# Saving your life requires killing the person who injured you. You okay with that?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 6, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-your-life-requires-killing-the-person-who-injured-you-you-okay-with-that/754103 "2016-05-06T21:11:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-your-life-requires-killing-the-person-who-injured-you-you-okay-with-that/754103/21 "2016-05-07T20:15:39Z")

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Sorry, I’m a bit confused. Is the question supposed to be some sort of moral quandary? If so, I’m having a bit of trouble seeing how.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-your-life-requires-killing-the-person-who-injured-you-you-okay-with-that/754103/22 "2016-05-07T22:48:11Z")

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Take back my liver, let the kid die, hunt down the billionaire and smoke the rest of his kids, then him.

_Pour encouragez les autres._

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-your-life-requires-killing-the-person-who-injured-you-you-okay-with-that/754103/23 "2016-05-07T23:49:56Z")

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> “To which, personally, I say big whoop. Fucker needs to go in the ground. But that’s me. I know I’m not _your_ nbest friend. I’ve spoken with your bestie/spouse/SO, and they’re worried that you might not be be as sanguine about this as I am. So–” (and she starts to cry) “-- so I guess I have to ask you. I love you. I don’t want you to die. But I don’t want you to be consumed with guilt either, or hate me because I saved you by doing something you can’t live with. Tell me what you want me to do, and that is what I will do. But whatever you decide do it quick, or it won’t matter.”
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> What do you tell Suzie, and why?

I warn Suzie there’s an impostor in play, because my bestie/spouse/SO would’ve relayed my _“that fucker needs to go in the ground”_ preference.

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> Also, for anyone who says “Take my liver back and quick!” consider a slightly different scenario. The recipient of the liver stolen from is not the billionaire himself, but rather his teenage son, who had no knowledge of his father’s ruthless machinations. In other words, the person who’ll die to save you is an innocent, not a villain. Does that change your answer?

Nope.

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