[Hawkcreek]

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[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Hawkcreek', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hy is it that so many miss the point of this poll?

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', 'I')n a boat at sea with people dehyrdated, how would you allocate limited water, say only a gallon amongst 4 people?

How would you dole it out?

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', 'I')n a boat at sea with people dehyrdated, how would you allocate limited water, say only a gallon amongst 4 people?

How would you dole it out?

[katkinkate]

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that when fresh water supplies were tight on a sea voyage, the sailors would keep themselves wet with sea water. The skin would absorb some of the water and the rest would evaporate, cooling them down and reducing the amount of their own water they would lose as sweat. I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make, but every little bit counts. I also read in a survival book once, the best place to store water in a survival situation is in your stomach.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', ' ') I also read in a survival book once, the best place to store water in a survival situation is in your stomach.

[joewp]

I chose "other" because I probably wouldn't be in a lifeboat for 8 with 23 other people in the first place. I'd be using anything that floats and moving away from the situation in the direction of the nearest land based on my best guess. There's no reason to assume that anything good would come out of that lifeboat. The 23 people have already demonstrated poor judgment in letting so many board in the first place. I wouldn't be very interested in being subject to the future decisions, they've certainly screwed up already. Maybe I'd make a wrong guess in my choice of directions and die sooner, maybe I'd find an island with a native population that had a prophesy of a white god floating to their island to bask in their worship, who knows?

I think I'd have a much better chance of survival than sitting on a boat with 24 people playing whack-a-mole or trying to "rescue" even more people. There's no point in sticking with the mass of people who are going to sink the boat and drown. Trying another solution, even a hopeless one, offers a different outcome than the sure one presented in the overloaded lifeboat.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joewp', 'I') chose "other" because I probably wouldn't be in a lifeboat for 8 with 23 other people in the first place. I'd be using anything that floats and moving away from the situation in the direction of the nearest land based on my best guess. There's no reason to assume that anything good would come out of that lifeboat. The 23 people have already demonstrated poor judgment in letting so many board in the first place. I wouldn't be very interested in being subject to the future decisions, they've certainly screwed up already. Maybe I'd make a wrong guess in my choice of directions and die sooner, maybe I'd find an island with a native population that had a prophesy of a white god floating to their island to bask in their worship, who knows?

I think I'd have a much better chance of survival than sitting on a boat with 24 people playing whack-a-mole or trying to "rescue" even more people. There's no point in sticking with the mass of people who are going to sink the boat and drown. Trying another solution, even a hopeless one, offers a different outcome than the sure one presented in the overloaded lifeboat.

[joewp]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '
')And yet we find ourselves on just such an overloaded boat, called earth, with no place to run.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', ' ') I also read in a survival book once, the best place to store water in a survival situation is in your stomach.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joewp', ' ')Call me a dreamer, but I think their are isolated areas with fertile soil, adequate rainfall and a supportive social system that will be somewhat untouched by the converging catastrophes we're facing.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'I') agree with joewp, because it is not a little plastic boat. It is a complex system with many niches.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', ' ') I also read in a survival book once, the best place to store water in a survival situation is in your stomach.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'T')he analogy is flawed. I already explained.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'T')he analogy is flawed. I already explained.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'T')he analogy is flawed. I already explained.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'I') agree with joewp, because it is not a little plastic boat. It is a complex system with many niches.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'l') never said anything about avoiding reducing the population. That would be trying to dominate and control nature, which is foolish.

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', ' ')A boat is a small, simple, man made construct. The planet is a large, complex system that has evolved over time, and has diverse niches all over the place. To compare it to a lifeboat is extreme oversimplification.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'I') don't believe it is my place or within my power to make decisions about global human population.