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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-09-05 02:39 PM
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21. What if, what if, what if
In split-second decisions, you don't have the time to get a sufficient amount of answers and had no choice but to make a guess within that split-second?

Do you take a risk he's comparatively harmless?

Do you take a risk he's comparatively harmless and believe the rest of the passangers won't freak out if you continue to let him run amok?

Do you take a risk that he COULD be a danger?



We're still human. And this isn't a game of Chess. Real lives are at stake. MANY lives.

Whatever happened to "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"? Even in cases requiring decisions we may not want to face?
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