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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 5/14/11, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: Breaking news from <SPAN>lmtribune</SPAN>.com<BR>To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>, "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe@gmail.com>, "vision2020@moscow.com" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 1:23 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Donovan Arnold stated:<BR><BR>"Nobody is morally or ethically responsible to prevent a bad event if<BR>their action knowingly would result in something worse."<BR><BR>In my opinion moral and ethical responsibility is determined individually.<BR><BR>If I were fishing from a dock on Lake Coeur d'Alene and observed a child<BR>slowly drowning . . . although I may not be legally responsible . . . I<BR>would consider myself to be ethically and morally responsible to take<BR>action to prevent the child from drowning.<BR><BR>Footnote: If I were fishing on a lake in Germany and observed a child<BR>drowning, I WOULD BE legally responsible to take action to prevent the<BR>child from drowning. I could be arrested and jailed in Germany, but not<BR>in the United States. If you were to drive by an unattended accident and<BR>didn't stop to offer help, you would be held criminally liable.<BR><BR>Just some laws I think the US should
consider.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<BR>changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR><BR>- Unknown<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>