# You decide life & death other than your own. A Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878 "2012-08-18T16:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/21 "2012-08-18T21:31:36Z")
> [@Dickerman](#): > > My dog. I have already gone through the grieving process, so I imagine it would be easier for me if she were to re-die. I’m mentally prepared to kill my current dog if she should get terminally ill or suffer from a significant lack of quality of life due to some physical condition, or if she should seriously harm another person (or perhaps a pet), but I’m not prepared to senselessly kill an innocent person. Also, I remember Pet Sematary. Stones for sure if you can read those book types without nightmares… Way to go… ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/22 "2012-08-18T21:32:41Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I’ve read The Pet Sematary. If little Fido came back from the dead; he needs kill’n. Preferably with fire. I had hopes but no stones here either. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/23 "2012-08-18T21:32:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The human dies. I don’t know him/her, so there is almost zero emotional impact on me. Thousands of people I don’t know die every day. This person will be one of them. Yup. But actually, if I could \*fiddle \*with the hypothetical, it wouldn’t be my dog, it would be my SO’s favorite dog. He loved that dog more than I’ve loved anything/one in my life, except for him. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/24 "2012-08-18T21:34:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > My brain will enter into a repeating loop and I will be frozen into immobility for a period of time. While I am in that state, it would be advisable for others to put me into a transporter set to maximum dispersion. > > Shit, I can’t even choose my favorite pet, yet alone decide whether to let it live or not. Funny or honest enough to get honorary stones for the non decision. Came again if you get all gathered up later… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/25 "2012-08-18T21:39:43Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > OK. I posted coherently enough for you to enter the thread??? :eek: My very own stalker, W00t !!! He/she/it even spelled OK correctly. If a small k or a small o were used or both were used it would be too incoherent for him/her/it to get past the guards at the gate. :smack: No stones as expected Surprise, surprise, surprise. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/26 "2012-08-18T21:42:14Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > The pet dies. I loved my dog, but damn, he was just a dog. Here you go, great taker of the poll. Stones deluxe. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/27 "2012-08-18T21:43:51Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The human dies. I don’t know him/her, so there is almost zero emotional impact on me. Thousands of people I don’t know die every day. This person will be one of them. Stones X 3… W00t !!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/28 "2012-08-18T21:45:13Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Yup. > > But actually, if I could \*fiddle \*with the hypothetical, it wouldn’t be my dog, it would be my SO’s favorite dog. He loved that dog more than I’ve loved anything/one in my life, except for him. For such insight & honesty, fiddling accepted & condoned. Major Stones … 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/29 "2012-08-18T21:45:48Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Might be harder than you think. > > No stones I see. Bawahahaha > > Thanks for not playing… > > Joke or cute =FAIL Ok, then, Monty Hall dies. (What are the odds that I have a dog named Monty Hall?) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/30 "2012-08-18T21:48:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Ok, then, Monty Hall dies. > > (What are the odds that I have a dog named Monty Hall?) Okay, redemption stones it is… Monty Hall? ------- ewwwww 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/31 "2012-08-19T00:00:22Z")
I bet few people in the world are as obsessed with balls as you. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/32 "2012-08-19T01:00:42Z")
> [@Tad](#): > > I bet few people in the world are as obsessed with balls as you. Okay, no more stones, it seems to bother Tad talking about something he does not have. I’ll say ‘guts’ now… Of course Tad is still sorely lacking but hey, I’m trying to be accommodating here. _snerk_ ---
**Author:** ![Tad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/33 "2012-08-19T01:27:06Z")
Oh it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Please, keep being the arbiter of balls. Someone’s gotta do it and you seem to love the job. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/34 "2012-08-19T02:19:32Z")
Well…Let’s see. It would be a very difficult choice. My MOST beloved pet…versus a human being. Hmmmm - well - it would break my heart, but I guess I’d have to kill Goldie and let the human live. She was the most awesome goldfish in the world, but a person may be slightly more important. Also - I see the excessive amount of excessive crazy has leaked out of the other thread and found its way here. Thirdly, it doesn’t really look like the OP needs anyone else to post here - he’s doing a pretty good job of creating most of the thread himself. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/35 "2012-08-19T02:25:03Z")
Everything dies eventually. Deal with it. The pet dies. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/36 "2012-08-19T02:27:23Z")
Anybody who would kill a human over an animal needs to go back to birth and start over- you have failed at being a person. As to the crazy, I have never noticed the OP being so… odd, shall we say. Has someone gotten into the whiskey and/or crack cocaine today? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/37 "2012-08-19T03:06:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Shouldn’t a poll thread have a poll involved somehow? Yep. It may be an arbitrary moral value, but it’s the moral value held by the society I’m part of, and I also happen to agree with it. ---
**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/38 "2012-08-19T03:18:33Z")
Kill the animal. What have you been accidentally inhaling? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/39 "2012-08-19T04:50:59Z")
Geez, I can’t keep up. Obviously it is too long for most of the mouthy ones to not bother with the reading the OP. Ah well. I do not get why all the outlandish, stupid crazy types get all the hand holding and ‘there there’s’ and I just get all this first rate love. I am so confused… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878/40 "2012-08-19T04:54:26Z")
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