Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 03:44:16 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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.) > (I meant leaving the country to get out of being drafted) .