MORAL QUESTION

This test only has 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.



THE  SITUATION

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.



THE  TEST

Suddenly you see a man 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 Bill Clinton!  At  the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him under  forever. You have two options--you can save the life of Bill Clinton, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, documenting the death of one of the world's most powerful  politicians.




THE  QUESTION

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

It looks like the good ol' boys at the American Nazi Party were stirring up trouble in Toledo this weekend.  When will these people just give up and die?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051016/ap_on_re_us/nazi_march

Quote:



You can find more about the rioting and vandalism here...

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/NEWS16/51016003

-b0b
(...thinks these guys are little more than pathetic scum.)

Oh no's!  I'm trembling in my socks over here!

Terrified, petrified, mortified, stupified!


-b0b
(...no, really.)

MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


Actually, Democrats suck and Republicans blow.  There's a fine distinction between the two.

On a serious note, though, I agree wholeheartedly.  As I've argued before, the entire concept of a party affiliations is morally bankrupt.  Judges are barred from listing a party affiliation because it could jeapordize their judicial impartiality.  Aren't politicians supposed to be impartial?  Aren't they supposed to represent their constituents without thought to their personal desires?

We've gone from a system of electing a person most likely to represent us to electing a person most like us that will represent themselves.


MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


Right.  The Constitutional Party is the only group that even comes close to representing a majority of my beliefs, but even they're out in left field on some issues and they don't stand a chance of ever getting a major candidate elected.



MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


You hit that one on the nail.  We haven't done a single thing since 9/11 that has made us even the slightest bit safer.  There is nothing stopping a foreign terrorist from sailing to Mexico with a packload of nastiness strapped to his back and crossing the porous US-Mexico border.  They could be coming our way with a boatload of malicious intent and we'd never even see it coming.


(Abortion comments separated into another post for detailed berating.)



MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


I agree with this to some degree.  God said...

Matthew 22:20 - And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
Matthew 22:21 - They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."

Christ's churches are not intended to run the government.  However, that does not absolve governmental figures from their obligations before God, nor does it give a government an excuse to be morally bankrupt.  The Bible has several examples of Godly nations.

Ultimately, there is no power on earth that will run completely parallel to God's word. Even the haughty ideals of a constitutional America are going to go adrift somewhere.  As such, we have a choice to make.  Do we put God first, or America first?



MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


It's not a question of allowing gay marriage, it's a question of recognizing gay marriage.  If the vast majority of constituents in a state wouldn't personally recognize the marriage, why should the state defy its citizens and offer that very same recognition?



MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


Can I get an amen?  Truer words have never been spoken!



MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


You summed that up pretty well, and everyone knows what I think about the subject, so there isn't much I can add to that.  Good stuff, Briney.



MediaMaster wrote on Oct 17^th, 2005 at 3:43pm:


Up until a few months ago, I used to believe the same thing.  My rationalization was, "Hey, it's your body, do what you want."  Then I read "Under the Overpass," an amazing book about a young Christian that spent six months living the "homeless life" so he could gain a better understanding about exactly what these people needed.

One thing he continuously pointed out was the total domination of drugs in the lives of homeless people all over the country.  I'm not talking about marijuana, either.

You see, we'll end up paying for rampant drug use one way or the other.  We can either keep it illegal and pay insane amounts of cash enforcing a bunch of unenforceable laws, or we can eliminate the laws and pay insane amounts of cash for rehabilitation, welfare, unemployment, medical benefits, and other social costs.

My fix?  Legalize drugs, but make users register.  From that date forward, the user is no longer eligible for any government benefits, including welfare, medicare, medicaid, or any social security above and beyond what they paid in.

Problem solved, everyone is happy.


-b0b
(...steps off his soapbox.)

Bob you are preaching to the choir here. I totally agree, but how do you propose that the US handle this problem?

Check this out...

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Index.asp?ID=53241

-b0b
(...too weird.)

b0b that little diddy you just wrote under the picture of Katie was damned impressive.

Very well written, my hat is off.

On a lighter (though just as ominous) note, Sylvester Stallone has agreed to act in another Rocky movie.

Yeah, just what we needed.

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/10/18/stallone_to_return_for_ro...

This thing has "box office flop" written all over it.

-b0b
(...oh, and Peter Mayhew is an American now.)