Poll: Immortality, with a catch

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Eddie the head

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Torrasque said:
I like that this is 50/50. It shows that there is controversy in this topic
I don't see a controversy I see weak rationalization to do a truly evil act. You can say that I am thinking too binary about it and there is a gray place between black and white, but I would say no this is as black and white as you can get. It is truly evil it doesn't matter what those "bad people" have done you have no right to say if they live or die. Be evil if you want to but don't try and say you will be a hero because you are not.
 

greatcheezer2021

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However, there is a catch. To gain immortality you must first murder a person. Every time you murder someone your immortality will be extended by 1 year.

wait, wait wait..what? how does one extend "immortality"? perhaps being impervious to damage or illness, but immortality is a constant.

as for powers, you and i wouldnt have any, assuming we could die by physical means. we'd only cheat death and go crazy counting the ages. besides, nothing survives a star that collapses on itself and rends the solar system a new asshole.

besides, 90 years is immortal enough for me. i dont see myself living forever.
 

Dethenger

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Eventually I'd get jaded enough to do it eternally, just to see how long I'd get away with it. I don't think I'd ever be able to stomach the journey to that point, though.
 

Starik20X6

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Wow, the poll is almost 50/50.

So there's nothing stopping me from loading up a bus with pedophiles, rapists, wife-beaters and any other scumbags and pushing them all off a cliff, right? There's no stipulation that says the people being killed have to be be decent, nice people?
 

Torrasque

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Eddie the head said:
Torrasque said:
I like that this is 50/50. It shows that there is controversy in this topic
I don't see a controversy I see weak rationalization to do a truly evil act. You can say that I am thinking too binary about it and there is a gray place between black and white, but I would say no this is as black and white as you can get. It is truly evil it doesn't matter what those "bad people" have done you have no right to say if they live or die. Be evil if you want to but don't try and say you will be a hero because you are not.
<quote=Wikipedia>Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion.
Obviously, some people think killing in certain circumstances is ok (or permissible if you want), while some people think killing is not ok in any circumstances. I am of the opinion that there are some people in the world that can be killed for the betterment of society. My criteria of "what makes that person ok to kill?" may be different from others, but it is still there.

Thats what I meant by controversy.

As for your point about black/white arguments, I think that every topic ever has a gray area. The size of that gray area will obviously vary from subject to subject, but I think it is impossible to say "my reaction to this topic will be the same, no matter the circumstances, so the topic is black/white". That gray area is defined by the "well, it depends..." subject matter.
 

BristolBerserker

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Yes I would. Thanks to todays modern weapons killing a large number of people to increase your immortality is quick and easy.
 

thePyro_13

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I don't think I could do that, as much as I love the idea of immortality. I can't justify trading an entire life for a single year. :(
 

madster11

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Now, when you say immortality, does that mean i live through almost any damage to my body?

Because if yes, i simply kill 1 person (rapist) and then get myself to North Korea or parts of Africa, and proceed to give myself a couple thousand years of life while still technically being 'good'.

And then i take over the world and set myself up as God King.
 

RamirezDoEverything

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Yea, there's quite a few people I'd have no reservations about killing, I get bullied quite a bit a school.

And if I'm tired of being immortal(all friends dead, weary of life), then I'd just stop killing.
 

SenseOfTumour

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Simple, I'd become Catholic, then have a bunch of protected sex...every condom is a few million potential lives I've just flushed down the can, easy guilt free immortality.

Oh hang on, Catholic, eternal guilt about everything!

It would be difficult however, and who could you trust with the information? Also, how can you form long term relationships, knowing that everyone you love is going to die before you.

Sign me up if I can bestow these years on other people, of course :)

I'll happily throw a school bus into a ravine to keep Stephen Fry around for another 50 years, for instance.
 

Paladin Anderson

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Yes. There are plenty of douche bags in the world I would off if I had telekinetic powers. Immortality would just be a bonus.
 

Arakasi

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You'd get caught.
Enjoy spending the next &#8734; years in prison.
lolololol

Seriously, it's probably not a good idea to try, no matter what you do, you'd lose.
Unless you become an executioner. Then you win.
 

Eddie the head

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Torrasque said:
As for your point about black/white arguments, I think that every topic ever has a gray area. The size of that gray area will obviously vary from subject to subject, but I think it is impossible to say "my reaction to this topic will be the same, no matter the circumstances, so the topic is black/white". That gray area is defined by the "well, it depends..." subject matter.
I will accept a lot but I will not accept that this in not black and white. This is about if you would kill people to extend your life. Who they are doesn't mater people would be doing this for the benefit of themselves only. Again be a murdering tyrannical dictator if you want, but don't act like you are the second coming of the lord when all you are is Daniel Dravot with real power.

That being said don't try and tell me this is not black and white if I am saying it is you know a believe so strongly that nothing you can say will change my mind. It might be ignorant of me to be that way but I don't care this is good and evil if I ever saw it. If you want to disagree fine, but don't try and argue it with me because I don't see it any other way and I never will.
 

TheBestPieEver

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Meh, fuck it. I'm immortal. I get a fly to Japan, stab 40 people in the chest and then get back to England by walking underwater for a couple of years. Then, after that, Australia. You know, places far from home.
 

game-lover

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My life means more to me than most people but that doesn't mean I take someone else's.

Everyone has awesome points but there are plenty of people who are innocently convicted of those nasty crimes. I'd hate to have murdered someone and been wrong. Let the justice system have that on their conscience.
 

Torrasque

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Eddie the head said:
Torrasque said:
As for your point about black/white arguments, I think that every topic ever has a gray area. The size of that gray area will obviously vary from subject to subject, but I think it is impossible to say "my reaction to this topic will be the same, no matter the circumstances, so the topic is black/white". That gray area is defined by the "well, it depends..." subject matter.
I will accept a lot but I will not accept that this in not black and white. This is about if you would kill people to extend your life. Who they are doesn't mater people would be doing this for the benefit of themselves only. Again be a murdering tyrannical dictator if you want, but don't act like you are the second coming of the lord when all you are is Daniel Dravot with real power.

That being said don't try and tell me this is not black and white if I am saying it is you know a believe so strongly that nothing you can say will change my mind. It might be ignorant of me to be that way but I don't care this is good and evil if I ever saw it. If you want to disagree fine, but don't try and argue it with me because I don't see it any other way and I never will.
I will agree with you that killing people for the benefit of yourself, is black and white. You either do, or you don't. There is no "I killed them for because they were bad! ...Oh and I got another year of immortality, which is pretty cool I guess". That is black and white.

<quote=Eddie the head>That being said don't try and tell me this is not black and white if I am saying it is you know a believe so strongly that nothing you can say will change my mind.That was very difficult to read =|
Are you saying that nothing I can say, will change your mind? If you say that, you shouldn't be on the internet. There are going to be people on the internet that disagree with you, there are going to be times that your beliefs are questioned and challenged, and if you stick to the same beliefs for the rest of your life, then you don't develop as a person.

Back on topic!
The point that I disagree with you on--and the point that I am trying to make--is that there are people saying "hey, I'd go with this immortality" who can justify killing people, with a clean conscience. Yes, they are still doing it for themselves, but they are also doing some good by ridding the world of some evil. Kind of like Mario stomping on Bowser to save Peach. Except Peach is an extra life, and Bowser is dead forever.
 

Torrasque

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TheBestPieEver said:
Meh, fuck it. I'm immortal. I get a fly to Japan, stab 40 people in the chest and then get back to England by walking underwater for a couple of years. Then, after that, Australia. You know, places far from home.
...Assuming that the immortality that the OP is talking about, is the indestructibility that I am assuming that it is.

OP! We need some clarification! D:
 

succundo

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i would use my power to hunt down and live off the deaths of people like Kony, or whoever the dictator in syria is right now.

If I run out of supervillans to murder then there are always the freaking somalian pirates.