Is it wrong?

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:49 am

I am faced with the opportunity to take advantage of people's ignorance and stupidity. People who believe that the color of their skins not only sets them apart, but elevates them above other people. People who would do harm to others based on the words of a book they've never read. Is it wrong to exploit these people for my own personal gain?

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:03 am

Does it damage their organization or discredit their beliefs in any way, or does it simply serve you?

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:35 am

sprunkner wrote:Does it damage their organization or discredit their beliefs in any way, or does it simply serve you?

Both.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:30 am

You shoulda made a poll.

I say go with it.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:34 am

Destroy them from the inside!!!!

But take care, plan a escape route just in case...

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:23 am

I know for one that exploiting stupid people can leave feelings of guilt... I know a guy who sells me and every other collector transformers and SW for ridiculously low prices, and if you push it he will even lower them... lately I purposely offer him more then he's selling them for because I simply feel bad about it.

But in this case, I think you should go ahead. I just hope they don't visit Transfans...

Post by **Best First** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:28 am

is it likley to chaneg their views or entrench them?

actually - edit - the answer to yoru question is yes, its wrong.

how you treat other people is ultimatley as much about you and the impact it has on you as a person, so even if the people you are doing it to are sh*t bags the point is that you are exploiting someone, which is a taint on your personality regardless of the nature of the person you are exploiting.

IMHO.

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:17 am

Last time I checked your doing wickedness to people who are themselves wicked isn't particularly likely to end their wrongdoing. There's already quite enough awfulness in the world without it being added to.

Make love not war, man.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:30 am

Did He-Man ever kill anyone even though he had a big ass sword?
No.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:34 am

Listen to oB Smooth. You becoming a worse devil than your enemy does not solve anything.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:13 am

It sounds like you've already been involved to some degree. Better to take it all the way and see how it turns out, than be found out later and implicated because you stood by and did nothing, or worse, turned into the scapegoat.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:43 pm

Best First wrote: how you treat other people is ultimatley as much about you and the impact it has on you as a person, so even if the people you are doing it to are sh*t bags the point is that you are exploiting someone, which is a taint on your personality regardless of the nature of the person you are exploiting.

Pretty much where I stand here.

Why lower yourself to their level? You want to feel you are better than such people for a reason, and that reason should not be because you can exploit their weaknesses.