Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 01:59:17 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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.) > (Kerry left the country...but didn't serve in S.E. Asia??? Now I'm confused.) -- Jim .