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Which one will you choose?

A group of children were playing near two railway
tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played
on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came,
and you were just beside the track interchange. You could make the train
change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids. However, that
would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be
sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make................
No cheating...
Thought...........
Most people might choose to divert the course of
the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same
way, I guess. Exactly, I thought the same way initially
because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was
rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But,
have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused
track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of
his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of
dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics
and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed
for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the
majority are, and how far-sighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The
child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was
sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for
him. The friend who forwarded me the story said he would not try to
change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing
on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in
use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens.
If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he
never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was
not in use probably because it was not safe.
If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all
passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by
sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to
save these few kids.
While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made,
we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.
"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right."
Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.