will you report your family member if he/she is selling illegal drugs......
By ezekiel71
@ezekiel71 (132)
United States
June 10, 2009 5:46pm CST
My oldest brother was involved in drug trafficking once and i dont know now at present because i moved into other country with my husband right after the havoc that resulted parting ways with my some of my family members. He was selling drugs right into our house and other older sister and older brothers dont wanna believe me that he is doing it. Aside from the fact that i he is a pusher i dont like the idea that strange people come into our house and he will let them in and stay in his room and have a session. I have small niece and nephews that lives with us and they see it and they start asking "isnt what uncle is doing is bad?" how will you answer that question? we say yes and yet we let him do it, what will be you alibi which is definitely nothing. So i did talk to the police and we set time that they can search his place so they will have an evidence. But i think somebody in their group tip my brother so when they came and search the place they found nothing. It was scandalous event that all people are out in the street watching and my brother was so furious trying to find out who set the search. After a day he found out that it was me so, he havoc the whole house, throw everything and threaten to burn the house with us inside, he locked the gate so no one can go out. It was terrible. Rescue came, they help us go out of the house with all the things that we need to bring and moved into other place. What was funny was, my other older sister and brother was blaming me for all of what happened. They say i provoked my brother thats why he threatens mylife and put me out our house. They said i shouldnt have done what i did because he is my brother, and what kind of a sister i am that i will put my brother into jail. And they said that he is just doing that because he has no other means to earn money. OMG!what a shallow reasoning. After that event, my relationship with my family drifted apart, because of difference on undersrtanding what is right and what is wrong. Do you i think i did the right thing? or will you do the same thing i did? even if it will ruin your relationship with your family? what is the limit of being a family and being a responsible citizen of your country? Any comments are welcome, or opinions, everybody have their own opinion, and there is no right and wrong. Thanks.
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6 responses
@flaky03 (225)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
Of course i love my love ones and i do care for them. But the thing here is that your brother was involved in an illegal activity that would cause family matters and the worse is the damage to your family's reputation and name. As much as possible tell your brother to stop it and give all possible consequences.
@ezekiel71 (132)
• United States
13 Jun 09
yup, thats why police got involved because he dont want to listen. thsnks
@treborbus (16)
• Philippines
12 Jun 09
I will report them. This is because his/her doing is not for the good of himself/herself and everyone. Although this is your one of the members of your family, you are responsible to straighten his/her path towards good life. For this, you will show your love and care for them by bringing back him/her in good life.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Jun 09
For me personally, I wouldn't report a relative for trafficking, but I would definitely talk to them and try and get them to stop. If I was ever called into court to testify, I wouldn't lie for them though. Not worth the penalty.
@ezekiel71 (132)
• United States
11 Jun 09
hi dawnald, people in our town are afraid of my brother because of his reputation (bad though), so no one ever bother to tell him what he is doing is wrong ( i know he knew that it is wrong anyway), he is the man, he do whatever he wanna do, so people just let him, nobody complaint of anything against him, i guess im the first one hopefully not the last. thank you
@thenextnoel (396)
• Philippines
11 Jun 09
I would probably talk with the family member first if I caught him. But even so I don't think I can ever report him to the police
@ezekiel71 (132)
• United States
11 Jun 09
i did talk to them but they wouldnt believe me. It took a lot of courage for me to do it, but i understand how you feel about it, sometimes we can do things sometimes we just cannot.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
11 Jun 09
Hello friend,
You've started a really meaningful discussion and it is sure to attract a lot of debate.
Ideally, you would want to report the person but I would take a different approach. I will first try to get the person out of his wrongdoings. If he doesn't, then i will threaten to report him but I will never actually go to the police and report! :(
@ezekiel71 (132)
• United States
11 Jun 09
interesting move. he is my older brother and nobody among my family can ever tell him he is doing wrong because i believed he is egocentric and my family are afraid of him ( he is a hustler, tall, huge man) i was afraid of him too but i dont know what gave me the courage to report him, i just did. thanks jshekhar
@check23 (448)
• Philippines
11 Jun 09
Yes i will. It must be stopped. You did the right thing and if i were you, i will do the same. When you did that, you did helped many people who are involved. The selling was stopped and your brother will think of what he did. Your family will soon realize that what you did was right and you just did it for you, your family and the others who buy it.
@ezekiel71 (132)
• United States
11 Jun 09
their business was interrupted thats for sure. and i do believe my family now starts to realize that i am right with what i did. thank you very much,
