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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:24 PM
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Poll question: A deep philosophical question:
If you could choose, would you be the king of a homeless shelter, or a well-paid servant in the palace of the wealthiest person alive? Assume the wealthy man is a good person, and shares his wealth generously to his family, employees, and the world. BTW, this is for life.
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:24 PM
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1. I wouldn't want to be king
What does that say about me? :shrug:
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:25 PM
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2. Neither of those options sound all that attractive, to be honest....
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:33 PM
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7. That's kind of the point.
I think the challenge is trying to choose between two extremes. Would you ratehr be a ruler, or a servant (not a slave).
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eleonora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:25 PM
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3. the 2nd option. Just because I don't want to get lice - lol
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EnfantTerrible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:27 PM
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4. I'll take the freedom that a King enjoys
even if it's in abject poverty. Then I'll try to get some money out of that wealthy good person.
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sadinred Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:30 PM
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6. I agree.
At least you're free, not a servant. And you probably get used to lice too.
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EnfantTerrible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:35 PM
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8. Welcome sadinred
Can't put a price on freedom.
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sadinred Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:39 PM
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10. right!
without that we have NOTHING!
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atim Donating Member (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 10:33 AM
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14. Assuming King has more freedom than servant !
Edited on Sat Nov-13-04 10:34 AM by atim
With that assumption I chose to be a king and also assuming nature is still not polluted to the extent that I cannot live off land or forest.In real life King may be as chained as a servant through his obsessive need for power and control and his constant fear of losing it. The best course is to be your true self, follow your bliss and be an observer of life to gain wisdom for your soul, which survives death. Think about it we are born naked and must leave naked ..can't take our physical form! So why play a socially conditioned role only? Ha ha ha!
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:29 PM
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5. They both suck, but I wouldn't be a very good servent.
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dogmastomper Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:36 PM
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9. As King of the Homeless

shelter, could I just give the shelter to all the homeless people who are there? That way it wouldn't be a homeless shelter, it would be a home for those who are there. If that choice isn't applicable, then definitely the homeless shelter anyway. The good, wealthy man is getting along fine without me, I might can do something to help the homeless folks.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:43 PM
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11. I wouldn't care for either.
I wouldn't want to be king nor a servant at someone else's beck and call.
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Trillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:44 PM
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12. rhetorical: "the red pill" or "the blue pill"?
Were the producers of Matrix republican or democratic?
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et in Arcadia ego... Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:51 PM
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13. Is this a trick question?
:shrug:

oops, I mean trick poll? I'll have to sleep on it.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 11:47 AM
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15. So, where is this homeless shelter located?
...if it's NYC, I'll take that job:silly: And if I'm "queen" there, does that mean I get part of the panhandling booty?
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:28 PM
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16. We'd all be so lucky to be able to choose option 2
Most of us have chosen option 2 to some extent accept that many of us are servants to people who are not all that good and are underpaid. This is the plight of the working class.
I wouldn't want to live in a homeless shelter for life. I find no use in leadership unless I am able to make things better for myself and "my people". Why else would I choose to lead?
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:32 PM
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17. This is a very Miltonian choice....
Paradise Lost--Satan would rather reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. Guess I'm on Satan's side!
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:35 PM
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18. Isn't this a Paradise Lost question?
The choice Satan is presented with, he says something like "I would rather rule in hell than serve in heaven"?

Was that milton?
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 01:15 PM
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19. "I'd rather be a king in hell than a stooge in heaven."
"Classy" Freddie Blassie, King of Men
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 01:23 PM
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20. Servant
The reason being, I am familiar with homeless shelters. Being king, or in my place queen, could lead to a Lord of the Flies type mentality. If I was a servant in the wealthiest person's home, it'd be all about sedition. I'd be a spy. I'd steal from the rich and give to the poor. A mover and shaker from behind the scenes,I could change the world. If nothing else, I could sell pictures to the National Dnquirer of naked rich people
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