Originally Posted By: GregSY
....I hope all of you jokers who think it's OK to take advantage of the uninformed, weak, or gullible have a 19 YO daughter whose car breaks down in some far away city and gets here bank account cleaned out by some mechanic who tells her she needs $4500 worth of new muffler bearings....


Creative imagination, I think I can see how it's related to the original story. I wouldn't want my daughter in that situation, but closer to the point. Would my son have the moral obligation to turn down the gift of a decent gun if he thought I was old and crotchety, but turns out I still had some means.

There's a big difference between an internal moral dilemma decision and fending off a predator. If my son accepts a gift from me, did he 'rip me off' or 'screw me', or are there exceptions to black and white.