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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:33 PM
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A relative or close friend shows up at your door and tells you they are
on the run from law enforcement, don't tell you what they did or who exactly is after them.

You do what?

Offer a room for the night? Offer your car? Money? A gun? Call the police? Give them a head start then call the police?
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:34 PM
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1. Depends if they share the loot or not! nt
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2KS2KHonda Donating Member (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:36 PM
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4. Waitonefuckingminute...nobody said anything about LOOT! I reserve the right to
change my prior answer!
:D :rofl:
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2KS2KHonda Donating Member (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:35 PM
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2. Give him the key to my airplane and wish him well.
Hey, you asked...
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:36 PM
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3. I suppose I'd fell them to come inside and sak what the problem was.
If they refused to answer, I'd tell them to get out! I surely would try to help anyone with a problem, but I won't become an accessory for anyone!
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Ex Lurker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 12:31 AM
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15. x2. It would also make a difference what the relationship was
Sibling or someone I've know all my life is one thing. Distant cousin or a guy I know from work, they don't get quite as much consideration.
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RedShoes Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:36 PM
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5. I wouldn't so a thing until I knew what was going on...and I mean the unadulterated version
I've had my share of run ins with my drug addled recalcitrant of a sister, who has MULTIPLE warrants on her now, and trust me, if she came to my house, she would NOT be staying.
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:36 PM
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6. Take them in and convince them to surrender themselves.
Read passages from "The Purpose Driven Life" together.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:39 PM
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9. And offer them some of your meth stash.
Isn't that what happened there too?

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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 12:19 AM
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12. Damn I hope that was a joke.
It's just too near perfect not to be.:rofl:
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:37 PM
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7. Listen, Karl, just testify already! Damn. n/t
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:38 PM
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8. I don't have money or a gun, so that's out.
Edited on Thu Aug-21-08 10:40 PM by panader0
Seriously, the only crime I'm into is smoking a little weed.
(At which one of my houses?)
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:39 PM
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10. If they want help from me, I HAVE to know WHY they are on the run
I do NOT want to be an accessory after the fact..and I would not want my kids to see me as an enabler to a criminal.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 12:16 AM
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11. A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail.
Edited on Fri Aug-22-08 12:16 AM by asdjrocky
Your best friend is the one sitting there beside you in jail. No way I call the cops.

Of course, I guess I'd have to find out what the crime is before I take any aid further then simply not calling the cops. If he's a child molester, or something of that sort, he/she is on their own.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 06:37 AM
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18. "A Friend helps you move. A Good Friend helps you move a body."
mikey_the_rat
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 12:22 AM
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13. They should just show up and not say anything about anything if they come here.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 12:31 AM
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14. My best friend? Help bury the body and get him out of town.
Just like he'd do with me.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 04:38 AM
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16. Offer food and bed to sleep, then call "crime stoppers" to get reward.


Just kidding. :hi:
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 04:50 AM
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17. Invite them in, and then.......
I would explain to them that they HAVE to tell me what is going on, because if they don't I don't know how to help them and perhaps more importantly, I cannot evaluate the risk I am taking by helping them. If they cannot understand why it is necessary to fill me in completely, they are not my friend. If they are a relative, well, meh. Same rule applies, but they get perhaps even less leeway. I chose my friends, some of my relatives are assholes and I had no say in the matter.

Having said that, if they come through with the details they get the absolute utmost I can offer. The relationships we build with those closest to us in this world are really all that matters to me, for me those are the meaning of life itself. Be square with me and I'll risk my life alongside you, should it come to that.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:00 AM
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19. Send them right on down the road
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:33 AM
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20. Find out if there's a reward.
:evilgrin:
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