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« on: August 05, 2009, 12:05:16 AM »
You take the box in, and you look at the note on the side. It says,

"If you press the button on the top, you will win $10,000,000 instantly."

But there is one catch:

One random person in the world dies - it could be anybody though it is highly probable to be a person you've never met in your entire life.

You will be responsible for the death of that person, but you aren't going to prison for life or anything like that.

Do you accept?
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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 12:07:38 AM »
OK so you clearly pay attention to what movies Richard Kelly is working on. Next.
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2009, 12:12:51 AM »
Not if it's a random person, no.
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2009, 12:13:24 AM »
Hmmmm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2009, 12:14:47 AM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_(2009_film)
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2009, 12:15:01 AM »
Yes, but I'd probably kick myself if it were my mom or sister or dad or something.
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 12:16:05 AM »
No. I will not carry the guilt of killing some one indirectly.
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 12:17:10 AM »
Yeah, I wouldn't even have to live with guilt really. If it was killing one person I knew or I knew who I was going to kill I wouldn't do it.
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2009, 12:17:54 AM »
The guilt would drive you insane.  Every damn obituary or family member or friend who dies in your mind will be "THE ONE."
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2009, 12:22:24 AM »
the movie takes place in 1976, so in theory the person killed could be Pol Pot or David Berkowitz or Idi Amin or someone of that nature
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2009, 01:20:51 AM »
Yes. F**k the unlucky soul who dies from the button, chances are pretty high it wouldn't be somebody I knew. And if it is......sh*t!
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2009, 01:41:00 AM »
No. How is this even a question?
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2009, 01:58:07 AM »
Quote from: Mint on August 05, 2009, 01:41:00 AM
No. How is this even a question?
Some people are amazingly selfish (and have an unhealthy obsession with wealth).  It may be an age thing...but I doubt it.  Probably more of an integrity thing.
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2009, 02:07:03 AM »
I guess. But even putting the morality aside common sense should tell you there's a catch. Or that someone is trying to make a 'point.'
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« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2009, 02:18:45 AM »
What if the person that would die from this, had a very high chance of dying or a miserable life anyways? That would be at least 1 out of 6 people right there.
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« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2009, 02:20:17 AM »
I just felt like being an asshole. Of course I wouldn't press that button!
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« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2009, 06:19:43 AM »
Quote from: Karma Police on August 05, 2009, 02:18:45 AM
What if the person that would die from this, had a very high chance of dying or a miserable life anyways? That would be at least 1 out of 6 people right there.

Who are you to decide that? Anyone who isn't killing themselves obviously gets something out of staying alive.

No for my part.
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« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2009, 06:24:12 AM »
Sorry, Im Selfish. I'd do it.
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« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2009, 06:45:19 AM »
You can save hell of a lot of lives with $10,000,000, and i'd stick with the view I had from my teenage years: Once i'm earning over 100k a year, half of the rest goes to the community or charity. So thats $4,950,000, which would be fine with me, if it was a random person. I'd happily 'kill', completely indirectly, someone on the other side of the world for that kind of money to help other people. I'd never do it in person, though, or if there was something like a 1/100 chance of it being someone close to me.
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« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2009, 08:41:41 AM »
No.
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« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2009, 09:48:05 AM »

How would you know if someone was directly killed by your action?  People are dying every second of the day.
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« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2009, 10:08:45 AM »

Finally, and honest poster Wink
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