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[Faust1979]

I think that it would be much to hard for me to resist

[Giant ambush beetle]

Let me be honest, I hate or feel completely indifferent about 99 % of all the people I know and meet, I'm not sure if I would press the button. And I'm not even a greedy money wh0re. Its actually pretty sad, I hate it that I would consider sacrificing a random person just for power and personal gain, wouldn't it be great if the major part of worlds population was so great and awesome that I would definitely not press the button?
Sadly, thats not the case.

Modifié par The Woldan , 02 avril 2011 - 10:18 .

[Faust1979]

 check out this funny parody of the box it made me laugh!

[vometia]

MrDizaztar wrote...

You can't feel guilty for causing somebody death without knowing for sure who the hell you just murdered. Who is to say that you pressing the button isn't the predetermined way that person will die. Not to mention, causing 1 death among the possible 1000s that occur everyday. Hell yeah I will press the button.

I dunno, I think I'd spend the rest of my life contemplating the nature of who died for my avarice: was it someone young, old, somewhere in the middle; a loved child or grandparent; a successful entrepreneur or scientist, or somebody just doing their best?  Might it be someone in royalty, government, the guy who serves coffee to grateful customers every morning, the unknown woman who cleans the office overnight?  Someone exuberant, someone quiet and thoughtful, a party animal or a hermit?

No, couldn't do it.  It'd be torture for me and the loss of the entire existence of somebody who most likely never deserved it.

[boomgosthedino]

lol would be Ironic you push the button. BUT it kills you instead. Its just a way to trick you. Be like " ohh yeah I'm rich!" then BOOM nope.

[Steel Moon]

No. Irony would dictate that the random person would be one of the few people I care about or myself.

[Drake Sigar]

Yes. And then I'll wipe away my tears with hundred dollar bills.

[fchopin]

All the people who said yes what if it was for $50 would you still do it?

My answer is NO for the million by the way.

[slimgrin]

Drake Sigar wrote...

Yes. And then I'll wipe away my tears with hundred dollar bills.

Lol. 

[Norskatt]

No. Knowing my luck I'd push the button & the person to die would be me!

[Volus Warlord]

The Woldan wrote...

Let me be honest, I hate or feel completely indifferent about 99 % of all the people I know and meet, yes, I would press the button. And I'm not even a greedy money wh0re. Its actually pretty sad, I hate it that I wouldn't mind sacrificing a random person just for power and personal gain, wouldn't it be great if the major part of worlds population was so great and awesome that I would hesitate and not press the button?
Sadly, thats not the case.

Agreed about the indifference.  I rarely feel any sort of connection with anyone, any desire to see them prosper or fail. But that's just me.

[MrDizazta]

vometia wrote...

MrDizaztar wrote...

You can't feel guilty for causing somebody death without knowing for sure who the hell you just murdered. Who is to say that you pressing the button isn't the predetermined way that person will die. Not to mention, causing 1 death among the possible 1000s that occur everyday. Hell yeah I will press the button.

I dunno, I think I'd spend the rest of my life contemplating the nature of who died for my avarice: was it someone young, old, somewhere in the middle; a loved child or grandparent; a successful entrepreneur or scientist, or somebody just doing their best?  Might it be someone in royalty, government, the guy who serves coffee to grateful customers every morning, the unknown woman who cleans the office overnight?  Someone exuberant, someone quiet and thoughtful, a party animal or a hermit?

No, couldn't do it.  It'd be torture for me and the loss of the entire existence of somebody who most likely never deserved it.

You also forgot to list the Drug Dealer, the Evil Dictator, the Rapist, the Corrupt Businessman, the Serial Killer, or any of the other possible 1/1000000000 possiblities. 

[vometia]

MrDizaztar wrote...

You also forgot to list the Drug Dealer, the Evil Dictator, the Rapist, the Corrupt Businessman, the Serial Killer, or any of the other possible 1/1000000000 possiblities. 

I hadn't, but I figured that society's detritus form such a small percentage (about 5% are psychos or sociopaths IIRC) that the risk of it being someone who isn't a scumbag are too high.  Even if the odds were 50:50 or better, I still wouldn't do it.

[Archdemon Cthulhu]

Honestly depends on who desperate I was. If I was in a situation where I was in mountains of debt and I didn't know where my next meal was coming from? Maybe. In my current situation? Absolutely not. I'm comfortable enough and I wouldn't take some person's life just to move up in class status.

[Seagloom]

No. However, I would gleefully rob a person that did press the button. I do not see stealing as a good thing either, but as far as I am concerned, they would have it coming.

Modifié par Seagloom, 02 avril 2011 - 11:52 .

[blothulfur]

I'd just nobble the arse who gave me the choice and scarper with his cash, i'm moralistic thieving scum.

[HiddenKING]

Hell yes I'd press it, honestly I'd probably press it about 5 times then think for a moment or two then press it about 7 more times.

[Sinmara]

a very good sentence, Silvermoon, very good. And just the way I see this too. The border for science is humanity ..

[Endurium]

The way the OP's question is worded, the random person could also be me, so I won't press the button.

[MrDizazta]

^However, you have no idea who you killed. Who is to say that person wasn't going to die anyways. Hell everyone dies eventually.

On another note, the question is pretty much saying would you do sometime that results in a certain outcome and an uncertain outcome. The certain outcome being the money you receive and the uncertain being some random person's death.

The reason why I can justify pressing the button is because I don't know who will die and because of that fact I can justify pressing the button because I may or may not care who I killed. No where in the question asked says that you will know who the victim was. This scenario reminds me of a quote: "One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." I reason I bring up this quote is because of the second part of that quote: "A million deaths is a statistic." The reason why a million deaths is a statistic is because a million deaths has no face to a person. It is impossible for a human being to care about a million deaths to the point of complete and utter depression because lets face it, there has been just a many deaths as there have been people living. I can honestly say I can press the button because, quite frankly, I don't care who I just killed. They to me is just some random face in the crowd. Now if they asked me to press the button and somebody close to me was going to die, I would decline, but the fact is that only one random person out of the BILLIONS that exist are going to die. And if the person who dies truly is random, it will just be some person in China that I have no idea exists in the first place.

[_Aine_]

Nope. I would not. Doesn't take sainthood, just takes having lost someone dear to you that you would give 10x that amount of money to get back for a single moment again with them.

[Zjarcal]

If the person who dies is random? No, I would never press it.

If I could choose the person who dies? Awfully tempting...