Would you lie to protect your child?

[JumBie]

How far would you go? If your child, who you loved, murdered someone (not manslaughter), would you lie to the police? Would you call the police on them yourselves? Just a question I have been pondering, seems like people today will go to the world end to proclaim their child's innocence.

 

[OCGuy]

Wow holy slippery slope fallacy.

The instinct to protect offspring was ingrained in the human brain long before any religious or philosophical morality was around.

Most parents are one unfortunate event away from physically harming someone in order to "protect" their child, so why would verbalizing words that represent a false event or idea be a stretch?

 

[rudeguy]

I would not lie.

But I would not speak to the police. Just as I would not speak to them if I was accused.

 

[HeXen]

If I knew they murdered someone? Call police right away, if they didn't learn from how I raised them then they are no child of mine.

 

[NetWareHead]

Oh man...what a question. I've done some morally questionable things in support/protection of family members that I won't mention here. Murder is another ball game though.

I suppose if it were a murder in self defense or other allowable circumstances then yes I would help out in any way possible while also preserving my own distance from the law. I would do anything and everything that would fall under the definition of "aiding and abetting a criminal" & "harboring a fugitive from justice". This would also depend on which family member we are talking about here.

If it were a true murder and not a circumstance I agree with, then I wouldn't talk to police. Blood is always thicker than water though and I wouldn't turn against blood that way. Just that I wouldn't assist them and would probably have to cut off contact and not be part of their crimes.

 

[highland145]

Needs a poll...have kids...no kids.

 

[tynopik]

did they have it coming?

 

[chimaxi83]

If I somehow failed my child and he grew up to be a thug murderous gang banger, I'd turn that fuckin lowlife in myself.

If I somehow failed my child and he grew up to be a woman beater and killed a woman for anything other than self defense, I'd turn that fucker in myself. Same for if he raped someone.

If I somehow failed my child and he grew up to be a mentally fucked twat that somehow hurt children, I'd turn that bastard in myself, perhaps after beating the shit out of him.

That's about all though, nothing else comes to mind that would make me insta-call the cops. This is definitely a slippery slope though.

 

[mizzou]

OP should ask, are you willing to go to jail for your stupid kid. Some say yes, some say no, depends on how much you like your stupid kid

 

[Printer Bandit]

never narc on your own kid.

 

[mizzou]

never narc on your own kid.

what if your kid is a complete douche?

 

[Ruptga]

They'd probably be going down the river. Probably.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

We have a rule in our family that special family activities are only discussed amongst ourselves, in absolute privacy. Although the Bible tells us not to bare false witness, we know that no man is without sin. If it takes a lie to for the CPS to not take precious Ezekiel away, we can only pray for forgiveness, just as uncle David and cousin Hannah did in order to give us that little miracle.

 

[KlokWyze]

Stupid question. Depends on circumstances.

 

[Ruptga]

Stupid question. Depends on circumstances.

What would you do if the person didn't deserve it and wasn't a dick?
What would you do if the person didn't deserve it and was a dick?
What would you do if the person did deserve it and was a dick?
Which of the following would construe them deserving it: causing someone else's death through carelessness, molesting an adult, molesting a minor, following little girls around town, cheating people out of money, being a destructive drunk, being the worst neighbor ever, being an all-around asshole, supporting the wrong sports team?

 

[Rakehellion]

I never talk to cops, so what I'd do in the situation is irrelevant.

 

[madoka]

Two robbers with guns get killed while robbing a convenience store. Here's their family members talking about how they were good boys who were "never a bad person" and only attempted the robbery to pay for child support.

Start at 3:10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODrAQLx4DAQ

 

[Dude111]

Wow holy slippery slope fallacy

Yes its hard to say!(Murder??)

I wouldnt even know where to begin!!!!!! (I know many WOULD NOT lie (Murder is the worst))

 

[shortylickens]

Never had a kid so I cant be trusted to give a fair answer.

As a man with no children, I am amazed at all the news stories about parents covering for their kids murders and rapes and drug dealings and such.

 

[mikeford]

I would always act in what I saw as the best interests of my child, but I would not lie without a very strong reason, I would more likely not speak or limit what I say.

 

[nickbits]

depends on specfic circumstances

 

[mikeford]

What some miss is that many kids lead double lives, the sweetest child with parents, or auntie etc., a ruthless thug to outsiders.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Not only would I lie to protect my kid, I'd lie to get my kid in trouble. I'm non-partisan with my lies.

 

[Aldon]

I would lie for anyone in my family.

 

[KeithTalent]

Hell yeah. Heck I'd lie to protect your child and I don't even like children.

KT