Comments on: Moral Dilemma!?

By: Timen

Timen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:41:20 +0000

I agree with you: don’t pay them. I made mistakes as a child and I learned from them. This kid still has a lot to learn, obviously. Money has nothing to do with it in my opinion. It’s his fault and the family (legal guardians) should deal with the situation like any other would.

By: Crambox

Crambox — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:45:00 +0000

I don’t think you should have to pay all unless you were at fault, but if both of you were at fault then how about split the cost then all parties feel better about the situation… my 2 cents

By: traveljunkie

traveljunkie — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:39:30 +0000

Everything with my accident is sorted already actually. The father of the kid is paying for the damage and seemed to be alright with it.

I don’t want people in a 3rd world country getting the image that no matter who’s fault the accident is, the tourist will pay because he has the money. I’ve witnessed that in Indonesia and Thailand before and I think that is just wrong.

Thanks for your comment, Stacy!

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» Boris’ dilemma justwandering.org — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:39:52 +0000

[...] Boris raises an interesting question in his latest entry: Is it alright as a traveler to pay for damage you did not cause, but were involved in, so that a [...]

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:28:49 +0000

Go with your gut feel on this one, but I always look for compromises. Even though you weren’t at fault, you could offer to pay half and consider it a random act of kindness. For me, it would depend on how the 12 year old and his family acted about the whole thing.