<p>Snitching is a high school epidemic these days. People will snitch on you just absolutely no reason at all. The catch is that the rats aren’t the “goodie two shoes” or have good ethics. Rats often do more dirt than the people they snitch on. They snitch because they are malicious and want to see you get in trouble or arrested. Sometimes people get into arguments and fights with peoples and the person who started the fight will snitch, and won’t even get in trouble. It’s pretty crazy, but I want to remind everyone to “Stop Snitching” and that “snitches get stitches.”</p>
<p>Lol, what did you do?</p>
<p>Perhaps you should stop doing things people could snitch about. Just sayin’… :-/ </p>
<p>Yeah @Repede, you heard the man - stop snitching. </p>
<p>But anyways, I think complacency and ignorance can be far more dangerous than a hyper inclination to “snitch” in today’s society. Imagine how many crimes go unsolved (and unpunished) because of a culture that chastises individuals who speak up about what they’ve seen, heard, or know to authority figures. </p>
<p>Just about everyone has done something against the rule or law at one point in their life. Most people have been in fights or argument. It’s not about criminals or anything, but average people. 40% of the working class has had a criminal history. About 50% of high school students have smoked weed. People steal and vandalize. </p>
<p>Snitches ruin people’s lives as much as crime ruins other people’s lives.</p>
<p>I bet if you go to any college, you’ll find a bunch of drugs and alcohol. You’ll even find rape or whatever. </p>
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<p>Does that make it a good thing?
Murder’s prevalent too. Let’s all do that.</p>
<p>You cannot possibly preach that snitches ruin people’s lives as much as criminals injure their victims (which I suppose may be true in some instances) - and then go on to discuss the prevalence of rape on college campuses. </p>
<p>Suppose a rape conviction destroys someone’s life in the same way that being raped does (which I highly doubt) - do I really care if an individual is being punished for actively and consciously exacting serious trauma on another person, a crime that carries with it life long ramifications? </p>
<p>I have a lot of qualms with the American justice system - however, I don’t think the solution is a state of turning a blind eye. Your argument holds merit in some situations (I think it’s pretty ■■■■■■-y to report a 20 year old for drinking at a college party and subsequently have them expelled) - but when someone is causing some sort of injury (emotional, physical, or otherwise) to themselves or someone else, I think taking action is crucial. </p>
<p>I don’t know. While I think the rumor mill can be a problem, the fact that you brought up rape in a “don’t snitch” thread makes this seem trollish. If you seriously believe people shouldn’t report rape, I am concerned about you.</p>
<p>Nah, personally I’ll never tell. If I don’t benefit from it, why would I? Especially when I would risk retaliation for snitching.</p>
<p>Oh, I get it: " May 21 edited May 21 in College Essays
“Hello, y’all. I’m a senior in high school and I’ve been accepted to this Top 20 college. However, 20 days before graduation, I was faced with something that led me to decide to “withdraw” from my (boarding) school, pending disciplinary action (**** snitches (I hate them)). Those charges were quite severe and were communicated to my college…”</p>
<p>It’s funny because a lot of people here are the kind of people who would. </p>
<p>@SwaggyC I would…if I talked to people, that is.</p>
<p>@TannerSmith - You wouldn’t report rape because you have nothing to benefit from it? That… I’m sorry. I’m not even going to dignify that with a response. </p>
<p>You’re just REALLY sour because someone threw you under the bus for something that you did wrong and now you’re dealing with the consequences. Don’t pretend your little tirade on snitches is based on character - you’re just hella salty. LOL. </p>
<p>Nah, like I said, people don’t snitch because they feel like they’re doing the right thing. They snitch because of all kinds of ■■■■■■ up stuff, but morals isn’t one of them. I don’t see how you can ever justify going to the nearest police department or whatever and ratting out, unless if it’s for terrorism or something that bad.</p>
<p>I think in very specific cases, people might use knowledge of certain incidents to exact leverage or sabotage another person in the context of very competitive situations - like tipping off a college regarding an unsavory Facebook photo to cost another student their admissions - but in most cases, people go to figures of authority to report things because deep down, they feel as though NOT doing something is an issue of moral fiber. There is action in inaction and a lot of people can’t live with themselves knowing that something <em>bad</em> happened that they could’ve stopped but consciously chose not to. </p>
<p>The guy who snitched on the OP needs to go into hiding or something. :/</p>
<p>As a parent, I find this kind of moral relativism scary. Is that the term I’m looking for? Does anyone else find it scary? Sincere apologies go a long way. Blaming the messenger does not. </p>
<p>You are young and you can still make this right</p>
<p>Snitches get stitches.</p>
<p>Well…we wouldn’t have snitches if people didn’t do so much dirt they knew was wrong from the get go.</p>
<p>"I don’t see how you can ever justify going to the nearest police department or whatever and ratting out, unless if it’s for terrorism or something that bad. "</p>
<p>I like “something that bad”. So if I drove a car into a crowd of people and several died then it would be “bad” but if they were only maimed it wouldn’t be? If I saw someone drinking and they appeared intoxicated then I should stop them from getting into a car and driving - before they kill someone in that crowd. If that involves snitching then so be it. Or if you were stupid enough to post pictures of yourself drinking while underage. I thought laws were what defined what was bad. That goes the same for school policies and local ordinances. If you think that they are unjust then there are processes in place to change them. But if you are guilty of breaking them then why should you blame anyone but yourself.</p>