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Pastimes : Ethics 101 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Shoot1st who wrote (7)	12/24/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 75

Well Shooter, The first two posts already, by the founder and Gypsy brought up Clinton and took shots at him, WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE A SHOT AT THEM ? Because, you AGREED with them.. I've found this on the investment threads.. They can take shots at ad nauseum at Clinton and nobody says a word about being off topic.. One little defense of him, and the roof caves in on me about staying on topic...NOT VERY ETHICAL or FAIR.. Like the Reps can have ILLICIT SEX, and children out of wedlock and so on.. AND THATS OK.. BTW, I'm not the biggest fan of Clinton, I hated the bombing, because thats NOT ETHICAL or MORAL.. BUT I AM A FAN OF HIS CONSTINUENCY.. The Coug,.... telling it like it is

To: Shoot1st who wrote (7)	2/15/2009 2:26:19 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 75

All right Shootie, is it OK to take the ill gotten gains of a Pirate? What would make it an ethical action? Let's say, for example, you provided the information to the cops to get him caught, and so there lies the treasure ... up for grabs. Have you earned some right to it? Would you have the right anyway? Under what principle? Is it loot stolen from the pirate or is it treasure found? In the case of the Drug Cartel (modern day pirates), we have drug money, gangster money, human trafficking, etc. The conventional thinking is to turn it over to some authorities, but how is that more ethical than just taking it, and using your own judgment on how best to spend it? Let's say you commit the riches to supporting decency and to further curtail these wicked endeavors of the cartel? You'd be in competition with the legit war on drugs then. Do you need to have such a purpose to justify the acquisition?