Author Topic: Morality of snitching (Read 2914 times)

1st Mansion Tenant · « **Reply #5 on:** December 09, 2014, 06:10:09 PM »

Quote from: ggreg

Why is non-violent theft of public monies a special case? Or why is violence or physical harm a special case. Both are mortally sinful acts. Both against the Ten Commandments.

Probably because many of us see the Govt as a corrupt sham, so if we reported the fraudulent or stolen money it would probably just be covered-up and end up in some official's pocket anyway. I really don't believe it would save the taxpayers any money in the long run. I suspect if most fraud were reported in the way you posit, there would be no notable benefit to the average taxpayers anyway because of said corruption. The money would just disappear somewhere into somebody's Swiss bank account. Not to mention fear of repercussions if the snitch is found out. For those reasons, most of us probably wouldn't have such a twinge of conscience that we would actually report them unless there was danger of violence involved, especially to children.

I'm not saying it's right, and it is probably sinful, just the way it is in reality. But I'm pretty sure you had guessed at those types of reasons, so what are you really fishing for here, Greg?

ggreg · « **Reply #6 on:** December 09, 2014, 06:22:28 PM »

Just trying to understand your thinking and justifications.

You explained it fairly clearly.

Mabel · « **Reply #7 on:** December 09, 2014, 07:05:56 PM »

I would not turn them in. However, I would also not ask questions and I generally try to stay out of such affairs. If questioned, I would probably decline to speak on the matter if it were possible. I would be unlikely to reveal new or additional information.

claudel · « **Reply #8 on:** December 09, 2014, 07:37:03 PM »

Congratulations, ggreg. This is a provocative moral topic—for a change—and it has already generated some interesting and thoughtful responses, whether one agrees with them or not. The comments here certainly beat the pants off the comments in the Feminism of Men thread, where guys are congratulating one another on how manly they are, on how much they despise long hair and the color pink, and on how much they like to drink. Indeed, readers could do far worse than make it a rule of thumb that any thread where the word "tankard" appears is a thread worth ignoring.

BTNYC · « **Reply #9 on:** December 09, 2014, 07:43:58 PM »

Quote from: claudel

Congratulations, ggreg. This is a provocative moral topic—for a change—and it has already generated some interesting and thoughtful responses, whether one agrees with them or not. The comments here certainly beat the pants off the comments in the Feminism of Men thread, where guys are congratulating one another on how manly they are, on how much they despise long hair and the color pink, and on how much they like to drink. Indeed, readers could do far worse than make it a rule of thumb that any thread where the word "tankard" appears is a thread worth ignoring.

Seems your tankard is full of wine pressed from sour grapes, Claudel. I can't for the life of me figure out what crime PereJoseph could have committed to have merited such lasting, unrestrainable ire from you.