A Tough Question?
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (57233)
June 26, 2023 10:14am CST
Or is it really? . My question is - lt's your life or the life of your teenage son, faced with making a choice , what would your decision be? Would you give up your life in order to save your son or daughter?
What are some of the important factors that would influence your decision either way?
The following situation is not really similar but it made me think of asking the question.
Christine Dawood, the woman whose husband and teenage son died after the Titan imploded, revealed in an interview that herself and husband had planned to make the trip years ago. Her son was also interested but he was too young at the time.
Covid came and the trip was postponed. Her son reached the age of 19 and she decided to withdraw and allow him to take her place. Of course she had no reason to believe that particular trip would end in disaster. What she would have been aware of is that it was high risk.
When asked how she felt about withdrawing and allowing her son to take her place she declined to comment.. From all indications , her son was most eager to make the trip anyway.
Any thoughts on my question?
Pixabay image.
Here is the link:
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/26/world/christine-dawood-interview-titan-submersible-scli-intl/index.html?utm_content=2023-06-26T12%3A15%3A09&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social
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11 responses
@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
26 Jun 23
that is a tough situation. I might have tried a little harder to dissuade it though.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jun 23
For sure I would give up my life for my kids.
At this point in my life, I'm not for that kind of a high risk anything 
. Of course no one could predict tragic outcomes, but if the chances were too great, I wouldn't take them nor would I want loved ones to either.
. Of course no one could predict tragic outcomes, but if the chances were too great, I wouldn't take them nor would I want loved ones to either.1 person likes this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jun 23
@Kandae11 We went in this underwater bubble sub thing after our wedding off Catalina Island. I felt soooo uncomfortable - I didn't realize til then how claustrophobic and fearful of water I was. There is no way I would ever get into a deep sea sub at all - no way - not that tiny or tight . My anxiety would have suffered the moment they shut the door of it 
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. My anxiety would have suffered the moment they shut the door of it !1 person likes this
@Kandae11 (57233)
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26 Jun 23
Seems like he really wanted to go. However like l said before, different strokes for different folks. I would never want to spend even 1 minute in that sub.
I read that it can hold only five people. There are no seats, everyone sits crosslegged on the floor. No windows except a porthole from which the titanic wreck can be viewed. The space in the sub is small and it gets very hot nearer the surface and becomes freezing the deeper it gets.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
27 Jun 23
She might be repenting now as she lost both her husband and son in one go.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
27 Jun 23
@Kandae11 That's right but sad.
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@MarieCoyle (59110)
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27 Jun 23
Yes, I would give up my own life for any one of mine. I love them with my whole heart, they know that, and I also know they would do the same for their children. I wouldn't even hesitate.
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@Kandae11 (57233)
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27 Jun 23
@MarieCoyle .Peer pressure can do a lot of harm as well as some parents not setting the right example for their kids.
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@MarieCoyle (59110)
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27 Jun 23
@Kandae11
I am fortunate in that mine all turned out to be good humans with big hearts. I do know some parents who did everything right, set good standards and examples, and their children followed the wrong path. Sometimes, I think it's the example we try to set, but sometimes, I think it's the friends of the kids, or so-called friends, who lead them astray. No way of knowing, though.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
27 Jun 23
In this context the question whether one would die for a loved one does not arise as she never thought that would happen and she was only giving her son a chance as he so wanted to go - just saying
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
27 Jun 23
From what I have read he did not want to go on that trip..that fated trip RIP
That was a bad question to ask that woman..
As if she is not sad enough I am sure.
I would of course give my life for my son.
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
27 Jun 23
She did what a mother could do and no blame for that I would have done the same for my child. We never know the future and only if, she would have not allowed the trip to happen.
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