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Sunday, March 20, 2005
Even if you're no religious, here's something to think about...
Follow these instructions carefully, do no read ahead if you have no followed a step, that's cheating!
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1) Think of the name of the person or people (up to 2 only) who you care about the most.
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2) Write it down on a small sheet of paper.
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3) Now, imaging this situation. You are operating a turntable bridge. At the press of a button it turns to allow trains to pass by safely, and another press will turn it back so that it turns back so that ships and such can travel the canal safely--it isn't shallow, it is possible to drown.
One day, while you were operating the bridge, a train came along. Casually, you press the button. Nothing happens. It's jammed. You try continuoulsly to un-jam the button, but to no avail. The only other way to activate that bridge is by a lever on the other side. You run out of the control room, quickly across the bridge and to the lever.
You hold down the lever, turning the bridge. You can see the train's headlights now, and are relieved it will pass safely. You know this one is full of your friends and full of nameless people. This one was packed.
Suddenly, between the train's whistles, you hear a voice calling out your name.
You turn. It is the person whose name you wrote on that piece of paper (if you didn't, then it was the person you were thinking about)
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4) You can't release the lever or else the bridge will retract and cause the train to plummet to its doom, the person can't hear you over the sound of the train, the train cannot see in the fog and darkness, and there is no way you can save both. Suicide is not an option. Your sudden or otherwise death is not an option. One or the other--
Do you choose to let go of the lever and run save the person or people you care about the most, or would you hold the lever and save the train full of your friends and countless other innocents?
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5) Why would you do that?
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