Why Are We Stuck On This Island

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Trisha, how long do you think we going to survive here? We’ve been stuck on this island for four weeks. You need to trust me. If we don’t take action, we’re going to die. Bert is lazy, self-obsessed, and greedy why should you be stuck defending him. You need to trust me. We are running out of food, you know that. Who takes the most food? Bert. You need to trust me, if we ever want to get off this island, we are going to need to take serious action. I’m talking about ending Bert’s time on this island.

Like I said, we are running out of food. If we don’t do something about it, we will be dead before the week is out. This island wasn’t meant to sustain human life. Bert is selfish, greedy, and always takes more than he needs. He is ruing every chance of survival we get, how many more chances can we afford to lose? There is not enough food for us to survive. There is only one way to secure even one of us surviving until rescue. Two lives against one life lost. The choice is yours but before you decide consider how efficiently we could run our lives without him. How we could actually move pass this event to create lives for ourselves?
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We’ve worked together on this island for months, and Bert has been nothing but selfish and greedy both with rations and in team situations he has contributed nothing. You need to trust me. He’s so overweight his will not be able to do things for much longer, as upsetting as it is he can no longer help us. He has become a burden on our little society and we don’t have the recourses to keep him alive any longer. You need to trust me. Our work on this island has given us shelter, water, and security. Blood, sweat, and tears. Day and Night, for weeks and weeks and weeks. For what? To be betrayed by and man who doesn’t care if we live or

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