Originally Posted by
Trinie
Well, I didn't say that you had to sacrifice your loved ones just so others can be happy. I guess what I was trying to say was that you should think of others and their loved ones as well instead of just yourself and your family. I also did NOT say that your loved ones lives are worthless and the lives others are precious ok? GEEZ...
Basically,what that means in Viet is "Thien ha von la mot nha". Do you understand now???
Honestly, I really don't know what I would do since I have not been in that situation yet. I think since it is hypothetical, we would all react differently if this situation actually hit us. We can all say anything now but when it actually happens, we would react differently..... It also depends on the situation as well. For example, I saw in Hier to the Throne is... There was a scene where Empress Dowager Lu was tricked by one of her evil officials that if she wanted to save her son, the current emperor, then he would have to drink blood from 3000 children. Therefore, she had to kill 3000 innocent children just to save the life of her one son. Honestly, IF it were me... I really don't think I would sacrifice 3000 children just for the one life of my son. Your children are the most important people to you, but I really don't think I would kill 3000 innocent just to save the life of my one son. She kept on telling him that everything she did was for him.... Since the king was kind and innocent, he just could not accept his mother doing such things and would rather die....I would miss and love my son dearly, but then if I was selfish and killed 3000 other innocent children, there would be 3000 other innocent families going through what I would be going through....