You are in a room, and a man offers you $10,000,000 to push a button. When you push the button, a random person from the world dies. It could be you, it could be a family member, but odds are against it with so many billions of people in the world. If you decide not to push the button, the man gives you the key to leave. Do you push the button for the $10 million?
No, because then I would live eternity in hell. Also, after everything I've gathered from movies and stuff like that, the person that dies will probably be someone really close to you, like a family member or a close friend.
Hm. Depends on who that someone is. Osama? Hell yes. Rapist? Definitely. That dude that cut me off the other day? Maybe. Carrie Underwood? No way in hell. Not even with a gun to my head.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 11 2008, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, because then I would live eternity in hell. Also, after everything I've gathered from movies and stuff like that, the person that dies will probably be someone really close to you, like a family member or a close friend.</div> The person would truly be at random. No movie theatrics here.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div> Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Joker @ Jun 11 2008, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes. And I remember hearing a fictional story like this.</div> . . . <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div> Whoever says yes is probably just joking, and if they say otherwise they're lying.
My answer is no. While I would turn assassin in certain circumstances, it is against a fundamental tenet of my religion to kill another without cause - especially a random person.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div> Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button? </div> You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil. And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 11 2008, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, because then I would live eternity in hell. Also, after everything I've gathered from movies and stuff like that, the person that dies will probably be someone really close to you, like a family member or a close friend.</div> The person would truly be at random. No movie theatrics here. </div> Nah, I still probably wouldn't It's against my morales I guess. Plus, I don't want to rot in hell for eternity
I'm not going to lie, I would think about it pretty damn hard. Are there any legal consequences? If not, I'm killing someone.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div> Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button? </div> You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil. And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button. </div> I'm not saying whether it is fucked up or not. But apparently there is a price on life....$10 million. 11 more people died since my last post at least.
It's not religious or anything for me. It's just knowing I'm ending a life because some nutjob wants to check my morals. You're not just effecting this person you kill. You're effecting everyone around him. That could be thousands of people.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jun 11 2008, 09:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not going to lie, I would think about it pretty damn hard. Are there any legal consequences? If not, I'm killing someone.</div> No legal consequences whatsoever.
If I'm in desperate need of money, if I'm broke or living on the streets, then maybe. If I'm Latrell Spreewell, I probably do it. But otherwise, no. I'm living comfortably as it is, and there's no need for me to take someone else's life for money.
