# Just cause I would kill a pet to save a human doesnt make me Hitler! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218 "2007-03-01T21:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/61 "2007-03-02T01:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] You know why this is all kind of silly? Because this stuff almost never happens in the real world. If it did, you would hear all about it. It is rare to the point of non-existence for a person to be faced with a choice that has the death of either a pet or a child as the necessary outcome. [/QUOTE] Is this scenario really that rare? Dog gets loose and runs into the street and kid, without thinking, runs after it like he’s chasing a ball. I thought one of the first rules of third-world driving was “if you see a chicken in the road, hit the brakes, because a child is going to dart out right after it.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/62 "2007-03-02T01:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Or, feed the child to the dog, … [/QUOTE] “A boy loves his dog.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/63 "2007-03-02T01:37:53Z")
What if the choice is between a dog and a PETA nutjob? But then, what if it’s Hitler’s dog? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/64 "2007-03-02T01:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] What if the choice is between a dog and a PETA nutjob? [/QUOTE] If you hit the PETA nutjob, there’s a chance s/he will live to breed more of her ilk. So, what you do is you run down the dog. The shock of seeing this horrible animal abuse will render the PETA nut permanently catatonic and possibly cause their head to explode. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/65 "2007-03-02T01:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] But then, what if it’s Hitler’s dog? [/QUOTE] [minor serious hijack]Hitler, in fact, tested a cyanide capsule on his dog shortly before he killed himself. It worked. [/minor serious hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/66 "2007-03-02T01:45:10Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] No, to kill a cat _properly_ requires special tools. [/QUOTE] Yeah, and you gotta destroy the brain or they come back. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/67 "2007-03-02T01:46:22Z")
Isn’t there some kind of Dogwin’s Law that applies here? ::crickets:: Man, ruff crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/68 "2007-03-02T01:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] [minor serious hijack]Hitler, in fact, tested a cyanide capsule on his dog shortly before he killed himself. It worked. [/minor serious hijack] [/QUOTE] That seems like the sort of thing only Hitler would know… ::eyes **Frank** suspiciously:: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/69 "2007-03-02T01:48:18Z")
Hitler’s dog’s name was Blondi. Just thought I toss that out there. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/70 "2007-03-02T01:49:18Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] That seems like the sort of thing only Hitler would know… ::eyes **Frank** suspiciously:: [/QUOTE] Yeah? Well, only Hitler would know the dog’s name was Blondi! Oh, shit. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/71 "2007-03-02T01:50:29Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Yeah? Well, only Hitler would know the dog’s name was Blondi! Oh, shit. [/QUOTE] DAMN YOU, **SILENUS**!!! Ruin my fucking joke, you farking bastich. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/72 "2007-03-02T01:56:36Z")
My work here is done. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/73 "2007-03-02T01:57:07Z")
[QUOTE=Dob] You people suck! i was trying to be all angry and pissy, and instead now im laughing and holding my piss. Good job you bastards! 🙂 In other news, I am not now, nor have I ever been Hitler. [/QUOTE] Denial is the first indicator that you might be Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/74 "2007-03-02T02:04:40Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Ha! It’s a trick question! If I see a dolphin while driving, it’s clearly an hallucination so I should steer towards it, because it isn’t really there. [/QUOTE] So, you’re admitting you’d consciously make that decision on porpoise. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/75 "2007-03-02T02:07:49Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] So, you’re admitting you’d consciously make that decision on porpoise. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Man, if I was a cop I’d give you a cetacean for that remark! ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/76 "2007-03-02T02:17:04Z")
Couldn’t we just solve this problem by feeding the child AND the dog to the tigers? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/77 "2007-03-02T02:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=enigm4tic] Couldn’t we just solve this problem by feeding the child AND the dog to the tigers? [/QUOTE] What? And leave the grizzlies unfed? What kind of ecoillogicality is _that_? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/78 "2007-03-02T02:24:37Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] What kind of ecoillogicality is _that_? [/QUOTE] You realize, of course, that the proper philosophical use of “Ecoillogicality” is only in refererence to tigers, and that by attempting to expand it to bears, you are misusing the word. Don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/79 "2007-03-02T02:48:20Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] [minor serious hijack]Hitler, in fact, tested a cyanide capsule on his dog shortly before he killed himself. It worked. [/minor serious hijack] [/QUOTE] Yeah, I read that too. I can’t help but feel bad for the poor dog-she didn’t exactly choose her owner. And I knew her name was Blondi. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218/80 "2007-03-02T03:11:08Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] And I knew her name was Blondi. [/QUOTE] Very few people knew about his English bulldog, Winston. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cause-i-would-kill-a-pet-to-save-a-human-doesnt-make-me-hitler/394218.md?page=5)