Two tough questions.

[Dan26]

TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS

Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally ******ed, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one.

Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote
counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:

Candidate A - Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B - He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first, no peeking, then scroll down for the answer.
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ANSWERS

Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

And, by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said
yes, you just killed Beethoven. Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone.

 

[Katthawk]

I had made no decision on either Dan but brilliant questions and very appropriate thoughts indeed. I shall never judge anyone or pre-judge again. Sen-bloody-sational!

 

[lamby29]

I voted for Hitler

 

[Sydneyfan]

I sensed the answers would be referring to notable figures in the past yet I ignored that assumption and without peeking, picked an abortion and Hitler. Sorry bout that Roosevelt, Winston and Ludwig!

Interesting fact about Winston was that he was manic depressive, same as Abe Lincoln.

 

[sabre_ac]

Ahh dammit I have been looking all over for this.
O how it would have helped in the abortion thread.
Shinners and Bee take note

 

[Lethal]

I said no for the first question and picked candidate b cause he just sounded like my kind of guy.
Candidate c actually sounded like a bit of a wimp actually, which is my reason for not picking him.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Originally posted by Dan26



Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

He also consulted astrologists,was a sadomasochist with a strong bent toward coprophilia and just for the record wasn't married when he stood for election.

Also I was always under the impression that Beethoven was the eldest of his siblings,but I could be wrong.

 

[aggels]

Wow, I didn't sense the outcome yet I didn't kill Beethoven (and I'm pro-choice!) and I voted in Winston Churchill. It was the being kicked out of office twice that convinced me... And besides, the third candidate seemed too holier than thou. And the decorated war hero got me thinking about glorified war...

Yes my mind works in strange ways.

 

[Uncle Steve]

Re: Re: Two tough questions.

Originally posted by Leaping Lindner
He also consulted astrologists,was a sadomasochist with a strong bent toward coprophilia and just for the record wasn't married when he stood for election.

Also I was always under the impression that Beethoven was the eldest of his siblings,but I could be wrong.

Re Hitler: my thoughts exactly. The quiz is biased in that it highlights the negative qualities of Roosevelt & Churchill while highlighting positive (or at least nonnegative) traits of Hitler. If the text for Hitler had been appended with "and he was a raving manic xenophobe responsible for war crimes including torture and genocide" would he still have been a clear cut choice?

And on Beethoven - he was deaf, wasn't he? Or at least, he became deaf over the course of his life? If (and I stress IF) it was deemed morally acceptable to terminate a pregnancy on the grounds that the offspring might be handicapped (and I'm not saying it is, I'm just pitching a hypothetical here), then Ludwig's deafness would have vindicated those who would choose to abort him.

Just my 2 cents. The quiz has been rigged (in terms of revealing only select information about the people involved) in order to pitch for a certain point of view. When considering all available information the choice becomes less clear-cut.

 

[Katthawk]

Re: Re: Re: Two tough questions.

Originally posted by Uncle Steve
And on Beethoven - he was deaf, wasn't he? Or at least, he became deaf over the course of his life? If (and I stress IF) it was deemed morally acceptable to terminate a pregnancy on the grounds that the offspring might be handicapped (and I'm not saying it is, I'm just pitching a hypothetical here), then Ludwig's deafness would have vindicated those who would choose to abort him.

Just my 2 cents. The quiz has been rigged (in terms of revealing only select information about the people involved) in order to pitch for a certain point of view. When considering all available information the choice becomes less clear-cut.

I digress but even if in those days a child would have been aborted for being deaf, I don't think that anyone would do that these days. Of course if the parents were deaf or there was a greater likelihood of the child being deaf, then I still don't think that being deaf is a reason for abortion as much as a more severe physical handicap.

Not disagreeing just brings up an interesting point about the abortion thing and to which level you would in fact seriously consider abortion.

 

[Falchoon]

I voted B, my type of guy.

The most industrious worker is not always the one who gets to work first.

 

[hotpie]

Originally posted by Dan26
TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS

Question 1:


Candidate B - He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Misleading question. Thats why you got misleading answers.

There is a big difference between being voted out of office, and being "kicked out" which implies some sort of sacking for indicsretions.

Also what is your definition of a war hero? My definition (and most other people's) would assume that a war hero was fighting for the allies. Assuming Hitler fought for the Germans in WW1, he therefore is not a "hero" in the commonly used description of the word.

 

[Nic]

Coprophilia? Haven't heard that one before.

BTW, I picked Churchill.

 

[wagstaff]

Originally posted by Dan26

Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Decorated war hero? From what I know of Hitler's exploits in WW1 he never rose above the rank of lance-corporal, so obviously the military brass had questions about his leadership capacity back then.

 

[wagstaff]

Re: Re: Two tough questions.

Originally posted by hotpie


Also what is your definition of a war hero? My definition (and most other people's) would assume that a war hero was fighting for the allies. Assuming Hitler fought for the Germans in WW1, he therefore is not a "hero" in the commonly used description of the word.

Germany in World War 1 was vastly different to World War 2. They were just one of the many imperalist nations whose ambitions for foreign territories had collided with other imperalist powers like Great Britain.

There was little difference between Germany and "the allies" during WW1, it's when Germany was forced to pay for losing the war, that's when it's troubles began.

 

[Darky]

Question 1 - depends if I was the father...

 

[Kenny_01]

I killed Beethoven and voted in Hitler. I am a bad bad man.