DECISION MAKING !!

This one is quite interesting and really  gives us an
insight into DECISION MAKING. This is no joke so
please take it seriously. 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................
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Most people might choose to divert the course of the
train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think
the same way, 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
farsighted 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."