Let's Play St. Peter
A question of Ethics
John arrives at the Pearly Gates. A very religious man he prayed constantly and attended church daily throughout his life, abstaining from all manner of sexual temptation. He had been a very successful businessman, CEO of GAWKS(Glaxo-Abbott-Welcome_Kline-Smith).pharmaceuticals.
As St. Peter looks over his bio, he says "There are a few troubling items here".
"For instance I see that when sales of anti-retroviral were down you instituted a policy of undermining condom use in Africa. You opposed the World Health Organization, and had your agents tell the people that condoms didn't work and that they were harmful to their spirits.
Your sales went up, but hundreds of thousands suffered and died needlessly. Do you have anything to say in your defense ?
John replied "We ALWAYS encouraged abstinence - it was not my fault that they died"
"But you DID know that they would suffer and die as a result of your policy- and you chose to do it anyway"
After St. Peter dispatches John to his reward, he asks his aide "Who's next ?"
"Got a tough one for you - it's the Pope"