If I really have to choose 1 from those two...I d go for the friend. For the simple reason that he/she has a life of their own, and people love him/her and are dependent on him/her...
On the other hand, a baby who's just come to the world, will not be much affected (or much missed either if both its parents are dead) if it has a quick death. At least, it will be spared from the vagaries, suffering and ingloriousness that the world has to offer to it.
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"If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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