Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 05:08:54 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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) > (Ah. Well, I wasn't talking about him, since the Swift Boat thing had nothing to do with him.) (P.S. I've got no problem with conscientious objectors. Clinton wasn't one.) -- Jim .