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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 2833755" data-attributes="member: 22424">One of the issues raised by Star Trek II is that Kirk couldn't keep running from the no-win situation. He reprogrammed the simulator to cheat, he cheated death again and again, but in the end, he reached the point where he had to face it, and it hurt.To switch to another example, Buffy faced the exact question being asked here: sacrifice Dawn, or allow a portal to be opened that would swallow the world. Her answer was to allow the portal to be opened (although it would have been interesting to see if the decision was the same if it was anyone else who's life was on the line).There are options, contingencies, and cheats. You can try whatever long-shots you want, no matter the odds.But the question remains: once you've tried everything else, and you come down to only the two options, which do you go for? It is a valid question, albeit a viciously unfair one to have to deal with an a non-theoretical situation. (It's also worth noting that answering the question in a theoretical sense is only of limited value anyway - what you do when the real situation arises might be completely different anyway.)You don't have to answer. But refusing to answer, or rejecting the situation outright, is not the same as answering the question.</blockquote>