valuable post - SHTF skills?

[biker_bill]

Kidnap pharmacist, make him open store and give you meds while standing down any security, leave him with IOU from the heads of all families concerned and whatever local government official you can get to sign off on it, then berate the ass for being a piece of **** that would allow children to die for a possible future gouged profit. That's what I would try to do if reason doesn't work at first.

Great answer!
(But I still think we should shoot the guard in the elbow!)

 

[sheep dog]

... Here's another ethical dilemma in a S.H.T.F. scenario:


... 10 children in the neighborhood are sick and will likely die without a certain medication.
You have none of that medication, and neither do any of these kids' parents or relatives.

The local drugstore is closed, and not open for business, but it has not been looted yet.

You KNOW that the necessary drugs are inside the store.

You and other community leaders have made contact with the store's owner, who says "LEAVE MY STORE ALONE-- I'LL OPEN IT IN A FEW WEEKS AND START SELLING DRUGS AT OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH PRICES, milking this crisis for all I can get!" That's his right, as the business owner and the ONLY rightful owner over all the medications in the building.

However, most or all of those 10 sick kids will be dead in the next 48 hours. None will live long enough to wait for the store's owner to re-open the business.

QUESTION 1: DO YOU BREAK IN AND STEAL THE DRUGS so that you can distribute them to the sick kids?
Assume you could do this without hurting anybody, so you're just damaging property and stealing supplies.

QUESTION 2: Suppose there is a hired security guard at the drug store. You cannot get past him with persuasion, trickery, or non-lethal means. The only way to successfully get the drugs is to kill him in an ambush / sniper attack and then step over his corpse to get into the building.

Killing the security officer will save the lives of 10 innocent children.
Will you become a looter and murderer and contribute to the anarchy, for this noble purpose?

 

[Bushwhacker]

No

Edit: Not unless I crack under the pressure. See my previous post. But if given the Grace and strength by God to do the right thing, no.

that's exactly my response as well. I say no, but until faced with it. Can't speak in absolutes.

 

[Tactical Beaver]

On a side note, I think I'd excel at baby making. You know for repopulation efforts. I tell my wife all the time how good I am at it...

Can't help but notice she didn't reply....

 

[Bushwhacker]

Can't help but notice she didn't reply....

Yeah, she never does... But I keep telling her anyway.

 

[Psilloh1]

8 long years, you must be a walker liquor store.

You can buy a case of liquor a month to stockpile but, If your drinking that case of liquor each month... well never mind... You wouldn't be able to type...

 

[sheep dog]

something like "type 100 words per minute" isn't a real necessity, Obviously. while someone that knows advanced medicine would be very valuable.
What can you do that would set you apart from others and save lives or get people organized ?

Thanks.

I am pretty good with the bo staff!

 

[NewLeaf]

I hope you're my neighbor and not the other cat lol. If SHTF look for a guy doing interpretive dance since our phones won't work and we'll work together.

LOL!!!!!

 

[BangBang]

That's typical!
I was in a room in the ER feeling poorly, but of good cheer.
Then my wife came in and said, "Is he having a heart attack?"
And the Doctor said, "He's having a heart attack right now!"
There went my good cheer, went right out the door.
She just had to ask y'know?

I was just fine until that moment, lol.

Hahaha! You really were having a heart attack and didn't even know it?!

 

[NewLeaf]

Hahaha! You really were having a heart attack and didn't even know it?!

It happens, foe reelz