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Moral Dilemma

This is an imaginary situation, but thinking about it will provide insights into your internal ethic proclivities.

The situation: You are in the Middle East, and there is a huge flood in progress. Many homes have been lost, water supplies compromised and structures destroyed.

Let's say that you're a photographer, like myself, getting still photos for a news service, traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes.

You come across Osama Bin Laden who has been swept away by the floodwaters. He is barely hanging on to tree limb and is about to go under.

You can either put down your camera and save him, hoping to redeem and convert him, or take a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of him as he loses his grip on the limb.

So, here's the question, and think carefully before you answer it:

Which lens would you use?
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I would throw him a line with a some Spam or if handy maybe a bit of fatty pork tied on the end "Oh Allah, why do you test me so?" Why should it be my moral dilemma? I would make it his. Of course the line would probably slip out of my hands the moment he grabs the line in the event he does. If he doesn't it will then be revealed he is a man of principle. At that point I'm sure I'll be fighting back the tears.

3chihuahuas There has been something going around our office similar to yours but shall we say a bit more extreme. It has something to do with a horny boar, Mr. Bin Laden and a camera. And of course a plane to drop the photos over the Afghanistan country side. Actually you really don't need Bin Laden, just some good editing skills. Could the Afghani's ever see him the same after that?
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