Start counting.
[The patient takes his pulse]
How many?
26.
Okay, either you suck at math, or you're going to die in two seconds.
[A moment passes, and nothing happens]
You suck at math.
“One Day, One Room” · Season 3, Episode 12
In this episode: Gregory House (5), Patient (1)
If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.
DDoctor
He swallowed a magnet. We gotta cut it out.
[to the kid] How old are you?
KKid
Eight.
And he swallowed something stuck to a fridge. Darwin says "let him die".
We are selfish, base animals crawling across the earth, but 'cause we've got brains, if we try really hard, we can usually aspire to something that is less than pure evil.
EEve
Abortion is murder.
True. It's a life and you should end it.
EEve
Every life is sacred.
Come on, talk to me don't quote me bumper stickers.
EEve
It's true.
It's meaningless.
EEve
It means that every life matters to God.
Not to me, not to you. Judging by the number of natural disasters, not to God either.
EEve
You're just being argumentative.
Yeah. I do do that. What about Hitler? Was his life sacred to God? Father of your child. Is his life sacred to you?
EEve
My child isn't Hitler.
Either every life is sacred or—
EEve
Stop it! I don't want to chat about philosophy.
You're not killing your rape baby because of a philosophy.
EEve
It's murder, I'm against it, you for it?
Not as a general rule.
EEve
Just for unborn children?
Yes. The problem with exceptions to rules is the line-drawing. It might make sense for us to kill the ass that did this to you. I mean, where do we draw the line? Which asses do we get to kill and which asses get to keep on being asses? The nice thing about the abortion debate is that we can quibble over trimesters but ultimately, there's a nice clean line: birth. Morally, there isn't a lot of difference. Practically, huge.
EEve
You're enjoying this conversation.
This is the type of conversation I do well.
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