Sacrifice

Only if he/she was an orphan.

No.

Would you sacrifice your child for anything?

The question being asked is in reality would you want to have your child to be put in harms way for the reason stated.

My point is you wouldn't want your child put in harms way for anything (I would hope) and since it isn't your decision to make how is it based in reality?

JPN
I was just trying to clarify, if anyone thought I meant actually sacrifice their child. In retrospect I suppose there was no need to do so.

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I think this question can be realistic. We are always getting into a new war. The machine needs blood. Feed the machine. Kill the man.

Realistically, we offer up thousands sometimes to destroy just one man, and sometimes the menace lives on. Stomp it out with more blood. Stomp out the stomps. Dent in the earth. Annihilate. Procreate. Feed the blood. Annihilate.

No, not until I am sure that removing a tyrant will also mean bloodshed will end and there will be peace, and not a civilwar ( ). But even then, it would be a very difficult decision. I don't think anyone can really say at this point whether he or she will sacrifice his or her child.

With all due respect, this question is irrelevant. No one sacrifices their own children.

The correct question is "would you sacrafice other people's children to remove a dictator"?

That's what's happening.

Brown
That is the crux of the question. Sure people would and do willingly sacrifice someone else's child. However how many in congress have children in Iraq or Afghanistan? Where are all of Bush's children, nephews and nieces? Where did Bush hide during the Viet Nam war?

People don't force their kids to go to war; our military is full of people who choose it. So to ask if you would "sacrifice your child" is silly.
People sacrifice themselves knowing full well what could come of their decision to enlist in the military. Especially in the last year or so. If you enlist, you are well aware of the danger to be sent overseas.

And if you do have a loved one in the military (I do) you should be proud that they are willing to put others lives ahead of their own. We don't like it but we must understand it is not our decision.

I recently saw Michael Moore's latest offering and there was one thing there that I think is pertinent to this topic. It went along these lines: Yes, people choose for themselves to risk or even secrifice their lives for their country, for a cause. The one thing that they ask in return is that their sacrifice not be for a lie, that they don't die for nothing.

I agree.