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Old 12-17-2009, 03:44 PM   #1
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Who should be saved?
HA! Thought I was going to get serious here, didn't you?

Actually, I'm in the midst of reading an outstanding short story by Arthur C. Clark.

An advanced civilization gets to Earth just before Sun hits nova.

(I haven't finished it yet so don't spoil it for me.....life keeps getting in the way! Damn dishes, dinners and chores!)

So........they have (maybe) chance to save just a few hundred people, if there are still any left.

The question is........how to choose? The commander of the ship has to make the decision.

My question to YOU, MobileRead members and philosophers extraordinaire, is this.

How would you decide who to save? Remember, you have room for only a few hundred. If that.

Cats and dogs, llamas squirrels or penguins not allowed. Nor otters. (sorry)

Who do you save?
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