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Should the case be...

Let the 100 women get the... 90 24.13%
 
Let the 100 men get the l... 31 8.31%
 
Split the lifeboats 50/50 between the adults. 168 45.04%
 
Let everyone drown because I can't decide. 84 22.52%
 
Total:373
S.T.A.G.E. said:
ganoncrotch said:

How is this related to my above post?


Of course in todays world most ships have rafts for almost all of the peole on the ship (if not more), maintaining quality and equality at the same time. No need for women and children. That is the cure. What say you.....if the ship tipped like the Titanic (in the movie) and half the rafts were left? Again, this is a hypothetical. You're far away from the mainland, half of the people will have to swim and you're only close to an island. What would be your approach?


I'm confident now you've hit reply to the wrong post originally. If not I'm afraid I don't follow your train of thought enough to want to board it!



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I always like feminist saying men and women are equal or should be equal... unless in all the aspects they think women are better than men.



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John2290 said:
DonFerrari said:
I always like feminist saying men and women are equal or should be equal... unless in all the aspects they think women are better than men.

What exactly do you mean?


Whenever you say men are better at something because of genetic or any other reason they will call you mysognistic or that the reason is because women didn't had the support through history to do that and it's a social construction.

They them will say both genders are equal.

And then will list several things woman are better because of reasons... like if the world were run by women it would be better, women don't kill, women aren't violent and several other thins.

 

TL;DR -> Men and Women are equal unless in aspects women is superior, which equates to in all aspects (in feminazi narrative)



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari said:


Whenever you say men are better at something because of genetic or any other reason they will call you mysognistic or that the reason is because women didn't had the support through history to do that and it's a social construction.

They them will say both genders are equal.

And then will list several things woman are better because of reasons... like if the world were run by women it would be better, women don't kill, women aren't violent and several other thins.

 

TL;DR -> Men and Women are equal unless in aspects women is superior, which equates to in all aspects (in feminazi narrative)

Slightly off topic, but I read a long aticle about females during nazi times, and how they were considered to be innocent victims of the brutal, male leaders. In reality, they were just as bad. Lots of stories and records showing how "evil deeds" had nothing to do with gender, despite what most people seem to think.

I'm not trying to start anything :P I just thought it was an interesting, and brave article (written and researched by a woman, in fact!)



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John2290 said:
Norris2k said:

I'm not against "women and children first", it makes sense to have some kind of priority to avoid chaos, and it also makes sense to avoid having a priority based on raw power only that would let any kid and girl die. I would certainly give priority to my own wife and kid. But I don't think either than any single woman on Earth, any stupid b*tch, even if she killed her own baby or is a vegetarian, even if she's fat and takes 3 places, deserve in any case so much to live I need to die for her and let my own kid grow up without a father, and without resources. So, it can't be an absolute rule for me, I think.IF 

Could you elaborate please. Just to clarify your position on the matter, I'm quite confused with your reply ....hmmm

I will try to elaborate and clarify, but I do believe it's a complex topic, I don't have a black & white position, and I'd like you to understand this complexity.

1 - Inside my family I would apply "women and children first", no doubt about that, I'd die for them, and I proved myself a few times that I'm not afraid to die.

But this priority I have, that's my choice in my case, it's not an absolute truth, it's the fact that I value their lives more than mine, and that I would not accept to separate them. Who is supposed to choose, from what point of view, and what is a right choice ? A son that dies, even if he's a lot too old from my point of view to be a child, that's also quite a thing for his mother. A mother can chose to value her son more than herself. Should a husband priotize his alcoholic wife that beats their children ? Does an old son have to beat her mom to make her survive him ? Also, in my case, I am faster and stronger than my wife and could protect my baby better. Without a father, with most of our revenue gone, without my guidance (I have a degree in science, speak 3 languages, lived in 2 countries)  I don't think my daughter will get the independant modern girl life she deserves. It's not as simple as "She is with her mother, all's well that ends well", it's a big deal for my family if I die. Am I in charge of the decision, does my wife have a say on the matter ? Or is someone else in charge of the decision, based on his morality ?

2 - IMO, "women and children first" as a background morality is good, as a man I would try to apply it, and could try to force someone to comply in some cases. We have to help each other, keep a morale behavior, it's unacceptable to push the kids and women to take their place, if you can you have to try to help a woman struggling, don't let die the pregnant girl, etc. So, for example, if there are 2 seats, we are me and a woman I don't know, I think I should help her before I take a seat myself... So let's improve chance of survival of women and children by not behaving like coward, if someone have strenght to share, share it !

So, in brief, the survival rate of women is not high enough, there is something wrong with it. Let's not be beasts.

3 - But I would not follow "women and children first" as an absolute rule. And I believed it's impossible to solve any single morale dilemn with a single sentence.

First, how far do we have to apply it ? What are we talking about ? Are men required to wait in line in case a woman shows, and die in vain ? Is a woman required to abandon her disabled boyfriend for any girl that requires help ? I can tell you I know for sure that my wife would not accept that easily that I just have to give my seat to a women we've never met before, die and abandon my family. Am I required to punch my wife if she resists ?

Second, about morality, "women and children" is based on a sexist and outdated reality, so it's not as much as a truth as it used to be. The women are all mother or mother to be, weak and to be assisted, a child can't survive without her mother, every man have or will have a wife so it's in his best interest to follow this rule, we need more kids and women to feed the wars and work in the field, think about the nation, that's what it was about.
Nowadays, some women are lesbian, some strong and tall as a man, some will never want a kid, some are 90 years old, women don't have to provide a constant flow of children to fight against a high mortality rate. And that's great, but then, why give them priority over a father, a doctor, a son ? Why should a lesbian couple survive entirely, and a gay couple die entirely ?

Third, I would not give priority to someone I have low esteem for, be it a woman. I saw once a 8 month pregnant drinking a pint of beer in a pub, heavy make up, I would not die for her. There are bad women, I don't give them priority over good men. If a rule give absolute priority for a crack addict woman that left her kids to a doctor that saved life, the rule have flaws.

Wow, I wrote quite a lot.



Norris2k said:
John2290 said:
Norris2k said:

I'm not against "women and children first", it makes sense to have some kind of priority to avoid chaos, and it also makes sense to avoid having a priority based on raw power only that would let any kid and girl die. I would certainly give priority to my own wife and kid. But I don't think either than any single woman on Earth, any stupid b*tch, even if she killed her own baby or is a vegetarian, even if she's fat and takes 3 places, deserve in any case so much to live I need to die for her and let my own kid grow up without a father, and without resources. So, it can't be an absolute rule for me, I think.IF 

Could you elaborate please. Just to clarify your position on the matter, I'm quite confused with your reply ....hmmm

I will try to elaborate and clarify, but I do believe it's a complex topic, I don't have a black & white position, and I'd like you to understand this complexity.

1 - Inside my family I would apply "women and children first", no doubt about that, I'd die for them, and I proved myself a few times that I'm not afraid to die.

But this priority I have, that's my choice in my case, it's not an absolute truth, it's the fact that I value their lives more than mine, and that I would not accept to separate them. Who is supposed to choose, from what point of view, and what is a right choice ? A son that dies, even if he's a lot too old from my point of view to be a child, that's also quite a thing for his mother. A mother can chose to value her son more than herself. Should a husband priotize his alcoholic wife that beats their children ? Does an old son have to beat her mom to make her survive him ? Also, in my case, I am faster and stronger than my wife and could protect my baby better. Without a father, with most of our revenue gone, without my guidance (I have a degree in science, speak 3 languages, lived in 2 countries)  I don't think my daughter will get the independant modern girl life she deserves. It's not as simple as "She is with her mother, all's well that ends well", it's a big deal for my family if I die. Am I in charge of the decision, does my wife have a say on the matter ? Or is someone else in charge of the decision, based on his morality ?

2 - IMO, "women and children first" as a background morality is good, as a man I would try to apply it, and could try to force someone to comply in some cases. We have to help each other, keep a morale behavior, it's unacceptable to push the kids and women to take their place, if you can you have to try to help a woman struggling, don't let die the pregnant girl, etc. So, for example, if there are 2 seats, we are me and a woman I don't know, I think I should help her before I take a seat myself... So let's improve chance of survival of women and children by not behaving like coward, if someone have strenght to share, share it !

So, in brief, the survival rate of women is not high enough, there is something wrong with it. Let's not be beasts.

3 - But I would not follow "women and children first" as an absolute rule. And I believed it's impossible to solve any single morale dilemn with a single sentence.

First, how far do we have to apply it ? What are we talking about ? Are men required to wait in line in case a woman shows, and die in vain ? Is a woman required to abandon her disabled boyfriend for any girl that requires help ? I can tell you I know for sure that my wife would not accept that easily that I just have to give my seat to a women we've never met before, die and abandon my family. Am I required to punch my wife if she resists ?

Second, about morality, "women and children" is based on a sexist and outdated reality, so it's not as much as a truth as it used to be. The women are all mother or mother to be, weak and to be assisted, a child can't survive without her mother, every man have or will have a wife so it's in his best interest to follow this rule, we need more kids and women to feed the wars and work in the field, think about the nation, that's what it was about.
Nowadays, some women are lesbian, some strong and tall as a man, some will never want a kid, some are 90 years old and that's great, but why give them priority over a father, a doctor, a son ? Why should a lesbian couple survive entirely, and a gay couple die entirely ?

Third, I would not give priority to someone I have low esteem for, be it a woman. I saw once a 8 month pregnant drinking a pint of beer in a pub, heavy make up, I would not die for her. There are bad women, I don't give them priority over good men. If a rule give absolute priority for a crack addict woman that left her kids to a doctor that saved life, the rule have flaws.

Wow, I wrote quite a lot.

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DonFerrari said:
I always like feminist saying men and women are equal or should be equal... unless in all the aspects they think women are better than men.


Pray tell...what do you mean by this? Feminism implies social and economical equality. It doesnt mean biological because there is no equality in that context. We're not the same, but we should be allowed to do similar things granted we have the ability.



Tootylicious said:
"First come, first served"

Someone has to die.


Good way of thinking



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ganoncrotch said:
RadiantDanceMachine said:
FragilE^ said:

Take a look at either religious threads or at a few of the threads about gay rights. I'm not surprised by these replies ^^

There are a lot of interesting question marks regarding the discussions in this thread though, things like "doing the right thing" and "being a real man".

Right thing (or real man/woman) according to who? And why? Because these things are NOT universal truths. Never have been. There is no oracle to ask, no instruction manual to refer too. These are questions everyone has to answer for themselves.

Some knuckle-draggers in here...

This shit wouldn't fly in any acadmic institution on the entire planet,

yet these blockheads think this is a sufficient response?

Just an FYI when you're wrapping your "point" in 2 insults about intelligence it's probably best to make sure you don't typo something like that.

As for your point tho, some people hold their beliefs so strongly that they can't imagine anything else being true, say there was a thread titled "should I punch babies?" hopefully most of the replies in it would simply be "No" it doesn't need further explanation why people think that, because in their minds it shouldn't require explaning, the same thing is true of those who say that "real men would let the women live" and leave it at that, they might not feel the need to expand on it because it is as basic to them as not punching a baby.

Besides John2290 isn't asking people for a Acadmic style report with examples and references provided, this is an internet forum for knuckle-dragging blockheads!

And that's a fundamental problem that anyone even remotely familiar with philosophical discourse would admonish. The positions one takes for granted as prima facie true are exactly the types of positions which are easily either exploited for personal gain or completely disassembled by extremely basic prodding.

When we're discussing veridical matters, it's not about mere belief but justified belief. Absent an argument in favor of one's opinions, the opinions are not justified and can be completely ignored by anyone and ought be ignored by everyone.

Failure or inability to comprehend the aforementioned simply proves my point. One need only read through the thread to find the bankruptcy involved in the common man's (or woman's) thinking.

Completely devoid of typographical errors simply to annoy you.