Moral question....

If someone in your family, in your close family, nuclear family, stabbed someone, for example, and that action wouldn't have been in self-defense.... would you denounce said person to the police? Would you turn him/her in?

oh this should be a hoot 


morally I would not like to... probably would resist it...  but self-preservation is a strong innate instinct...  prison for obstruction or harboring a fugitive.. ehhh...  probably the one time I wouldn't be so proud to have such a cute ass...

so I'd take the next best option...that long overdue vacation to Europe until they were arrested...

micky wrote: oh this should be a hoot

Exactly what I was thinking.

I have along history of being a goodie good, so I'd probably fist palm, smack said perpetrator and them grab them by the ear and drag them to the station.


What's that? They're resisting? Shame I'm also a wuss *runs away*

I would do nothing. I would not hide them, nor would I aid them in any way. At the same time, I would not turn them in. If they are able to evade capture, good for them, if not, then they will be reacted upon based on someones perception of the law. 

Alitare wrote: I would do nothing. I would not hide them, nor would I aid them in any way. At the same time, I would not turn them in. If they are able to evade capture, good for them, if not, then they will be reacted upon based on someones perception of the law.

Then, I suppose, you do not want to know what I will do to someone who harms one of my family.

I, on the other hand, have to say I'm the inmoral guy here... I would never turn my family in... never.....

Epignosis wrote: My family knows me- I will hear them out first. But beyond that, I will report them.  No joke.  If they harmed someone without good reason, they will see the judge.  That goes for my son as well as my parents or siblings. But I will hear them first before I make a judgment.

Another twist, what if the family member had killed a member of your family instead of someone out of your family circle?  I'm guessing you'd still hear them out first.  Unless of course the family member were now coming after you with the murder weapon.

If this poll or question would be conducted worldwide, I'm sure those of latin origin (hispanics or even italians, greeks and more) will be much more inclined to either not do anything or protect the offender than people of anglo-germanic origin.... It may sound like a dumb prejudice but it's not... we all know family blood boils warmer (and I must say, more irrationally) among us....

The T wrote: If this poll or question would be conducted worldwide, I'm sure those of latin origin (hispanics or even italians, greeks and more) will be much more inclined to either not do anything or protect the offender than people of anglo-germanic origin.... It may sound like a dumb prejudice but it's not... we all know family blood boils warmer (and I must say, more irrationally) among us....

I don't think it is dumb prejudice at all Teo... stereotypes.. perhaps.. but not all stereotypes are necessarily negative.  There are exceptions to everything of course.. but those of Latin origin tend to be more family orientated and yes.. as Raff noted...  more apt to maybe see past little faults like taking another person's life hahaha.