If a gunman was going to kill you unless you followed his orders

Kill yourself

Kill your best friend

Your friend would survive the ordeal but traumatized

Hostage Situation

Dec 16, 2010

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Kill yourself

Sacrificing yourself to protect someone you love deeply is the highest expression of loyalty and care.
If your best friend would do the same for you, the choice honors the full depth of that mutual bond.
Living with the knowledge that you harmed your closest friend may be a worse psychological fate than not surviving at all.

Kill your best friend

Self-preservation is the most fundamental human drive — staying alive is the precondition for everything else.
Per the scenario, the friend survives the attempt — you are choosing who bears trauma, not who dies permanently.
New relationships can be built over time; you cannot undo your own death or create new memories from it.

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If a gunman was going to kill you unless you followed his orders

Kill yourself

Kill your best friend

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