I will pay you 2 million dollars a year...

[mikey300]

id do it because i wouldnt be braking any moral rules because it wouldnt even get in t.v it would be banned and i would get two million dollers a year!

 

[Xojins]

No, it goes against my moral/ethical standards.

 

[Syphonz]

as long as i don't have to smoke myself, I'll do it. Not like i have plans of having kids to begin with.

 

[Finnboghi]

I would do it for a one-time payment of fifty bucks.

I hate kids, and the 1 out of 10 would be the kind of kid I hate most, ergo, it would make my world a slightly better place.

So yes, I would. For any amount of money.

 

[Mardy]

Yeah sure, they're smoking all around me anyway.

 

[geldonyetich]

Money isn't much of an incentive for me...

... I said from my cardboard box home.

how is your internet connection in said box?

I've had to improvise cybernetic telepathy.

 

[Grayjack]

I'd do it.

 

[Captain Pancake]

I have a sore throat at the moment. I wouldn't want to put countless millions through the same uncomfortable situation day in day out.

 

[Godavari]

Well this will sound harsh, but it's the kids' own damn fault for getting the cigs and becoming addicted.
So yeah, I'd take the job. I have no moral aversion to this. It's the free will of the kids to buy into my ad.

 

[PxDn Ninja]

This started as a difficult decision till I really gave it some thought.

Yes I would take the money.

IF I accept that my commercials will make 1 in 10 kids smoke, then I have to a form of digital media has affected a kid directly. This means I have to accept that other forms of digital media (violent video games for example) could also do this.

I whole heartedly stand against that view point, meaning I can only accept that my commercials are not what cause the kids to smoke (though they might get them to smoke my brand over others), and thus I'm not being paid to get them to start smoking, just start smoking "ABC" brand of cigarettes.

 

[0p3rati0n]

wouldn't that be illegal? But if I could the answer is "NO!" In a yahtzee answer "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Why? Because it's wrong! I hate people. But I don't want to see them f*ck up their lives with drugs more or less stupidity.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

if you are willing to run an advertising campaign aimed at kids for cigarrettes. One out of every ten kids that see any of these advertisements will end up becoming addicted. Subsequently, they will die due because of their habits.

Are you willing to take the job? Why or why not?

(This is purely hypothetical, I'm just curious as to how many people would actually take money over lives of their fellow men/women)

Interesting replies so far...

But how about this

You will be paid $125,000 dollars a year (without taxes and all that fun stuff that would bring it down to probably about 100,000), would you still do it?

It went from 2 million dollars to 125,000 dollars a year?

As an added twist, its another question. Its not that your pay was docked, but its would you still do it if you were only getting paid that amount instead?

 

[Fbuh]

I won't buy cigarettes for my friends/family, let alone try to get kids to buy them.

 

[thatstheguy]

I would because if kids are stupid enough to smoke anyway they deserve to die.

 

[orc33]

no problem, its their choice if they smoke, and over 50% of all kids/student today smoke anyway so its not like me doing an add campaign would make a difference. besides running an add campaign is easy as hell, so quite a nice pay (i would do it as long as its a salary i could live of)

 

[justhereforthemoney]

These comments are unbelievably depressing. I'm going somewhere else.

 

[Sassafrass]

Choices, choices...
Money or kids? I like money but dislike kids...
I would not do it, even though I dislike kids.

 

[The Austin]

well, If you told me the effects.....


No... Just... No.

 

[Bat Vader]

if you are willing to run an advertising campaign aimed at kids for cigarrettes. One out of every ten kids that see any of these advertisements will end up becoming addicted. Subsequently, they will die due because of their habits.

Are you willing to take the job? Why or why not?

(This is purely hypothetical, I'm just curious as to how many people would actually take money over lives of their fellow men/women)

Interesting replies so far...

But how about this

You will be paid $125,000 dollars a year (without taxes and all that fun stuff that would bring it down to probably about 100,000), would you still do it?

It went from 2 million dollars to 125,000 dollars a year?

As an added twist, its another question. Its not that your pay was docked, but its would you still do it if you were only getting paid that amount instead?

I see now. I would sure. I would just hope my target audience and their parents know not to let kids smoke.

 

[Cliff_m85]

if you are willing to run an advertising campaign aimed at kids for cigarrettes. One out of every ten kids that see any of these advertisements will end up becoming addicted. Subsequently, they will die due because of their habits.

Are you willing to take the job? Why or why not?

(This is purely hypothetical, I'm just curious as to how many people would actually take money over lives of their fellow men/women)

Interesting replies so far...

But how about this

You will be paid $125,000 dollars a year (without taxes and all that fun stuff that would bring it down to probably about 100,000), would you still do it?

Absolutely. Making advertisements doesn't force anyone to buy them. It may entice them, but peer pressure alone does that. I wouldn't feel bad at all since it'd be absolutely illegal to sell the product to the minor, thus just making them wait until they are legal adults. The odd thing is that no one really notices that the one thing that tempts minors into alcohol, smoking, and whatnot is that it's "forbidden".