Clarification/Follow-up by tarot10 on 07/09/05 7:15 pm:


What if someone was breaking into your neighbor's property, would you (snitch) call the police?

What if a week later, the same someone was breaking into your property, would you (snitch) or call the police?

The someone who was doing the breaking in wouldn't like it and might come after you if he/she found out you snitched on him/her.


What if you had a grudge against your neighbor and falsely accussed them of beating up their children? I think that is called BEARING FALSE WITNESSES.


Some people act out of what is best for themselves REGARDLESS OF their religious beliefs or upbringing.

Clarification/Follow-up by tarot10 on 07/10/05 12:28 am:
money is also a deciding factor for some, which is evident by rewards offered for information leading to the arrest of crimminals regardless of religious beliefs.

Clarification/Follow-up by HANK1 on 07/10/05 5:27 am:


Excon: In re: How about my neighbor? No double standards. No different than anyone else when it comes to crime.

Clarification/Follow-up by excon on 07/10/05 8:15 am:

Hello again, Christians:

Ok, I got it. Saving a life or property is not snitching. I really didn't think it was. But you people seem to waffell quite a bit.

But, my question was about snitching, per se. The real ugly kind. Do you tell the teacher when you saw somebody cheating on a test? Do you call the cops if you see a neighbor smoking dope. Do you rat out your accomplice to save yourself from....... Do you teach your children that informing on people is good or is it bad?

What is it? I'm clear on my position. Are you clear on yours?

excon

Clarification/Follow-up by tarot10 on 07/10/05 9:00 am:
Why bother snitching if it isn't going to do any good? Some teachers will turn against the snitcher or ignore him. What if the school doesn't care about cheating as long as they are getting their pay checks and moving students out to make room for the new? Generally schools don't want to be bothered with problems. They just want warm bodies to collect money.

Why report a pot head if the authorities will not do anything about it, but instead consider the snitcher the trouble maker. Why snitch on a pothead if the cops will keep the pot for themselves?

There is no clear cut answer to your question.

Clarification/Follow-up by mytfinemama on 07/10/05 9:36 am:
You haven't been to specific in your question, so you can't expect specific answers... Now that you have, here ya go:

Do you tell the teacher when you saw somebody cheating on a test?

Hell, NEVER.

Do you call the cops if you see a neighbor smoking dope.

No way, no how. But if I'd see a neighbor stealing from another neighbor or doing something even worse (harming somebody, etc. or selling that same dope to a kid for that matter), I'd be calling the cops, asking questions later.

Do you rat out your accomplice to save yourself from.......

This is a good one. People are garbage. Chances are that the accomplice would rat anyway. So in an ideal world, no. In the real world yes.

Do you teach your children that informing on people is good or is it bad?

I teach him to mind his own business, he knows that I have zero patience for tattling, but at the same time that yeah, call the cops if you see something real bad goin' down.

Clarification/Follow-up by CeeBee2 on 07/10/05 2:49 pm:
excon:

I agree with Laura. There are secrets and there are secrets. The trick is knowing which to reveal and which to keep. I won't keep the secret, "I'm going to kill myself" (and will tell the person I have no intention of keeping it after all, even if I had promised, believing it is a cry for help - and will do all I can to find resources and support for that person), but I will keep the secret, "I'm gay" (and will offer help and support as needed and wanted).

Clarification/Follow-up by sapphire630 on 07/10/05 6:18 pm:
I agree with Tarot. Too many times you tell about something and it turns back against you in some wierd way. Most often people don't even care. I have called social workers about child molesting dads and they hung up because they don't want to deal with it. Most often the police already know about all the drug dealers and they let it go cause their hands are tied. When they do arrest them they are out within days.
Then you have to worry if you tell a guy his girl is cheating will he turn around and kill her or something?
There is so much craziness in the world all you can really do is sit back and watch the live soap in front of you.

Clarification/Follow-up by chewy on 07/10/05 6:20 pm:
Why be a **busybody** when noone would be **hurt**?

-don't hesitate to report those who **hurt** others, like thieves, robbers, rapists, terrorists.....

cordially,

chew

Clarification/Follow-up by tarot10 on 07/10/05 8:30 pm:
Excon
Sapphire is right. If she tells a guy his girl is cheating on him, he will blame Sapphire and the girl will come after her. And then he will come after her also and Sapphire will be turned into dead meat by BOTH.

I called the police on someone's husband once and the wife came after me. They both blamed me.


If you want people to tell you the truth about whether or not they snitch, rattle, tattle, kiss and tell, etc you're dreaming. People say one thing but do another. Don't expect anyone here to be honest. Kids learn from example. If the parents snitch, rattle, or tattle out of spite or anger, the kid will learn to behave the same way and the kid will do the same to the parent. You're own kid will snitch, rattle, etc on you.

Clarification/Follow-up by Itsdb on 07/11/05 11:26 am:
Yeah ex, I know what you mean and who you're referring to, and I repeat "nobody likes a snitch." If it ain't a loving thing to do we shouldn't do it.

Steve

Clarification/Follow-up by tarot10 on 07/11/05 12:38 pm:
Itsdb and excon,

If it ain't a loving thing to do we shouldn't do it.


If we see someone harming/endangering/abusing another, what kind of person are we if we do nothing?

What should we do about it? What have you done about it? Have you done anything about it?

IS THE PERSON WHO DOES INDEED DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, GOING TO FIND HIMSELF/HERSELF TOTALLY ALONE AND OUT IN THE COLD?

I think it would require everyone to take action simultaneously.

Excon and Itsdb, hope you have some solutions for us.

Clarification/Follow-up by excon on 07/11/05 12:48 pm:

Hello tarot:

I don't have solutions. But I sure thought your moralistic Christians would.

excon

Clarification/Follow-up by tarot10 on 07/11/05 1:40 pm:
Excon

May be you need to rephrase your question that asks for solutions instead of asking people what they would do.

You said, "I'm clear on my position. Are you clear on yours?"

Why aren't you taking any action instead of just coming here and asking questions?



Your question is not clear. :(

Clarification/Follow-up by excon on 07/11/05 1:59 pm:

Hello tarot:

Yes, I'm clear! I'm not a snitch!

Action? Like what?

I just wanted to know what the Christian stand on snitching is. I guess there isn't any.

excon

Clarification/Follow-up by HANK1 on 07/12/05 7:12 am:



Excon: What you mention in your clarification deals with high school and minor torts. Not worth messin' with. I've told my daughter not to be scared to get involved if she witnesses a real crime. She agrees! It takes guts but who likes a sissy?