Thread: The other side of the coin.

Oregon Bikers Help Find Answers for Vulnerable Missing Woman - Salem-News.Com

All that help and still told to move the bike...love that it never got moved either. Great story, I'm sure the family was relieved to have their loved one back.

It's funny the biker looks like Opie from "sons of anarchy," don't understand why he couldn't move the bike though...

I'm not really sure why that last paragraph was even included. It doesn't have any relevance to the point of the story. Cool story though.

Knowing the reputation of the Gypsy Jokers I was a bit surprised. I guess I shouldn't have been, though. Most people aren't sociopaths, even among outlaw biker gangs. People generally do the right thing given half the chance.

Originally Posted by joesixpack

Knowing the reputation of the Gypsy Jokers I was a bit surprised. I guess I shouldn't have been, though. Most people aren't sociopaths, even among outlaw biker gangs. People generally do the right thing given half the chance.

I think it depends on whether the organization has its own code of ethics or not.
for example, with a Mexican drug kartel, I would not count on them doing the right thing, considering they are known to brutally slaughter people along with their friends, family and pets if you annoy them. Prison gangs are another good example of a bad example.

Otoh, organizations like the yakuza or the IRA have a criminal element in which they obviously break the law, but they are otherwise expected to behave. I was told by English and Irish friends that if you were in the IRA, you were expected to not engage in petty crime / rob people / vandalize things etc. If you did you got one warning, and the second offense got you a kneecapping or execution. Such organizations have a structure in which empathy and ethics are allowed, and to a certain point expected.