Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
it's not like he tried to tell his dad so his dad would say something to his friend's dad first so all the shit fall out would be on the friend...

No, he even says he told his dad because he figured he'd get a smaller punishment that way. But there was still no reason to cop to the friend's new pipe. Since when do two wrongs make a right?

he told his dad, because he figured his dad was going to find out anyways.. he came clean and honest with his dad, not to 'roll over' on someone... but to earn respect points with his dad....

Honestly, I didn't see where integrity factored into this story at all. It's clearly a case of self-preservation.

btw i'd like to take this time to point out, prison has no code... THE ONLY code is, whatever you do, you better have a bigger 'gang' or be bigger then the dude you're causing waves with... prisoners have no code... if some dude is about to get tacked with another 5 years.. he IS NOT gonna stay silent, out of some non-existant code, if he isn't in fear of his life or livelyhood...you better believe that mother fucker will send you up the river in a heartbeat...

It doesn't really matter what your view of prison is, because these kids aren't in prison. Unless you're saying that the same rules would apply.
But if you really believe that, then how can anyone have any problem with his friend rolling over? Because all that kid was doing was looking out for number one right? If there's no code, then there's no violation. And then hello3pat is apparently just a whiny bitch?
Actually, the prisoner's dilemma isn't about any practiced code or ethos in prison. It's a common experiment in game theory that I learned in high school and thought most people would have heard of (though I guess I had a pretty cool teacher at the time).
Prisoner's Dilemma
All bold original, all plain text my own.