# If you knew for 100% that you wouldn't be caught, what would you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440 "2003-03-06T06:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrentLumkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BrentLumkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrentLumkin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/1 "2003-03-06T06:03:45Z")
Yeah, if you knew somehow for 100% that you would not get caught and not even God would know what you do (if you are religious that is), what would you do? Would you cheat on someone, kill someone, steal something you’ve always wanted, beat up someone, or something else like this? Or would you stick to what you deem “moral” and not take this oppertunity? You can do anything you want, so what would you do? ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/2 "2003-03-06T06:20:39Z")
I would break into Barnes and Noble, and load a semi-trailer with as many books as my greedy little heart desires. I would do this once a year, to keep my library up to date. I would break into the bank accounts of rich folks and make large donations to charities. I would break into a toy store during Christmas and donate the toys to poor children. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/3 "2003-03-06T06:23:26Z")
Whack off in the middle of downtown. That would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/4 "2003-03-06T06:42:58Z")
Oh man, this whole war with Iraq thing? Over in five minutes. Yeah, but I don’t want that notoriety. . . Tripler The “Infamous Liberator”. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/5 "2003-03-06T07:38:55Z")
Damnit, Tripler, you stole my idea. Can I take “Kidnap Bin Laden and hand him over to the nearest friendly Police Agency/Military Unit?” for $1000? ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/6 "2003-03-06T07:49:53Z")
I’d deliver a swift kick to the balls of the guy who made my life a living hell at my last workplace. 😃 Max. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/7 "2003-03-06T07:57:38Z")
I’ll tell you this much: There’d be a WHOLE LOT less ignorance to fight. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/8 "2003-03-06T08:06:48Z")
Have sex with my partner (and take photos) in all the landmark-y public places in Sydney 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/9 "2003-03-06T08:43:41Z")
Nothing I’m not currently doing. Morals that are based on the fear of getting caught worry me. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/10 "2003-03-06T08:46:45Z")
Well, besides going to the local electronics store and obtaining several top of the line computers and all the games, I would kill Sadam, Bin Laden, Kim Il Jung, and that dictator in Zimbawae (sp?); that and I would do some stuff that would probably make everyone cringe, so I won’t mention it here. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/11 "2003-03-06T09:04:23Z")
Man oh man, the Mafia would have NOTHING on the crime syndicate I would build. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/12 "2003-03-06T09:28:45Z")
Steal a several million dollars Beat up some people i don’t like ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/13 "2003-03-06T10:13:57Z")
gather cash in a staggering quantity. Kill 3 people. Between those 2 things, I really wouldn’t have to worry about anything else, ever. Those 2 items woud insure my ongoing happiness. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/14 "2003-03-06T23:26:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by MrVisible_ > Nothing I’m not currently doing. > > Morals that are based on the fear of getting caught worry me. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/15 "2003-03-06T23:37:12Z")
I’m not sure I do. Getting rid of a bloody dictator by non-violent means, to cite but one example, is probably near the height of morality. And if I could do that without “being caught,” i.e. by said dictator’s security goons, I’d do it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/16 "2003-03-07T00:09:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrVisible \* > \*\*Morals that are based on the fear of getting caught worry me. \*\* I agree with Mr. Visible. However, if I could get a LOT of money without hurting someone else I’d do it…like if I could buy a wining ticket to a big lottery. Shamefully, I must admit there’s a few heads I’d thump, given the opportunity. Especially if I could go back in time and thump people who tormented me in school. And some people who’d be a whole lot less stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/17 "2003-03-07T00:54:50Z")
I’d do the same things as **Lissa**. ---
**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/18 "2003-03-07T02:05:50Z")
I’d run fully-clothed through the middle of nude beach. Anti-streaking, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/19 "2003-03-07T02:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat \* > \*\*I’d do the same things as **Lissa**. \*\* Great! As soon as my Complete Immunity Superpowers are granted, I’ll swing by and pick you up. Two sets of hands would make the looting of B&N go so much quicker. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-knew-for-100-that-you-wouldnt-be-caught-what-would-you-do/159440/20 "2003-03-07T02:17:14Z")
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