This'll be interesting.

A) is an instinctual reaction. Shooting him will mean more food.

B Is a basic emotional drive, as is C). Note that continuing to live on the island may result in madness.

Hate is no reason to kill.
Most would prefer to die than shoot a fellow human being, regardless of hate. The remainder, are monsters.

C.

i would have my partner and i living only if he was a she, then we would make children and eat them, if the partner was a man, id shoot myself

Sorry, should have specified. Partner is a man.

C, I could never kill another living thing, including myself. No matter how desperate the situation.

Bit of a long term plan then ... hope you're not too hungry in the meantime

Indeed, CPA you DO know it takes 9 months to make a child right?
Although that isn't really the point, i'd kill you myself if you actually suggested that seriously and we were on the island together.

I would not shoot the man because I could not stay by myself then I would go crazy! Plus I could not shoot myself just could not do that.

I couldn't kill anyone just beacause I didn't like them. And no way could I kill my self. I would use the bullet to either hunt ( I know you wouldn’t get alot of eats out of it) or protection against unknown animals. By the way how big is the Island? Big enough for animals or one with just one palm tree on a lump of sand.

I voted:

C) Render the gun useless and continue living on the island.

I'll dive into the bleeding hearts.

He'd be toast. I choose me, over coping with a problem that can be solved like *snap* that.

Sounds horrid, I know... but think of it this way... no society there. So what I view is right, IS right to half the population. Just by chance I found the gun and became the MAJORITY!

C.

I don't think I would kill someone.

C

I could kill him and I could live with that decision, but I wouldn't do it because I don't have a reason to. If the only thing I'd get out of it is a few chunks of meat, then I'll rather let him live. He'll propably go insane and I'll have to kill him anyway, so I get the meat one way or another. Besides, this way I don't have to explain the pile of gnawed-on bones to the rescue party.

You forgot option number 4 use the bullet to kill game so you & hated partner can eat a meal.
Pam-Doggirl3

Exactly how much do we hate this person?

C. Madness over screwing up my karma.

Hmm. I was hoping more thought would go into this.

You need to really put yourself in the situation. Just imagine it - Starving, thirsty, no hope of being rescued, utterly hopeless, and all the while tension building between you and this horrible man.

Sharing your rations makes matters much worse. You pace about the beach aimlessly, no hope at all. Then you see it - the gun.

The gun can either give you more rations and keep you alive for longer, in which case you would kill the man, or it can end your misery, in which case you kill yourself.

Or, you can toss the gun into the sea, and starve and die with the darn man.

Personally, I would shoot the man. It would give me more rations; a little more comfort before my death, and give me atleast a little satisfaction in my situation.

why would you kill someone out hate? my pick would be C. it is always better to have two minds than one. having an extra person can help us perform faster projects on this island.

I picked A.

I think all choices are mad in one way or another. Being on a island with no escape would be maddening in general, being there with some one I hate would drive me completely bonkers. If I shot myself I would be mad. So, if it came to them or me, I would choose me. I would rather suffer from madness alone then be mad and constantly be annoyed too. I would probably end up killing them anyway, with my bare hands. Either way they would end up dying, so why not be considerate and make it quick.

You know, there was no mention in the poll question that there was not ample food/water on this island. Being stranded does not necessarily mean being starved. Think of the fruit trees, the wild game, the fresh-water springs.

by the way, I voted C. I would not kill myself! If I killed the person I hate, I would hate myself (not really a fair trade when you think about it). Which left option C as the only real choice for me.

Two heads are better than one, and you don't need to get along to cooperate (though it does help). Who knows, strange things happen when in strange situations, we might actually become good friends being the only two humans

Regards, PA

Some of you are still focussing on the 'killing him out of hatred' aspect. This perseption is shallow. You could kill him for many other reasons; extra rations, a dramatic release before sure death...

I see someone is starting to think.

oh, i didn't read too much into the topic. i did read the Main Topic description and it has "hate" in it.

Wow... only 5 people would kill the guy and 3 people posted saying they would do it. (Including me) Guess you would have to be more well grooved in with today's society fixtures to say that.

No, the remainder are human.

You kind of contradicted yourself - You made the above statement then said you'd kill someone if they made the suggestion (that was in very poor taste) to you on the island.

I'm not saying shooting your enemey is the most pleasent way to get along, and I'm certainly not supporting the 'Eat the Children' arguement, but the instinct to survive would far outweigh any personal integrity or morales you came to the island with.

How much you hate this person is irrelavent. A despersate need for survival would grasp you, and instict would take over.

Just incase God does exist...I chose C.

You wouldn't need to kill him for food, as the island has vegetation. If you need to walk around that much to find a gun in the bushes, there would have to be a lot of it, right?

Agree and probably animals, and a ocean meaning fish. So what that tell you there is food there. Fresh water can be probably there also like a pond b/c of the trees or vegetation. And maybe the men are too busy suviving to have time to kill each other. All they could be thinking is to get home.

I voted C also cus killing is wrong and it would be boring living on an island alone, Wouldnt want my only friend to be something like a volley ball . So two is much better than one.. Then live there as happy island people because in a situation like that one might as well put aside differences... or live on opposite sides of the island.

I voted for C only because hiding the gun for any future use was not an option.

C.

I'd shoot something else just for kicks.

I choose c.


I do this because I can't see why any reason I would hate someone in the real world would matter when alone on an island. And I would think just having someone to talk to would be better then being completely alone........As for the idea that there is no chance for rescue, I say if there is a working gun then someone has been on the island before and hopefully they will come back

getting away with it is though.

+ i'd cook the clown. might as well die in extreme pain of the laughing death.

i say A.

i'm stranded on an island, isolated from everyone, very little entertainment (which has nothing to do with the killing). i'm frustrated as &^% anyway. and to top it all off, some MORON is pissing me off. i would be so angry that i would shoot him.

(loneliness is better than being with a jerk. i'll have found a volleyball and named it wilson)

rofl!



bingo!

I picked C. In fact I can use an island getaway, however I would not render the gun useless because it can always be used to signal for help, provided help was near enough to hear the gun shot.

First of all I don't think that I could bring myself to shoot someone let alone someone that I hated! If I was stranded (and it's highly unlikely) on a island I would collect all of the coconuts that I could find. And then name them after each of the guys from Gilligan's Island.
Speaking of fruits and vegetables that Dot quoted I would just bring along my sister Holly she knows which can be eaten. And yeah using the gun for a singal flare is a very good idea. But I don't think that killing someone just for food if stranded on island is a good idea. It's not even moral. But then again this is just some poll.

if i were on a pleasure tour on my yacht, i would DEFINATELY check out a desert island where i heard mysterious gunshots.


fixed.

Getting away with killing is a good reason to kill?

With people like you running lose who needs terrorists.

*pats Jeffery's head*

Indeed Jeffery, but any reasonable person would report a random gunshot to the authorities.

i have never been accused of being a reasonable person and am not about to start.

besides, reasonable? on a paranormal website? that dog dont hunt.


on a desert island? it sure is.

funny about that is, i was a police officer haha.

At least I gave a valid reasoning statement in my shooting him.

Not to sure "getting away with it though." is a good one.

I couldn't kill someone & would rather kill myself if I had to live without my family

I chose answer B by the way as I'm such a pessamist!

eating the bastard is though

Yep, there you go. A little leg meat... mmm... I'm kind of getting hungry now.

I choose C because I believe I could learn to understand, and like even my worst enemy in a situation like that, because I would need someone else around me to talk to, your be surprised how well opposites can compromise when both are faced with the same dangers, you can both use each other as a crutch when one is not coping as well as the other, and plus I refuse to go to my grave being labelled a murderer, id rather be murdered my self. When in a situation like that the differences that where to be had between me and my enemy, would then become unimportant, so id hope we could start afresh. Two heads are better than one

All the best
Faeden

I really think it comes down to what the other guy is like.

I may hate this guy, but how much does he hate me? Does he hate me enough to try to kill me? A person is very vulnerable while there are sleeping, and a rock could be used as a weapon.

So i would have to choose c, only because there is no keep the gun for later use. I would really like to keep the gun just in case this guy comes at me in a hostile manner.

you said it yourself. he can kill you with a rock in your sleep. why would he need the gun. just cap him to save yourself the grief.

I didn't vote because I would of used the gun to hunt!!

C
then i'd have a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig ol' island dance party with me, my hated friend and useless gun!