A little while ago, Michael D’Agostino, of A Life Examined, brought up the idea of a new blog hop called Question of the Month. He thinks blog readers would like to know a little more about us, the bloggers. So we’re all gathering to show you guys who we are by taking part in the Question of the Month blog hop. On the first Monday of each month, we answer the question that gets posted here.
This month’s question is: “If your parent or child committed a major crime, would you turn them in?”
The first thing I considered when I saw this question was, “What’s the major crime?”
The reason I asked myself this question is because of the current political/racial tension in the U.S. I’m not going to go into a spiel about right and wrong or ask if you care about “black live.” The reason this question popped up is because sometimes things that aren’t crimes now, once were. For example:
-In some states marijuana is now legal.
-Gay marriage is legal.
-And for those of you who pretend not to remember, there was a time when interracial marriage was a crime, and so on…but of course I realize that these aren’t major crimes.
Now, I’m not here to advocate for or against anything, but I wanted to explain why I take justice a lot more serious than I do “crime”. Yes some crimes are clearly wrong, but many others are founded in popular opinion or are a sign of the times.
So to answer the question, if a family member killed someone or stole from someone, yes I would turn them in. There are probably other “crimes” for which I would do the same, but I would evaluate the situation as is arose and not apply a blanket reaction.
Please check out the other participants in this hop and even join in if you’d like.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords
12 replies on “#Question of the Month: a bloghop to think about. No. 3- Would you turn family in to the cops?”
That was my answer as well.
Yeah, I’m doing my best to take the high moral ground here.
I agree that it depends on the major crime. There are a lot of crimes out there and a lot considered to be “major” but not all of them are heinous.
There are few crimes that are clear cut “major”, but “heinous” is different.
It’s pretty amazing the things that used to be crimes. I’m glad I’m living now and not way back when because my husband and I do not share the same skin color.
Niether do me and mine. 😉
Very true, can’t be just a blanket reaction.
Great answer! If you’d grown up in the 1800s when gay and interracial marriage wasn’t allowed, do you think you’d still feel the same way?
It’s one thing for something to be not allowed and another for it to be a crime, punishable by having police track you down and take you to jail. I’m not an advocate for anything, but I don’t think a crime should be classified as people wanting to be together.
You know, I guess not jumping to some blanket reaction, as you said, would actually be the best in the situation.
Sometimes, we need more details to make a decision. This one wasn’t as black and white to me.
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Yeah, I know. It was a tough one.