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« on: October 15, 2009, 05:43:46 pm »
The movie they're advertising the piss out of Cameron Diaz,Frank Langella....

Push the button get 1 million dollars,but someone dies.....

Do you do it?
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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2009, 05:47:44 pm »
depends on who dies.  The odds are with you that its not going to be someone you know, or even someone in this country.  At what level does your sensitivity decline in favor of personal greed?
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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2009, 05:56:04 pm »
No.
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« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2009, 06:37:32 pm »
I think a lot of people would say no publicly, but if they could push the button in secrecy...
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« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2009, 10:08:46 pm »
I would have pushed the button 3 times before they finished asking the question.
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« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2009, 05:29:55 am »
I'd push the button in a heartbeat. People unintentionally kill far more people than that for far less.
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« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2009, 07:55:50 am »
I'd push the button without hesitation.  Not proud of it, just being honest.
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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2009, 09:35:53 am »
At this stage I wouldn't. If I was desperate enough I likely would.
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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2009, 10:52:53 am »

I'd push the button...no question.
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« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2009, 01:18:47 pm »
One of my Co workers,said Hell yes..As Long as there isn't a wire hooked to the box,and I see the person...I'd do it....He then went on to justify itas it would be hard to prove his button push killed someone....I have to admit..I'd probably do it....
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2009, 03:31:12 pm »
There's also the fact that a random life isn't worth a million dollars.  (Although I'm sure it is to them.)  Theoretically, you could push the button, kill one person, then donate the money to feeding people in Africa and save 1000 lives.  The good things you could do with the money outweigh the bad things that would happen if you pushed the button.
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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2009, 03:56:46 pm »
It's funny to say you would do it. But, if there actually was a thing and someone died on the other end of that, you would be complete scum.
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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2009, 04:02:19 pm »
With my luck, if I did it, one of my kids would drop dead.
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« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2009, 04:06:44 pm »
Quote from: BingeBag on October 16, 2009, 03:56:46 pm
It's funny to say you would do it. But, if there actually was a thing and someone died on the other end of that, you would be complete scum.

How would they prove that the person died due to you pushing the button? There's no way to know. I'd push it and hope it was some random person being put out of their misery.
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« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2009, 04:07:11 pm »
Quote from: BingeBag on October 16, 2009, 03:56:46 pm
It's funny to say you would do it. But, if there actually was a thing and someone died on the other end of that, you would be complete scum.

I don't think so.  Human lives are weighed against money all the time.  People die in one place so that others can live in another.

I would have trouble doing it if I knew the identity of the person on the other end, though.
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