, and it usually spills out into writing.)
On second thought, if this "intervention" involves you and Cat providing food for me and waiting on me hand and foot, I'd like to sign up for about 6 months of full rehab.
Order of survival is simple
Children are most vulnerable and least able to take survival decisions
Women are weaker physically and often are most directly involved in looking after the children
Men are the strongest and often can make quick decisions and have the strength to put them into action
No matter the society these principles are very biological and founded on general behaviour.
In the emergency situations though often selfishness takes over which simply costs lives.
Children are most vulnerable and least able to take survival decisions
Women are weaker physically and often are most directly involved in looking after the children
Men are the strongest and often can make quick decisions and have the strength to put them into action
No matter the society these principles are very biological and founded on general behaviour.
In the emergency situations though often selfishness takes over which simply costs lives.
