Welcome Back! New Controversy!

Hey y'all! Sorry for the extremely long hiatus, for anyone who's still following this. Our excuse would be that this blog is pretty much run by two high school teens, and we just entered junior year. Isn't that exciting-- SATs, hard-ass classes, so forth.

In any case, we have a new controversy for you guys to ponder!

This is a bit different from our other posts/debates in that it involves a hypothetical situation, but we'll throw it out there anyway:

Imagine you have two (or more) children (if you do in real life, even better). Assume one is, say, kidnapped, and in order to get him/her back, you have to sacrifice the other child. Offering yourself up does not fly. ;D What would you do in this situation? What would run through your mind as you make your decision?

Now, we realize that this is a very general and broad question, with no specifications. Feel free, then, to create your own, more narrowed scenario, and answer based upon that. In fact, if you have the time or wish to, answer using multiple scenarios. This question is more of an experiment than a debate, so to speak.

If you're a bit confused, here's a list of some applicable situations:
- a brighter child vs. a favored child
- one child had run away to escape a fate, and the other child was taken in his/her place (should the original child be returned, the currently-captive child will be returned)
- a mentally-unstable child vs. a younger child
- a child who is more likely to escape vs. a less-favored child
- a girl vs. a boy
- a charismatic child vs. a mature child.
As stated before, it's very much open to interpretation.

But we also have some follow-up questions!

In a similar vein--
You are with two friends.
1) One person must die-- either you or one of your friends. You get to choose the survivors. How would you pick?
2) One person must die-- one of your friends. You are not allowed to sacrifice yourself for their sakes' (assuming you had wanted to, in question 1). How would you pick?
3) [If you're not bored yet...] Two people must die. How do you pick?

Again, very general. Possible scenarios:
- Two very close friends.
- One friend is very altruistic
etc.

So yeah-- enjoy?