Icemoon SG I remember the Jewish sages debated on whether to save or not in a similar scenario. And I think the conclusion they reached was .. no. Something unrelated to their discussion, my legal lecturer told us if you try to kei kiang and the person died .. you can be sued for negligence. 'cos by trying to save, you incur an obligation of duty?
kaister SG I'll still try to save if I'm the only person around. I would rather get sued than to see a person die when I can do something about it.
Icemoon SG it gets tricky if let's say you have a family to feed. maybe the person haven't drown you drowned liao. 'cos the person treats you as a float?
Icemoon SG correct .. because there isn't any obligation of duty in the first place. the problem comes when you try to kei kiang .. I think you can be sued for negligence.
ben1xy SG linear ah. but God transcends time. I wonder whether i could extrapolate whether God could thus change things based on a prayer
Icemoon SG Best decision - jump in and pray that both of you won't drown. I think this is the decision with the highest chance of success. Maybe highest utility value also.
nomood SG This is the exact kind of statement that puts me off. and christians wonder why they are considered arrogant. any conversation they can't win would almost inevitably result being this statement being drawn as a their sulking trump card.
Icemoon SG this is infringing the performer's right. and infringing the author's right to publish and right to transmit.
kaister SG Christians are humans. Period. Any further discussion beyond this will result in heated debates and flame wars.
laurence82 SG Edward de Bono once said, and i paraphrase. There are two forms of regulations. The first one is the law, which prevent us from killing one other. The other, is etiquette, which prevents us from annoying one another.
