Reply #58: Maybe you don't like it, but how do you save the most number? [View All]

[Silverhair]

Sometimes, reality bites very hard. And that isn't just military logic. All hospital practice triage for emergencies. Triage does NOT mean that you treat the worst first. It means you divide people into three groups.

1. Dying no matter what you do. Don't treat them.
2. Will live, no matter what you do. Don't treat them.
3. Dying but you can make a difference. Treat them.

Harsh, but it saves the most lives.

Collateral damage has nothing to do with calculating what action will result in the greatest number of lives saved.

Your collateral damage remark was an simply an angry insult cause by an emotional response.

Emotions drive us to save lives, but logic shows us how to save the greatest number of lives.