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Ethics Question

Posted on 09/13/2010 6:46:41 AM PDT by big black dog

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 read 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 photo journalist 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 woman in the water. She is fighting for her life, trying not to be taken down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow the woman looks familiar. You suddenly realize who it is. It’s Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take her under forever.

You have two options–you can save the life of Nancy Pelosi, or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo,documenting the death of one of the world’s most powerful women.

So here’s the question, and please give an honest answer

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Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go with the classic simplicity of black and white?


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ethics; nancypelosi; pelosi

1 posted on 09/13/2010 6:46:43 AM PDT by big black dog
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To: big black dog

LOL11 LOL!!! ROFLMAO!


2 posted on 09/13/2010 6:51:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2
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To: big black dog

lol


3 posted on 09/13/2010 6:53:32 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: big black dog

Coffee on keyboard! Snort!


4 posted on 09/13/2010 7:02:33 AM PDT by mplsconservative (I stand with Israel.)
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To: big black dog

I’d save her, my rewards are not here.


5 posted on 09/13/2010 7:05:53 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: big black dog

Black and white. Only black and white could capture the stunning desperation of her position.


6 posted on 09/13/2010 7:06:10 AM PDT by ronnyquest (There's a communist living in the White House! Now, what are you going to do about it?)
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To: big black dog

Ha!


7 posted on 09/13/2010 7:06:42 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: big black dog
Why are you using film?

This makes no sense.

8 posted on 09/13/2010 7:06:45 AM PDT by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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To: big black dog

You have to let her drown before you know she will drown.

(I think the best course of action would be to find a nice little coffee shop and enjoy some cake while you wait to find out.)


9 posted on 09/13/2010 7:07:45 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: starlifter

Brilliant!


10 posted on 09/13/2010 7:10:16 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected ("Stupidity is always astonishing, no matter how many times you may deal with it." - Jean Cocteau)
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To: big black dog

This one has been around since the fist cameras... only the names change to suit the times.


11 posted on 09/13/2010 7:10:34 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (TV News is an oxymoron. MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: big black dog

It’s too late to load film in the camera, so you really can’t make that decision. The real question regardless of what kind of film or digital camera you use is:
Do you go for a low f-stop to maximize shutter speed and stop action, or do you use a higher f-stop and lower shutter speed in order to increase the depth of field and crisp focus?


12 posted on 09/13/2010 7:14:16 AM PDT by VRWCmember (Jesus called us to be Salt and Light, not Vinegar and Water.)
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To: farmguy

If she doesn’t drown, does that prove she’s a witch? And does she weigh the same as a duck?


13 posted on 09/13/2010 7:15:29 AM PDT by VRWCmember (Jesus called us to be Salt and Light, not Vinegar and Water.)
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To: big black dog

I would take the shot of the Speaker at the moment I handed her the anvil!!


14 posted on 09/13/2010 7:17:52 AM PDT by ontap
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To: big black dog
You can relax.

All that botox will keep her afloat.

Leni

15 posted on 09/13/2010 7:19:05 AM PDT by MinuteGal (B'OR:"Obama is not a Marxist"(10/20/09)..."Communism is no threat to us any more" (9/8/09))
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To: WakeUpAndVote

My feelings exactly, WakeUp!
For years after Mother Teresa first met Hillary Clinton, Mother Teresa would send Hillary a note of congratulations or encouragement whenever there was a major “happening” in Hillary’s life.
Given their differences on life issues, Hillary commented she didn’t understand why Mother Teresa cared about her so much. The concept of love for one another is foreign to many people, especially so-called caring liberals.


16 posted on 09/13/2010 7:20:49 AM PDT by baldisbeautiful (Goodbye America!)
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To: big black dog

LOL! YOMANK


17 posted on 09/13/2010 7:57:49 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Ve'al kulam eloha s'lichot, s'lach lanu, m'chal lanu, kaper lanu.)
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To: big black dog

Old joke. Circulated when Hillary was running against Obama.


18 posted on 09/13/2010 8:06:56 AM PDT by svxdave (Life is too short to wear a fake Rolex.)
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To: big black dog

“There are houses and people swirling around you, some disappearing under the water. “

I realize this is a joke, but I’d do what I could to save any, and every person.

Regardless of her politics, I’d save Pelosi or Clinton if it was within my power.


19 posted on 09/13/2010 9:52:49 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder (Press want Obama = “Camelot II - The Return of JFK”, not “Peanuts II - that’s all you’ll have l)
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