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>> >Some people make headlines while others make history!!!
>Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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> >Everything is Okay in the End; If it is not Okay, then it is not the
End
>!!! This incident is quite interesting and really gives us an insight
into
>DECISION MAKING. Answer sincerely.
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>A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still
in use
>While the other disused.
>Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational
>track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange.
You
>could make the train change its course to the disused rack and saved
most
>of the kids.
>However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused
track
>would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
>Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could
>make................
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>...
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>Thought........... ?
>
>OK
>
>Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and
sacrifice
>only one child. You might think the same way,I guess.
>To save most of the children at the expense of only one child was
rational
>decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you
>ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had
in
>fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?
>Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends
who
>chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around
us
>everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a
>democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest
of
>the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and
how
>farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are.
>The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track
was
>sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear
for
>him.
>The friend who forwarded me the story said he would not try to change
the
>course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the
>operational track should have known very well that track was still in
>use,and that they should have run away if they heard the train's
sirens.
>If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because
he
>never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that
track
>was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was
diverted
>to the track,we could put the lives of all passengers on board at
stake!
>And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you
might
>end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.
>While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need
to be
>made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the
right
>one.
>
>"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular
>isn't always right."
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