Does power corrupt? Would you be corrupt?

IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER

At the end of the day we can slag off the banks and the government but if you were there? What would you do? Would you care about people who were stupid and bought over priced flats in Ongar? Or would you look after you close friends, on behalf of yourself?

Is it easy to berate the people in power but would you be any different?

Does power corrupt?

As much as I hate to admit it I think. I would close ranks to keep my stuff in check. So I am not sure I can criticise others for doing the same.

You?

Links234

I'd use my power to further the LGBT agenda.

Scarydoll

I'd kill everyone.

ascanbe

Howaya Bertie.

starbelgrade

Where the hell is Ongar?

galwayrush

I don't know any other way, i have been assimilated from living here. Resistance is futile....

Pookah

Does power corrupt? Would you be corrupt?

Absolutely.

admiralofthefleet

i would introduce a 99c coin, make it law that everyone must eat indian once a week and i would ban the catholic church

IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER

starbelgrade wrote: »

Where the hell is Ongar?

That's what I keep asking : It is on buses who knows where it is??

admiralofthefleet

its in meath or louth isnt it, like nobber

AckwelFoley

IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER wrote: »

That's what I keep asking : It is on buses who knows where it is??

Its one of the moons in Alpha Senturi

Ruu_Old

*puts brown envelope in OP's pocket* What say you now?

minidazzler

Links234 wrote: »

I'd use my power to further the LGBT agenda.

I assume the agenda is to rid the world of humans! Only sex with the same sex! :pac:

I'd probably not be corrupted, I doubt I could be really.

starbelgrade

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its in meath or louth isnt it, like nobber

I just googled it - it says Dublin 15.

So yeah, it's in Meath, technically.

Links234

Links234 wrote: »

I'd use my power to further the LGBT agenda.

So they DO have an agenda!! :eek:
Conspiracy! rabblerabble!

galwayrush

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we'll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.


You can shove the red flag up your arse,
I've got the foreman's job at last.......

Links234

Damn, I've let it slip! the homosexual agenda has been exposed.

IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER

Pookah wrote: »

Absolutely.

Indeed.

pwd

Chicken and egg. Corrupt people are more likely to pursue power for its own sake, and to be more ruthless and aggressive in their pursuit of it. The only effect power has is enable them to express their inate corruptness.

Personally I respond to power with an increased sense of responsibility.

A lack of power is more likely to corrupt imo. It can force people to do things they would not like to do in other circumstances.

I think there is often a connection between the drive for power and the survival instinct of an individual.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Young idealists like Stalin, Castro and Mao Tse Tung probably have proven that it often does

Just reminded me of this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aupn-91BNwU

PCPhoto

ask any garda, judge or politician ..... if they can help a friend by using their "power" ... the official answer is "no"

the unofficial position .... "what do you want/need me to do for you?" ....shortly followed by ..... "I'll see what I can do....." (and a wink)

so in answer to the question ...yes power corrupts, would I be corrupt ... probably - I dont know until I get power.

me_right_one

No, and No. Micheal Collins was Commander in Chief of the free state army, did he try to become a dictator? No. Power does not corrupt. Its just that sometimes, unscrupulous and already corrupt people try to get power for their own ends. They are corrupt first.

pwd

PCPhoto wrote: »

ask any garda, judge or politician ..... if they can help a friend by using their "power" ... the official answer is "no"

the unofficial position .... "what do you want/need me to do for you?" ....shortly followed by ..... "I'll see what I can do....." (and a wink)

This is generally true. But generally only **** want to be guards, judges or politicians.

mrbruno

Power does not necessarily corrupt. It provides an outlet in which an already corrupt person can work to better their own position. For example, in Cuba, Batista used his power to better himself. But later, Castro, who arguably had more power, used this power to help the poor.

Son Of A Vidic

Would power corrupt me? - of course not.
Would I operate within the law? - without question.
Would I write the laws? - absolutely

NoHornJan

starbelgrade wrote: »

Where the hell is Ongar?

It's an archaeological site in Pakistan.

That's where Ongar is. Check it if you like.