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Would you rat out your own family?
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turn him in or turn a blind eye to it?
I'll have to do what's right and report him to the police
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 38%  [ 5 ]
I'll pretend it never happened. He is my father afterall.
61%
 61%  [ 8 ]
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E_athlete



Joined: 09 Jun 2009
Location: Korea sparkling
PostPosted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:31 pm    Post subject: Would you rat out your own family? Reply with quote
A thought experiment for you all:

If your father killed someone would you be complicit in it or report him to the police?

Of course the devil is in the details. Let's just say he ran over another business man he hates out of rage. If convicted he can go to jail for a very long time. For arguments sake we will say there is very little chance of the police ever convicting him while alive unless you report him to the popos.


What do you do?

Would you be complicit in it? Would you report your own dad? Or....maybe some other option?
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oldtactics



Joined: 18 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't think I'd report him or turn him in, but if I was asked to testify, I wouldn't lie in court.

Family is family.
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beercanman



Joined: 16 May 2009
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I might since dad is long dead.

No, absolutely not, family and friends are real. I'd never hurt them.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jesus said that a true believer will give up his family and possessions to follow truth.
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E_athlete



Joined: 09 Jun 2009
Location: Korea sparkling
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
djsmnc wrote:
Jesus said that a true believer will give up his family and possessions to follow truth.


can you clarify this statement for us non-Christian people? Maybe you can provide the proper context and whatnot so I don't misunderstand it.
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Cheonmunka



Joined: 04 Jun 2004
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If the truth were the other business man was cheating scoundrel then it would be his own fault for as the Bible says a fool is his own ruin and his justice will come swiftly and surely.
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
E_athlete wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
Jesus said that a true believer will give up his family and possessions to follow truth.


can you clarify this statement for us non-Christian people? Maybe you can provide the proper context and whatnot so I don't misunderstand it.


Jesus was a Maoist.
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samcheokguy



Joined: 02 Nov 2008
Location: Samcheok G-do
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mao was Jesuit
Cool
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheonmunka wrote:
If the truth were the other business man was cheating scoundrel then it would be his own fault for as the Bible says a fool is his own ruin and his justice will come swiftly and surely.


It also says you shouldn't kill, but I think there's a few loopholes in there that the really super true believers can use.

Having said that, if it was reversed and the opportunity presented itself I would go after my father's killer myself(after learning kung-fu of course). Hopefully we live in a society and would provide justice rather than blind rage and blood fueds.

Back to the original situation, I'd tell mum. She sorts those things out. He wouldn't be allowed out of the house for at least a week.
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ChopChaeJoe



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Naw. Unless I thought he might kill someone close to me. He probably had a good reason, knowing my dad.

Doing what's right and police shouldn't appear in the same sentence. oops.
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Cheonmunka



Joined: 04 Jun 2004
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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If the truth were the other business man was cheating scoundrel then it would be his own fault for as the Bible says a fool is his own ruin and his justice will come swiftly and surely.

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It also says you shouldn't kill, but I think there's a few loopholes in there that the really super true believers can use.

This is why I think the document itself is bogus as it's full of contradiction.

'A fool spends his money and will be left with nothing.'
'A fool shores up his money thinking it will save him from calamity.'
So, which one? Give it away, or keep it? Since they are both wrong and I have no choice but to choose one I can only take it that I am a fool regardless and for merely being alive.
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