Jump to navigation
Hypothetical Question of the Day
R. Alex Whitlock
If you had to either (a) betray a good friend who will forgive you or (b) wrong someone that you don't know very well at all who will always believe you're evil, which person would you wrong and why?
In other words, let's say that you wronged someone you barely know. Would you take solace that it wasn't someone you were close for (despite the fact that they would forgive you), or would you lament the fact that this person will never, ever forgive you (despite the fact that you barely know them).
[Note: My wording on this was bad, so I changed it up a little.]
Observations
Kinda depends on the specifics, really, but I think I would let down my friend. You make it sound like the thing to do to the stranger is significantly worse, and I would always have the chance to make it up to a friend.
What you did doesn't matter, only that it is the same thing to each person. If you need examples:
1. You "steal" their girlfriend or boyfriend.
2. You swoop in and take a job that you know they need more than you do.
3. You blurt out something they wanted to keep a secret.
I'll not do it :)
Cheater! :)
Add an Observation
Comment spam is an ongoing problems that we're trying to address. Previously we required people to create accounts and log in. I am thankful to say that is no longer the case. We're giving Captcha another try and are playing around with a text-based Q&A variant of Captcha. So bear with us as we try to figure out how to best get a handle ont he problem. Please note that any comment on a post more than 30 days old will go into the moderation queue, where I will get to it when I can which could be once a week.
