Dilemma of Conscience - now in English!!!

[yakalskovich]

wiebke and floppy_hat had this already in German; now Evgeni Sukharnikov, the helpful expert on old St. Petersburg (little does he guess the nefarious purposes of my questions, poor fellow!) sent me an English version of it that is even much better.

Subject: Fw: A TEST OF YOUR MORALITY AND ETHICS


With all your honor and dignity, what would you do?

This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought . . .


By giving an honest answer you will be able to test where you stand morally.


The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where you will have to make a decision one way or the other.
Remember that your answer needs to be honest, but yet spontaneous.



Please scroll down s l o w l y. This is important for the test to work correctly.




You're in Florida . . . In Miami, to be exact . . .



Your are a CNN photographer. There is huge hurricane coming ashore and chaos is all around you . . .


Masses of water, force 5 winds . . . . You are in the middle of this great disaster . . . . The situation is nearly hopeless . . . .



You are shooting houses and people floating away. Nature is showing all of its fury. Cars and boats are being tossed like children's toys . . . .


Suddenly you see a man, steering a big van . . .
He is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken away by the masses of water and mud . . .


You zoom in to take a closer look . . . . It is George W. Bush driving the van.


In the camera lens you notice that the raging waters are about to sweep him away forever . . . .


You have two options. You can save him or you can take the best photo of your life.


So you can save the life of George W. Bush, or you can shoot a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo . . .


A photo displaying the death of a very powerful man . . .


And here's the question: (Please give an honest answer)




Will you make the photo black and white, or color?


And of course, Evgeni, a very gifted amateur photographer himself, is totally right: THAT is the dilemma which will determine the further fate and career of the notional press photographer in this story, not what the Nazgul's German version had, which is trifling by comparison....