Street fighting and ethics

So many snarky responses, so few actual votes. That's unfortunate, I think discussing ethical scenarios could be interesting.

To answer the question myself, I think I'd choose to defend myself even if it meant risking harm to the two babies, even if there's no guarantee fighting back would save me.

But if you presented a scenario where I had the opportunity to save two babies from getting run over by a bus by pushing them out of the way and letting the bus hit me instead.... I feel like I'd save the babies in that scenario, even at the risk of being seriously harmed or dying.

Are the ethics of the situations really all that different? Am I more open to picking the choice that saves babies when I get to feel like I'm taking an active role in the saving? Should that make a difference?

I dunno, I'm really high right now.

Avoid the elephant in the room. What if those werre palestinian babies, or the men were Hamas?

Then we would watch as two Hamas terrorists encumbered by babies were able to kill the wildly flailing zionist without getting them or the babies harmed in any way.

or maybe the babies would kick 14th's ass.

what if the babies are wearing dynamite vests?

there's 4 'guy's in the pictures so which one is attacking me with knives the beards or the babies. it's important

I did not even think about that option. Good call. We are taking this thread where it needs to go. Together we will figure out the guy wearibng a baby knife fight scenario.

Screw you AI!

Oh shit, what if the guy is the terminator?

'Bullets are not going to stop him, so do you not shoot and die hoping the baby lives because the terminator is keeping it alive.

or do you kill the baby because if skynet is protecting that kid they serve a purpose in the creation of skynet.

Damn, I did not realize this baby thing was so nuanced. Maybe 14th is onto something.

Or leather jackets?

(Just jamming you up, my friend)

Wait wait, that's a Dalek inside a meatcase.

I'd teleport over to the thread about the skydiving baby and steal one of those rigs they use for tandem skydiving, then I'd sneak up behind one of the guys with the babies and strap him to my chest. Then I'd steal his knife so I'd have two knives (I already brought a knife from home.) When the other guy found me and was all "I have a knife and a baby strapped to my chest; I'm unstoppable!" I'd be like "I have two knives and a guy strapped to my chest who has a baby strapped to his chest; I'm exponentially more unstoppable!" Then, he'd acknowledge I had a point and offer to join me, then I'd have two guys and two babies strapped to my chest, and three knives, and the world would finally be safe.