This was sent to me anonymously a while back…
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, yet spontaneous.
Please scroll down slowly and consider each line – this is important for
the test to work accurately …
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You’re in Florida…In Miami, to be exact… There is great chaos going
on around you, caused by a hurricane and severe floods. There are huge masses of water all over you. You are a CNN photographer and you are in the middle of this great disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless.
You’re trying to shoot very impressive photos. There are houses and
people floating around you, disappearing into the water. Nature is showing all its destroying power and is ripping everything away with it.
Suddenly you see a man in the water, he is fighting for his life, trying
not to be taken away by the masses of water and mud. You move closer. Somehow the man looks familiar. Suddenly you know who it is – it’s George W. Bush!
At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take 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 unique photo displaying the death of one of the world’s most powerful men. And here’s the question: (Please give an honest answer) …
Are you ready? …
Would you select color film, or go with the simplicity of classic black
and white?
Lisa, that is a silly question. Time would be of the essence, so you would use whatever film was in the camera at the time. Hopefully, you would have a digital camera, so the point would be moot.
High quality color film. You can always digitally turn it into black and white later.
lmao! both, baby…and from every angle possible!
This post is discriminatory. Why wasn’t sepia given as a choice?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Ooooooooooooh, my family would be mad at you!
But I’m not.
Oh, definitely black and white. George was never a colored boy.
That’s a photographer’s wet dream…
LOL
*peeks out from cave to see if my Republican blogger friends are still talking to me*
I know in this context this was meant to be humorous, but the underlying issue is actually very serious.
I recall a while back when there was a reality show where a male contestant hit a female contestant, and the photographers and crew just stood there filming, because they didn’t want to “interrupt the third wall.”
What a bunch of cop out bullshit!
The obvious serious answer here is that you would save Dubya. That we entertain other answers–even in a humorous context–shows how polarized and vitriolic we have become (thanks partly to the Internet.)
There is a passage in the Talmud that says, “If you see your enemy across the road, and his horse cart is broken, cross the road and lend him a hand.”
We can disagree with people politically, but they don’t surrender their humanity.
So even if BIN LADEN is drowning, you should try to save him–in his case, mostly so that we can imprison and interrogate him (with all the lives the latter activity might save), but in a miniscule way to save his life.
I’d save him and take pics.
If I were a top photographer I’d have a waterproof camera.
I would take close-ups of every gasping last breath. I would knee-cap anyone who tried to save him.
hehehehehe. Black & White would portray the mood oh so well!
If I had time after shooting, I’d call 911 for help, though.
Why can’t everyone just take a joke? Lighten up.
Black and white would be a gripping picture. And yes, lighten up, nothing wrong with a joke. Seriously, who wouldn’t make an attempt to save him…if only for a chance to get his signature on the pic.
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I love it… I was so ready to give it the “serious thought”, too!
The truth is, I think there would be plenty of time to save the President’s life just as long as you were willing to just shoot the picture with whatever film was *already* in the camera. Do you see what I mean?
So here’s my answer. I think I’d run back to my truck and get my light meter and check all the angles before selecting just the right speed of black and white film.
That’s very funny. I was thinking about it seriously and then got to the end. Very cute.
This is one of few people I truly hate. I’d want it in video and surround sound.
I would definitely go with living color, until he breathed his next to last gasp. Then I would yell, “I’ll save ya’ George … for a fee!!”
That is too funny Lisa!
I was telling my friend this joke over the phone, and she obviously didn’t get it, because she was trying to make a point that the photographer would get all kinds of flack for not saving the president…
Some people are just born without a sense of humor I guess.
And following Mike’s idea, I think I would use a polaroid and have Bush sign the pic as he floated on by…
Me personally – i’d save him and parlay my 15 minutes into a talk show tour – culminating with a full hour on Oprah, then i’d write a best selling novel, be the talk of the town, walk all the red carpets, have a fabulous torrid affair with a powerful and wealthy older man who’ll get caught in some scandal – i’ll then blackmail him for millions and end up with a “what becomes a legend most’ Blackglama mink ad campaign… that sounds about right.
You people are TWISTED… and I love it!
Bwahahahaha – I think there’s a wet spot in my chair!!!
Hahahahahaha!
Florida, during hurricane season?
Surely you jest…
If I may add my 2 cents?
I’d have to try to photograph him first (in color since I use a digital w/color card.) But as usual, my battery would run down just as I push the button. Then I’d have to jump in and save him, drag him to safety, then fumble around a bit while I changed out my battery (I always keep a spare), then toss him in again so I can get the shot, wave by-by to him and then run home and Photoshop it into B&W if need be.
You’d get paid more for video.
Laughed my ass off at this one. Should have expected something like this from you.