Should idiots be saved?

[AntiochusIII]

Should people living in an area known for its hurricanes or earthquakes be saved? They knew the risks when they moved there.

Yes.

If we consider that logic as a reasonable excuse for not saving someone, and if we consider the Tsunami possibility also as such a risk, we might as well not sending any aid to all those countries which suffered from it. After all, the Sri Lankans, Indonesians, Thais, etc, live there, right? They "knew" the risk!

And I guess none of Japan's citizens on their eastern shore should ever be saved because of the same logic.

The only difference is scale.

Besides, no place in the world is truly utterly safe. The logic is flawed from the start.

And life>money all the way, unless you are a...never mind; I don't think I need to create troubles...

Papewaio's Judas comparison is incredibly effective. Though some might argue that the authorities could refuse to save the person in need of help, and Judas would not (would he?) do anything else.