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Old 02-26-2006, 03:44 PM
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Default Re: My Statement

I want to say something else regarding the "moral dilemma" of those aware of cheaters. I do realize that when those people first found out, that they might have been somewhat stunned, and the fact that they told the cheaters they were wrong is in fact commendable. But the question is about right now and those cheaters who are still cheating and stealing, and not the cheating and stealing that was done in the past.

If you had a friend who everyday followed an old lady to a park bench where he knew she sat and fed the pigeons everyday, and when she wasn't looking reached in her purse and stole $10, then you might be stunned the first time you saw it and remostrate with him about it. But when he brushes those admonitions off and day in and day out, keeps going down to the bench to steal from that old lady, it becomes a far greater issue than a one time occurrence.

So what should such an honest friend do?

The very very least he could do is diassociate himself from that friend and have nothing further to do with him. Ethical people only willingly associate with same.

The next lesser thing he could do would be to come here and make a generic thread warning that cheating is going on and detailing the extent of it known to him without mentioning names.

The next thing higher up the ladder would be to give an ultimatum to his friends to stop their cheating immediately or be turned in, and then follow that up if they didn't.


But doing absolutely NOTHING about ONGOING cheating/stealing, is totally cowardly and unethical itself.