Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 00:34:31 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > Jim Larson wrote: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >> >>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>> news:Xns96CD8EBB268E2joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>> >>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>> news:Xns96CDBA1CAE389r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>>> >>>>> Ethics Test >>>>> >>>>> This test only has the one question, but it's a very important >>>>> one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you >>>>> stand morally. >>>>> >>>>> The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation >>>>> in which you will have to make a decision. >>>>> >>>>> Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration to each >>>>> line. >>>>> >>>>> You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all >>>>> around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is >>>>> a flood of biblical proportions. >>>>> >>>>> You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and >>>>> you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The >>>>> situation is nearly hopeless. >>>>> >>>>> You're trying to shoot career-making photos. There are houses >>>>> and people swirling around you...some disappearing under the >>>>> water. Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury. >>>>> >>>>> Suddenly you see a man floundering in the water. He is fighting >>>>> for his life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You >>>>> move closer... somehow the man looks familiar. You suddenly >>>>> realize who it is. It's George W. Bush! At the same time you >>>>> notice that the raging waters are about to take him under... >>>>> forever. >>>>> >>>>> You have the two options: >>>>> >>>>> You can save the life of G.W.Bush, or you can shoot a dramatic >>>>> Pulitzer Prize winning photo, documenting the death of one of >>>>> the world's most powerful men. >>>>> >>>>> So here's the question, and please give an honest answer: >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with >>>>> the classic simplicity of black and white? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'd fish the moron out. Even a shit-heel deserves humane >>>> treatment. >>>> >>> >>> Yeah but John you are a liberal, probably after it happens people >>> who weren't there and you've never heard of will go on tv saying >>> how you didn't rescue anybody and that in fact you turned and ran >>> like the big commie pinko that you really are. >>> Ted >>> >> >> And they will call themselves Rescue Boat Veterans for Truth. >> >> (You know, that whole espisode still boggles the mind. You have >> two individuals, both patricians for lack of a better term. The >> first volunteers to serve during a time of war, never mind his >> conduct during or after. The other hides behind Daddy's trousers. >> Yet it's the first one that is somehow vilified and called a >> coward 35 years later.) >> > > (Not to mention that joining the national guard is considered hiding > behind daddy's trousers.) > ((No. Joining the national guard then consistently failing to show up with impunity is considered hiding behind daddy's trousers. And are you seriously saying that serving in Texas in any capacity was equivalent to serving in S.E. Asia?)) -- Jim .