Would you put yourself in grave danger to prevent a nuclear meltdown? 51% say yes, CNN quick poll

[Liberal_in_LA]

Would you put yourself in grave danger to prevent a nuclear meltdown?

Yes 51% 100759
No 49% 97545
Total votes: 198304

[Angry Dragon]

1. yes

[hlthe2b]

2. If I was the one with the "know-how" and/or opportunity, yes.

[gateley]

3. Those would be the Democrats. :-) nt

[rustydog]

4. It is rady to say yes thousands of miles removed from the danger

safely seated on a sofa typing on your laptop.

[liberalmuse]

5. Yes.

I think I would. I'm 47, have lived a good, long, decent life, and may as well go out with honor, or by doing something useful. It's easy to say 'yes' sitting in my warm house, having just been fed and feeling reasonably safe, though.

[ecstatic]

6. The alternative would be everyone dying instead of just me

I mean, if I was an experienced employee, I'd have no choice but to do my best to neutralize the situation.

[mattvermont]

7. Yes, when I knew that I could make

the difference. I would not do it for my employer because they told me it could save thousands.
Instead, every corporate management suit that were in charge during the past 30 years of misinformation and safety violations
should be perp walked into the core of that hell on earth and put to work.

[Johonny]

8. only if rich people got a tax cut for my sacrifice

[Arugula Latte]

10. This is the correct answer.

:patriot:

[Maru Kitteh]

9. I hope I would. I would like to think so, certainly. n/t

[nevergiveup]

11. Hell yes!

I am 65 and would probably run in front of a bus to save a cat and I don't necessarily like cats. Helping to prevent a nuclear meltdown would be a no brainer.

[riverwalker]

12. call me cynical

but they are lying. I have a problem believing that 51% of this culture would be so altruistic. Really. Look at the homeless, and the hungry. How eager and happily we invaded another country. That 51% would jump on a atomic grenade for their fellow man? Please. The same 51% who did not want to think about the 100,000 dead Iraqis? That discuss torture techniques over dinner? I don't buy it, sorry.

[pipi_k]

15. Me too, unfortunately...

Like someone above said, it's real easy to say, "I would do this or that" from the safety of one's sofa or computer chair.

I honestly don't even know what I would do.

I would HOPE to do the altruistic thing, but who knows?

Hoping to do it when there's no chance on earth I will ever be asked to do it (not in this life, anyway) is miles away from being asked and willingly doing it...or even volunteering.

If I want to look like a Saint, I say "yes".

If I want to be honest, I say I have no idea what I would do, and, to be even more honest, probably not.

[gkhouston]

13. It depends--if we're talking Japan, yes. If we're talking GDP, fucking forget it. n/t

[readmoreoften]

14. Tee hee!!!!

me to though

[Historic NY]

16. One has to do what one has to do.

[Raschel]

17. I think the top dogs at the company should do it. According to teaheads, they get a high salary

because they are SO valuable. They know so much, let them do it.

[Motown_Johnny]

18. it is easy to sit in your desk chair and click yes

51%

I'm not buying that


sorry

[Quixote1818]

21. The numbers are probably more like 10% in reality. nt

[Quixote1818]

19. Fuck No! Get me the hell out of there! I like my life. nt

[FedUpWithIt All]

20. Yes, i hope i would be that type of person under those conditions. n/t

[marions ghost]

22. No

but I wouldn't work at one in the first place. It takes a more fatalistic type of person.

I've been in the unlucky 1% before. Once that happens, it's all too real.

[Raine]

23. Hell NO!

I've always been against nuclear power (protested it) so I sure the hell wouldn't give up my life for it.