A Question of Morality - Forging Documents

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Considering the other question of Morality - Flag Stickers quickly attained more than 500 views, I introduce here a definition of
"morality: " principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

So I pose the question of the morality of forging documents, more specifically documents related to motorcycles and/or worldwide motorcycle travel.

My opinion, this question better subscribes itself to "morality" than the Flag Sticker question. Just turn your ads back on and look at any page of the Hubb and you will see stickers. I find the morality question might better be addressed in relationship to Flag Stickers regarding the morality of the content the sticker represents. A Flag is a Flag.

So how about it? A Question of Morality - Forging Documents?

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[kawazoki]

Please... do it as often as you can in order to achieve you travel dreams..

Safe ride

[mark manley]

Before forging anything you should ask yourself could this impact negatively on anyone else in any way, if the answer is yes don't do it, if no I see no harm.

[lostintime]

Morality for stickers is a strong word...

I would say Sticker Etiquette

[mika]

Thanks for bringing up this question Xfiltrate. I did not even click on the morality sticker thread.

And thanks to Mark for the answer.

Before forging anything you should ask yourself could this impact negatively on anyone else in any way, if the answer is yes don't do it, if no I see no harm.

On my journey around the world by motorcycle I used my Finnish library card (no pic, my name written on with a pen, no word that anybody that does not speak Finnish could understand) as driving license or student card in most places. Only I think once or twice a policeman would ask me if this really is my driving license, and of course I said yes it is and he could not prove me wrong. It was more to entertain myself, than anything else, and of course one policeman in Senegal kept it because I refused to give him some colorfull paper called money.

In the end it is all a papergame (crossing borders, showing papers to the police) and also money is just paper. And as I see it as a game, I got better and better at it over the years ... and in 2015 i could even got into China without guide/agency ... but also sometimes I loose and give away some of the colorfull paper called money.

Just my 2 cents worth.
mika

[Bucket1960]

Love your work Mika
Life is just a game & you must entertain, even if it is just yourself at times
Paperwork is mostly aimed at government fundraising anyhow.
Sometimes it is nice to have a win against the system !

[kawazoki]

Originally Posted by mark manley

Before forging anything you should ask yourself could this impact negatively on anyone else in any way, if the answer is yes don't do it, if no I see no harm.

Ah..come to think of Mika replay to your answer as a problem for fellow travelers as if they are holder of real drivers licence from Finland most likely will encounter problem showing the original....right ??

Or maybe what I did back in 2014 when I use photo shop to create registration
with US plate,present from my friend in Nevada, and rode my Suzuki DR 650 from Serbia to Japan crossing 9 borders ....?
Almost forget to ad that my International drivers licence was also made by very helpful ..photo shop.Now I am wondering ...how many people suffered from my action to..?? It was more to entertain myself, than anything else.

Safe ride

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So I have posed the question of the morality of forging documents, more specifically documents related to motorcycles and/or worldwide motorcycle travel.
Please post your generation with your answer. Thanks.

Here are the birth years for each generation:

iGen, Gen Z or Centennials: Born 1996 and later.
Millennials or Gen Y: Born 1977 to 1995.
Generation X: Born 1965 to 1976.
Baby Boomers: Born 1946 to 1964.
Traditionalists or Silent Generation: Born 1945 and before.

I am a Baby Boomer.
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[brclarke]

It seems far too broad of a question to have one pat answer. I would have to say that it depends on the situation and urgency.


Sorry, I don't feel comfortable giving out my 'generational' info.