Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 01:50:57 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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?)) (I don't remember typing that. I am saying that serving in Texas is better than leaving the country.) .