Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Trouble Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 22:49:12 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.) > In order of relative servitude, least to greatest Clinton signed up for ROTC, but then left the country, went to Russia, joined the British Communist party and organized other US draft dodgers for anti-war demonstrations. Bush signed up, missed a physical, and had a tour just as easy as anyone serving in the Guard at the time. Kerry served in SE Asia, wrote notes to himself about the war, but was smart enough not to demoralize the men he served with, went home and participated in rallies against the war. -- "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought." --Basho .