Ethics 101

I discovered something about someone the other day, completely by accident. Something that can really only be bad. I'm trying to think of an explanation other than the obvious, and I can't.
To keep the parties involved safe, I'm not going to give out any information on who or what it is. However, I'm in an ethical dilemma. If I tell the other party involved, it may cause a serious problem. As of now, I'm the only one on the planet, other than the party involved, that knows about this, or at least I'd have to assume that.

I have 3 choices of what to do with this information:

1) Eat it. Don't tell anyone. And especially don't tell the person or the person's significant other about it.

2) Tell the person what I've found, and ask him/her about it.

3) Tell the person's significant other about what I saw.

I really don't think that I should do Option #1, because that does nobody any good.

Option #2 has it's own inherent risks in it, because that person could go off the handle (and rightly so due to the nature of this here beast). But it also has probably the most possible benefit, because if it's innocent, then we have no more problem.

Finally, Option #3 is O.K., unless there is a completely rational explanation to it. In that case, then exercising Option #3 would be devastating. On the other hand, if what I've seen is really what I think it involves, then the proverbial "shit will hit the fan." Sorry for my French.

So in the immortal words of some smart cat, "What's a brotha to do?"

I'm going to have to talk to somebody about this. Anonymously. Not so much for my own sake, but for the other party involved.

So, there it is, my Ethics 101 dilemma. By the way, if you know me, please don't ask me to try to give up any information, cuz deez lips be sealed.

Oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day. I hope all your endings are "happy."

Keep on keepin' on.