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Thought I'd post another question to spark a debate.
Just watched the end of Corrie and one of the characters has come to the end stages of dealing with a loan shark. As you can imagine he is pretty desperate by now and has chosen to fake his own death to get rid of the problem. Guess if you've paid back over treble what you borrowed and still getting pestered...it is rather desperate.
So I pose to you a hopefully hypothetical question - what would you do if faced with a similar problem (I hope we all know better than to trust a friend of a friend of your second cousins ex-girlfriends friend...especially when it comes down to money).
Would you do what this fictional character is doing and fake your death? Would you even take it further and take your own life? Gather evidence and take it to the police. Or would you kill the loan shark?
I know the last option is a bit drastic - but if you were at your wits end and were considering death, that 7-10 years inprisonment (if you get caught that is) would surely be better than stepping through the unknown and killing yourself, right? Who knows, you could be releasing many people from the same predicament that you are in.
I'm just interested to see what the forum would do (just in case I need a friend to help hide the body :p)
Just watched the end of Corrie and one of the characters has come to the end stages of dealing with a loan shark. As you can imagine he is pretty desperate by now and has chosen to fake his own death to get rid of the problem. Guess if you've paid back over treble what you borrowed and still getting pestered...it is rather desperate.
So I pose to you a hopefully hypothetical question - what would you do if faced with a similar problem (I hope we all know better than to trust a friend of a friend of your second cousins ex-girlfriends friend...especially when it comes down to money).
Would you do what this fictional character is doing and fake your death? Would you even take it further and take your own life? Gather evidence and take it to the police. Or would you kill the loan shark?
I know the last option is a bit drastic - but if you were at your wits end and were considering death, that 7-10 years inprisonment (if you get caught that is) would surely be better than stepping through the unknown and killing yourself, right? Who knows, you could be releasing many people from the same predicament that you are in.
I'm just interested to see what the forum would do (just in case I need a friend to help hide the body :p)
Perhaps I didn't word myself correctly - I meant to imply that kiling the loan shark in a sense would be better than killing yourself. True you'd get life inprisonment with a whole luxury of gyms, TV and recreational activities, but the way the life sentences go - you'll be out in 10 years.
I only thought to ask your opinions as I had the very same argument with my stepdad. I said go to the police, but without hard evidence, they are powerless.
In terms of mental state, you are right - it is very easy to sit back and say what you would do here and now, but in the desperate time your mind would be all over the place. I guess that is why Joe on Corrie is planning to fake his death.
And Machie... I'm not killing anybody... You'll still have me out of prison and spamming up the forums :p
I only thought to ask your opinions as I had the very same argument with my stepdad. I said go to the police, but without hard evidence, they are powerless.
In terms of mental state, you are right - it is very easy to sit back and say what you would do here and now, but in the desperate time your mind would be all over the place. I guess that is why Joe on Corrie is planning to fake his death.
And Machie... I'm not killing anybody... You'll still have me out of prison and spamming up the forums :p
I agree, you could even find yourself rewarded for helping the police and if they bring the company down then you're debts are pretty much wiped off anyway.
The only option is to go to the police and tell them everything that has happened. They have special units set up to deal with these. Then visit CAB and other various government agencies for advice.
It's easy to say in front of a computer that you'd take down a loan shark, but they know every trick in the book in terms of intimidation, violence and threats - they will psychologically get to you first. And even if you get past that, manage to kill him, what then? If the operation was more than a one man plan then you'll be hunted down. If not, it's a life sentence for you anyway.
It's easy to say in front of a computer that you'd take down a loan shark, but they know every trick in the book in terms of intimidation, violence and threats - they will psychologically get to you first. And even if you get past that, manage to kill him, what then? If the operation was more than a one man plan then you'll be hunted down. If not, it's a life sentence for you anyway.
Thought I'd post another question to spark a debate.
Just watched the end of Corrie and one of the characters has come to the end stages of dealing with a loan shark. As you can imagine he is pretty desperate by now and has chosen to fake his own death to get rid of the problem. Guess if you've paid back over treble what you borrowed and still getting pestered...it is rather desperate.
So I pose to you a hopefully hypothetical question - what would you do if faced with a similar problem (I hope we all know better than to trust a friend of a friend of your second cousins ex-girlfriends friend...especially when it comes down to money).
Would you do what this fictional character is doing and fake your death? Would you even take it further and take your own life? Gather evidence and take it to the police. Or would you kill the loan shark?
I know the last option is a bit drastic - but if you were at your wits end and were considering death, that 7-10 years inprisonment (if you get caught that is) would surely be better than stepping through the unknown and killing yourself, right? Who knows, you could be releasing many people from the same predicament that you are in.
I'm just interested to see what the forum would do (just in case I need a friend to help hide the body :p)
Just watched the end of Corrie and one of the characters has come to the end stages of dealing with a loan shark. As you can imagine he is pretty desperate by now and has chosen to fake his own death to get rid of the problem. Guess if you've paid back over treble what you borrowed and still getting pestered...it is rather desperate.
So I pose to you a hopefully hypothetical question - what would you do if faced with a similar problem (I hope we all know better than to trust a friend of a friend of your second cousins ex-girlfriends friend...especially when it comes down to money).
Would you do what this fictional character is doing and fake your death? Would you even take it further and take your own life? Gather evidence and take it to the police. Or would you kill the loan shark?
I know the last option is a bit drastic - but if you were at your wits end and were considering death, that 7-10 years inprisonment (if you get caught that is) would surely be better than stepping through the unknown and killing yourself, right? Who knows, you could be releasing many people from the same predicament that you are in.
I'm just interested to see what the forum would do (just in case I need a friend to help hide the body :p)