Geithner; it would make for a more entertaining news cycle.
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[li]Treasury Secretary Drops Dead During Cabinet Meeting [/li][li]Palmer J Witherspoon IV, esq Suffers Crib Death.[/li][/ul]
Which headline do you think would be on CNN and which do you think would be on the back page of The Daily Wasp?
Are the parents of the baby fertile and able to make another one quickly? Will anyone know I killed said person? How cute is the baby? How cute is Tim Geithner?
Given that these questions were not defined in the original hypothetical, I have no answer.
The parents are still fertile. No one will know that you were responsible for the death.
Geithner could probably put up a fight and I could end up with a broken nose or something, so I picked the baby.
Nonono, killing the parents was not one of the options.
You think too small. It’s leaders of great powers that do more damage.
Blah, no understanding of statistics & you insulted hippies. Phooey on you. (Geithner has 100% chance of being Treasury Sec for a few years; the baby’s chances approach 0.)
This almost persuades me, but no.
Gah, definitely the baby.
Certainly the baby is not going to be able to bid for its own life. I’m assuming the parents will pay to keep their baby alive.
That baby just pisses me off.