# Red or Blue?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-or-blue/1029653>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-or-blue/1029653 "2026-04-29T19:57:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-or-blue/1029653/102 "2026-05-01T17:10:40Z")

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> [@snfaulkner](#):
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> …So you are choosing to kill them. How does it feel to have killed those people?

You can save people in the real world right now. You can sell all of your worldly possessions and devote yourself to a life of altruism. Why don’t you do this?

People are starving in Africa right now and dying of preventable diseases. By your inaction you are choosing to kill them. How does it feel to condemn those people to death?

> [@Red button or blue button dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-button-or-blue-button-dilemma/1024041/64):
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> I contributed several posts to the other thread on this topic, but got philosophical [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-button-or-blue-button-dilemma/1024041/64):
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> > [@Red button or blue button dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-button-or-blue-button-dilemma/1024041/64):
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> > …So whether you realize it or not, we are all pushing the red button every day—unless we are literally sacrificing ourselves for others.
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> > The button dilemma just makes this more explicit.

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