Would you give your life to save strangers'?

It's so hard to say. I mean, I think everyone likes to believe that they have that kind of noble nature in them somewhere. But when it comes down to it, every creature has a pretty strong instinct to save themself first. I'd like to say at least maybe, but honestly I'm too chicken to ride a roller coaster, so I'm guessing probably not. Although to save an individual I valued would probably be different. That must sound awful.

since i am in the process of becoming a cop, i would have to say yes, i would give my life to save another..of course..i would do whatever it would take to save both mine, and theirs

As a Volunteer Firefighter I put my life on the line for strangers all the time. I risk my life for one or two people. To save thousands I have no doubt in my mind I would gladly give my life. Anybody who wouldnt is selfish and a coward in my opinion.
I also served for a brief time in the Canadian Military, never saw active duty due to a back injury, but another situation where I would have been putting my life ont he libne for others.

Sorry I dont mean to sound rude or anything, its just the way I feel.

I volunteer with the local PD, in "safe" situations. I do traffic control. In Las Vegas. My car has been totalled once by a drunk, and I've had countless times that I've almost been hit, simply to provide a safe investigating enviroment.

Would I go into a burning building? I don't know. I think that if I felt that there was an acceptable risk that I would do it. But I truly don't know. When I created a myspace page (bear with me, you'll understand), one of the info blocks was for heros. My response was basically that I don't believe in heros. Heros do the exceptional. And I'd like to think that everyone would do the exceptional.

I don't think he did it to save his own life, I think he did it so they would stop torturing him. They were about to drill him again. If I were in the situation, I would have fought the guy who first caught me, then I would either get away or he would have to kill me.

In a real life situation, I would like to think that I would be strong enough to take the pain to save other people, but if a guy is impaling my skin with a power drill, I might have to reconsider. But hopefully I would have enough mind to be able to fight and get out of the situation in the first place, either by fighting my way free in the beginning, or by getting killed.

I'm going to come down on the highly unpopular no side. I just don't like people well enough to give myself for strangers. I'm sure if we rooted through that 1000 people we'd find plenty of folks who have lives worth living, but we'd find an equal or greater amount of people just filling space, or causing harm. So no. The suffering and death of strangers is'nt something I care a great deal about. Yes that's self centered, but it's an honest answer. Now if you had said children, or even just one child, I'd step up to the ledge and face my final truth, but people in general? Nope. At least children retain endless possibility. Most people are walking corpses looking for the nearest tar pit to blunder into.

That being said, it's a real choice. You can donate money and more importantly time, to saving the lives of strangers in distant lands. One life can make a huge impact for as long as you choose to keep it up. Your failure to participate is a death warrent for the needy of this world, and it's a warrent you sign day after day. There will always be more needy. There will always be starving. It's inside of human nature to cause others great suffering, either by inaction, or more commonly by action. It's also in human nature to save people, help people, and show great compassion. The choice is always yours. I can't save myself, much less the world. Can you?

well.... I probably would, but only if there was no other possible way. as a human being, I feel the need to help my other humans survive.