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Watched Hotel Mumbai, 7/10. The most memorable part is where the head chef encourages the hotel employees to stay and be slaughtered with the guests when they could have left, out of some ridiculous sense of duty and loyalty (“the guest is God”) . They are praised for this decision at the end.
As a leader, he has no business giving them that option. As a guest, the thought of someone pointlessly sacrificing themselves for me is sickening. Forget godhood, I can offer brotherhood. And what kind of man lets his brother throw his life away?
This sacrifice is in stark contrast with the tepid intervention of the police (who to be fair, are portrayed as completely out-armed and out-trained). Here, I could use some self-sacrifice. This predilection for passive sacrifice is morally harmful. Fight or flee, but for the love of all that is holy, do not lie down and share my fate.
This sentiment is completely alien to me and every other right-thinking person. Like most here, upon my death I plan to reward my retinue by having them buried alongside me, alive if necessary, provided that they have taken every effort prior to my demise to lay down their own lives in service of my health and wellbeing.
However, if I am displaced from my retinue for whatever reason, an impromptu cadre of hotel employees will have to suffice - but I’ll grant them some measured appreciation in the hereafter for their necessary sacrifice.
The only justification I've seen for mandatory tipping!
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