Choice

[Khandro]

If you had to make the choice of rescuing your known & loved pet or a person you don't know, which would you choose ?

[ladybirder]

Ken, HE didn't make the choice. THEY made the choice. Pen and his staff agreed he should go and take all the animals.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/pen-farthing-escapes-kabul-with-cats-and-dogs-afghan-staff-left-behind-287886/

To answer the question, I would hope the person had the wits to get out without me and I'd take my beloved mutt.

[Khandro]

Riga (see 09:19) is loved by everyone in the village, when my wife takes her for the afternoon walk, the toddlers wait with their mothers to stroke her (Riga!), those tiny hands on her soft fur are a joy to see (ahhhh!)

Imagine the scenario of my wife wife appearing with a bearded Afghan saying to them, I've swapped Riga for Abdul here, but you can't stroke him, because he thinks you are a load if little infidels.

[Ken4155]

LB, so she says.
Khandro; now you're being silly. Almost puerile.

[Buenchico]

Afghans are lovely ;-)
https://tinyurl.com/8k8b4dj3

[naomi24]

//I don't want the ef fing Afghans here//

But you want Shamima Begum here. Strange.

[pat2604]

Wrongly or rightly - my pet. This question arose years ago and I was castigated by a member Of AB for my answer. My pets are more important to me than strangers and it would be a natural action to save them first.

[pixie374]

The point is... we know our pets are worthwhile, decent beings... and while Barry is going with the idea that the human is a loving parent of a small child (quite possibly...), they could also be a dangerous, violent, criminal. Imagine killing your dog, to find you saved a paedophile...
So, on probabilities, you are better saving an animal.

[pat2604]

I didn't read other answers - I just answered the question. I was unaware that it had anything to do with afghans.

[pixie374]

I'm only answering the OP as well.

[roadman]

the idea they all put themselves into that position to help these animals means its obvious the workers would sacrifice their position for the animals because they have already done that i bet you go and ask the people left behind i bet they are more happy the animals are safe

[roadman]

pat how i see it is you get a pet you are responsible and accountable for them but randoms in the world they need to be responsible and accountable for themselves its not for me to svae everyone in the world who may need help but i made a commitment to my pet and i love them i must help them first they are part of me and mine look after yourself and yours before others hopefully someone else can save the stranger what is it all on me not fair

[vulcan42]

The obvious answer is what I was told at many first aid courses. You save the one that offers the least danger to yourself.

[ladybirder]

OK Ken, you want to think the worst of him. I don't. They must surely be a bunch of animal lovers and if I were one of his staff I hope I too would have insisted he should try and get all the animals to safety.

[Khandro]

pat2604 //I didn't read other answers - I just answered the question. I was unaware that it had anything to do with afghans.//

You are absolutely correct, they are not mentioned in the OP, all I said later was that the question was prompted by the Kabul incident.
ken diverted the thread by giving actual statistics of Farthing's pet rescue.

[Sqad]

I agree with Lofty, what has the OP got to do with Afghanistan?

[barry1010]

roadman, if your dog was drowning and a stranger leapt in to rescue him but got into trouble himself?

[ladybirder]

roadman at 11.30, agree completely, the staff wouldn't have had it another way.

[Ken4155]

khandro, "ken diverted the thread by giving....." You first asked a loaded question, which at first glance appeared to be a random one. Then you waited for a few responses before putting some context to your question by saying what had prompted it in the first instance. Had you not done so, i wouldn't have known where your inspiration came from. Ergo, i would not have even mentioned Afghanistan.

[pixie374]

There's a film about this, I think called "The Box"?. Where people have a choice of winning a load of money, if they press the button, but- a stranger somewhere will die.