Subj : Re: Ethics test To : John Iwaniszek From : Finnigann Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 09:02:00 -=> John Iwaniszek wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=- JI> From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape JI> Trouble wrote in JI> news:_uednUtDU_21Br7eRVn-tQ@comcast.com: > 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. > JI> he never joined the Communist party, you ninny. And he visited Russia. JI> so what? and he avoided the draft in the Vietnam War: good for him! Somebody let Rush in... .... "Some in power, some in pain" - Pat Humphries --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46 .