Argumentation #24+ Commentary

Life is about making decision, sometimes good, sometimes bad; there is no way to avoid them. Excuses can be made for a bad choice. However, there is always a reaction to an action. You can choose your actions but you cant choose your consequences. The captain was put in a situation that most would break down and dont know what to do. He was courageous. He was like Moses in "The Bible" were he was in the desert for 40 years and was told by God that he would lead the people to the promise land. There were some that wanted to turn back or questioned Moses decisions. But he stood and made decisions that needed to be made in order for the people to achieve the promises. The captain made a decision to sacrifice some so that other may live or else they would of all died. He made the right decision and should plead "not guilty"for saving life's. 

When citizens life's are in risk, people have to be careful about the choices they make. In the captains situations it was they all die or some die and some live. There isn's truly a right way to judge this situation. However, there must be a judgement for every action. There is a son that is grateful for the captains decision. There is some loved one that is getting a chance to see there lover once more! All because of the captains decisions. There is more oppourtinty for life than there was death in his decisions. 

Some might argue that there are some that wont see there mom or dad again. However, you got to look at the situation there wasn't anyway there were going to see them it was going to have the same result. The captain just made something real negitive into something a little positive. In addition, the jury should rule him not guilty. He had to make a decision and made the right one. There was either bad or good and he chose to make bad into good!