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parker succeeds by stealing the success of others (inafivepoundbag) wrote in colligo_network,
@ 2011-03-29 13:51:00

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alistair theirin, ariadne, eames, juno weasley, merrill, morgana, obi-wan kenobi, parker, peter fleming, regulus black, tessa

Question!

A friend of yours has a problem. A really big, bad problem that makes them do things they don't want to do, including hurting other people. You find out about that problem.

Do you:

A. Try to find a way to help them and support them and be there for them, only giving up if and when it's obvious they can't be helped.

or

B. Be terrible and mean and tell them not to talk to you or anyone you know ever again, then not bother telling any of their real friends about their problem so they can still get some help.

Definitely needing guidance here so if anyone has any experience in something like this, that'd be awesome.

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	royal_bastard 2011-03-29 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	Um. Well, I would think A would be the obvious answer. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome. You got a reason why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	themiddlegame 2011-03-29 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	I would think it would depend on if someone died or not. Most would tend to throw someone who had killed someone to the wolves. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh! Good point. Okay. Let's say nobody died. They got hurt but they got better, no worse for the wear. What then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	Parker dream_bigger 2011-03-29 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	What the fuck? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Eames inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	What? It's a legitimate question! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	goodatcharms 2011-03-29 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Depends on the situation, I guess. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty much listed the situation already. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	oneofmynames 2011-03-29 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Not that I have any experience worth mentioning, but I can tell you, option A won't be easy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	I never said it would be easy. I'm just curious which way most would handle it. Option A seems to be winning so far. [Tessa] And I'm sorry about Cas, the other night. He didn't have a right to jump on you like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	sacredvessel 2011-03-29 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	Option A. But even then sometimes you have to tell them to back off, or let them be alone, away from other people for a while. It's so complicated. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Oh! Good point. So an amended Option A where you try to help them but do what you can to make sure they don't hurt anybody else? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	selenophobe 2011-03-29 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Option A. No question about it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome. Thanks! ~~Think you could tell your boyfriend that?~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	oftwominds 2011-03-29 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	I would say A because of my own personal experience. It's difficult but people need to be supported. Option B can just lead to more pain because they will no longer have someone to rely on. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Holy crap, you look a lot like Ric. And thanks! That's what I figured but it always helps to be sure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	exquisiterush 2011-03-29 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	It is more a matter of what people know is right and what they should do, versus what they will do in a situation. People can say all they want that they would help or do the right thing or be the better person, but they cannot know how they will react until they actually find themselves in that situation. And often our better natures lose out to emotion. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	True. I mostly was just curious what the general masses would say. I don't always think the same as other folks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	labyrinthine 2011-03-29 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	A. Is this a trick question? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-29 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, not a trick. Got some info today that got me thinking, so I was just curious what the general masses thought. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	future_seer 2011-03-29 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	A, of course. ~~B is inexcu~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inafivepoundbag 2011-03-30 01:21 am UTC (link)
	See, you think it'd be obvious. But for some folks around here, not so much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	arrogant_black 2011-03-30 12:43 am UTC (link)
	Option A. Ooo, looks like this time I'm siding with the right crowd. Parker I know who you are talking about. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	balloftwine 2011-03-30 01:46 am UTC (link)
	I would pick A, but I think with a lot of people it would depend on what kind of problem it was and how good a friend they were. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	do_what_i_must 2011-03-31 10:47 am UTC (link)
	A. Always. If someone is under a compulsion that makes them act contrary to their usual behaviour, then they are as much a victim as the people who are attacked, albeit in a different way. (Reply to this)