User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 202 "Earthlings" discussion/@comment-5046454-20120505152249/@comment-1770843-20120505173933

@ Mariooranger60, sometimes what is necessary isn't always good even for heroes.

Example: A terrorist, a soldier, and a hostage

Scenario: A terrorist is using a hostage as a human shield and a soldier has to kill said terrorist

Choices:

A. The soldier can shoot the terrorist and possibly kill the hostage

B. The soldier can choose to do nothing and possibly get killed

C. The soldier can choose to try to talk the terrorist into releasing the hostage (which probably will not work if the terrorist knows why the soldier is there which may lead to choice A or B)

Now which of those three choices would you choose if you were the soldier?