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What is a snitching app?
‘Snitch’n’ as it is called, is an app that can be downloaded to Androids or iPhones. The app allows citizens to browse criminal mugshots and information on crimes people are wanted for. In conclusion, it’s not ok to be a snitch because it ruins your relationship with others, it’s bittersweet and leaves you feeling guilty, and overall you gain nothing from snitching. Some people might say that snitching is a great way to get back at someone. Why do people snitch? Many want to do the right thing. Some are pressed into the role by officials. Some want revenge over a slight or want to exert power. He continued, “A snitch is someone minding other folks’ business. To find information they can sell for a price or trade for some other form of compensation. A rat is a traitor, a conceiver, planner or physical participator. He doesn’t sell secrets for power or cash.
Why is it called a snitch?
The first records of snitch comes from the late 1600s, when it referred to a nose. By the late 1700s, it had come to be used as a negative slang term for an informant. By the 1800s, it was used as a verb meaning “to inform or tattle on.” Records of it meaning “to steal” don’t appear until the early 1900s. Snitch is an insulting name for a person who informs the police or other authorities when others break the law or the rules. Snitch can refer to an informant who reports a crime or a tattletale who tells on someone, especially to their parents or to a teacher. In conclusion, it’s not ok to be a snitch because it ruins your relationship with others, it’s bittersweet and leaves you feeling guilty, and overall you gain nothing from snitching. Some people might say that snitching is a great way to get back at someone. Not snitching becomes associated with integrity (i.e. moral uprightness). While not snitching is a virtue, snitching is a cardinal offense. It’s inherently worse than any other act. Snitching (reporting deviant behavior) becomes a deviant behavior. It is said to have originated from gang culture. If you were an informant, you would receive a cut on your face, showing other gang members or inmates that you had snitched to the police. When Dumbledore died, Harry was left the Snitch in his will. It turned out that Snitches have a flesh memory and remember the touch of the first person to handle them. In this case, that was Harry.