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"Time Slidin" and Moral Responsiblity

© Glenn Hameroff

I awoke suddenly from a terrible night's sleep. "I knew that film Schindler's List [The Internet Movie Database - http://www.imdb.com ] would give me nightmares. Why did I go see it???" All night long I saw myself as one of those little kids immersed in the latrine while hiding from the SS. Then the realization struck me that I was in a strange bedroom and passing the mirror I gasped "YOU'RE NOT THIRTY-FIVE ANYMORE, YOU ARE TEN YEARS OLD! [1,000,000 Paranormal links- http://www.zerotime.com/onemillion/links/ ] I rubbed my eyes, blinked and even tried pinching myself. However, every time I looked in the mirror there was a ten-year-old, me! Suddenly, a woman's voice speaking German invaded my waking nightmare. Amazingly, I understood everything the voice was saying. "Rolf-hurry-you must have breakfast and be on time for school." Before I could stop myself, a reply in German came out of my mouth: "Coming mother."(I do not understand or speak German.)

Walking to school, I began to comprehend that during the night my body time traveled back to the year 1899 in the town of Linz, Austria. Arriving at school I instinctively knew what classroom to enter. Taking the seventh seat in the third row and I unpacked my books and homework. During the calling of the roll, the realization occurred that I was sitting behind Adolf Hitler. Hitler at ten years old! Sitting in front of me was the very definition of consummate evil and that he would become the catalyst for the most destructive War in human history. [World War II- 1939-45- http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ww... ]

While classmates rushed to their seats, I began to drift off into a trance of deep thought. In the bottom of my book bag was the hunting knife grandfather had given me for my birthday. Placing my hand on the knife's handle, a silent debate commenced in my mind. "Kill one evil soul and save tens of millions."(But, who is going to believe that I am from the future?) On the other hand, I remembered the minister's sermon from last Sunday: "thou shall not murder." "what am I obligated to do?" [Ethics: the Internet's Encyclopedia of Philosophy- http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/ethics... ]

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