Poll: Kill one, kill a thousand, spare one, spare a thousand?

[LarenzoAOG]

I would shoot any one who molests a child, if it was my child i would fuck that shit up!

 

[Lunar Templar]

i'd be to pissed to beleave anything he says, so yeah, poor reflection on me, but they die

 

[Rynozeros]

You know, shooting him in the balls is always an option. Wouldn't kill him.
Just sayin'.

Might actually kill him. You know from shock.

 

[antipunt]

"However, he has a bomb that is set to explode the minute his pulse stops"

Ahah, the trick is how the bomb relies on his pulse. Let's say we just hurt him...a bit

(Btw, this totally depends on whether or not he's repentant. If he feels guilty for what he's done, I'd just let him go. If he's still the bastard he was, he deserves to at the very least, have a few less fingers and/or toes)

 

[Blue Musician]

Ermmm, wouldn't I would also be affected since the explosion area of effect would also kill me if it's say a pistol? That is, if it's a sniper rifle, I would go ahead.

 

[Naheal]

Considering my mental state at the time, I might. Of course, I might think of other ways to have fun with him.

 

[Axeli]

No loopholes, guys. Let´s say if his pulse goes over the normal(either by pain or the stress of going to prison, everyone dies.

That makes no sense at all.

First of all, a hundred things would set off the bomb then. He'd only need to get excited, do something physical, etc. Also, all bombs can be defused. But let's go with the assumption that this one cannot be - which according to the "pulse goes too high" rule means that the bomb will go off anyway pretty soon.

That scenario just isn't logical. Here's one that works a bit better for your purposes:

The premise is the same as in your scenario, but... Before you got a gun and begun to pursue the guy, he had managed to poison you with something that kills you slowly but surely. He also leaves a controller to the bomb nearby, while fleeing the other way.
You now have two options, corner the guy (we assume that he's slowed by something, perhaps a wound in the leg, so you know you'll be able to catch him easily) or stay and defuse the bomb (which will be easy but take too long to make it possible to catch the guy afterwards).
And because you are going to die soon, this is the only chance you get to confront him. You are also the only one who knows what he did, meaning he'll get away free for sure if you don't stop him.

This is flawed. By one thing. I have a gun. I shoot him in the legs. I then defuse the bomb, and then slowly limber my poisoned body towards the evil bastard and put a bullet in his brain as I collapse into my death. What a way to go.

Obviously the bomb is on a timer and the guy already has too much lead to make it possible to return and defuse the bomb afterwards.

I think you misunderstood. I don't need to be 3 feet away from him to hit with a gun. Thats the beauty of guns. You can shoot them from far away, and they still hit the target. Even if it would take too long to get back to the bomb, I would just shoot the bastard from afar then defuse the bomb.

I didn't say that you'd have a line of fire to him - clearly you wouldn't in order to make the scenario work. I thought that would be pretty obvious from subtext alone. I mean, it's pretty rare to have terrain where it is even possible to simply "shoot from afar" someone who has already had a few minutes to escape and knows he is being hunted.

Consider it is happening inside a building, for example.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

I wouldn't shoot him. I would fucking cut off his balls and feed them to him. Gouge his eyes out, give him to the authorities and demand he is put on life support until they find where the bomb is. Then I would leave him to rot in a prison cell somewhere.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

I'd disable him, reconnect the bomb to me, then proceed to torturing him to death slowly.

 

[zombiesinc]

No loopholes, guys. Let's say if his pulse goes over the normal(either by pain or the stress of going to prison, everyone dies.

I'd be happy I still have my thumbs, but there's no choice to be made. If he thinks he's going to jail or be killed, we all die...

 

[NickIsCool]

id remove as much of his body as i can in the most painful ways without killing him, then beat him into a coma

then make sure he stays on life support long enough to find the bomb and diffuse it or turn of the detonator

he wouldnt walk away happy about it, or with legs, arms, or a penis

go brutal revenge

EDIT: so i guess, no, i wouldnt shoot him. i would just make him wish i did

 

[suhlEap]

i'd beat him almost to death... and in that time contemplate whether or not to shoot him anyway. and then yes i'd shoot him.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

...No. But I will make sure that bastard will never forget that he hurt the ones I love. He will suffer until the day he dies.