Subj : Re: Ethics test To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 06:06:51 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Trouble 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.) >>> >> >> 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. >> > > Woohoo! > > (I still don't get how Clinton got into this.) > I never really meant Clinton particularly. I just thought Bush did better joining the national guard than so many others did leaving the country. .