Poll: So, would you press it?
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I would probably press it before he mentioned the whole "million dollars" thing. I'm insane like that.
With this question being so repetitive, I'd like to see it turned on its head. Would you save someone with a history of violence if you got the money?
Gankutsuo had a good version:
Three men are about to be executed. One man claims innocence. The second claims he was justified. The third admits the deed, boasts of the deed, and unremorsefully swears to do it again if it given a chance.
You have an official pardon that will save one of the men at random. You can't keep it, and you must use it now or never. Will you use it to save one of the random men?
Gankutsuo had a good version:
Three men are about to be executed. One man claims innocence. The second claims he was justified. The third admits the deed, boasts of the deed, and unremorsefully swears to do it again if it given a chance.
You have an official pardon that will save one of the men at random. You can't keep it, and you must use it now or never. Will you use it to save one of the random men?
As tempted as I'd be to press it, I probably wouldn't. Why would anyone give away a million dollars to some random jerkoff on the street just for pushing a button to kill someone else? Why not keep the money and push the button to your heart's content?
Obviously there's some sort of test going on. There are pretty much three possibilities if you think about it. Either you're dealing with some incredibly wealthy individual with a bunch of hitmen on retainer, or you're dealing with some supernatural being e.g. God/Satan/aliens/etc, or the man in the suit is lying to you.
The third scenario is obviously the most likely, but all of them suggest that whoever the man in the suit is, he's either testing you or has something he wants to prove about human nature. Either way, there's almost certainly some punishment in store for pushing the button.
Obviously there's some sort of test going on. There are pretty much three possibilities if you think about it. Either you're dealing with some incredibly wealthy individual with a bunch of hitmen on retainer, or you're dealing with some supernatural being e.g. God/Satan/aliens/etc, or the man in the suit is lying to you.
The third scenario is obviously the most likely, but all of them suggest that whoever the man in the suit is, he's either testing you or has something he wants to prove about human nature. Either way, there's almost certainly some punishment in store for pushing the button.
6.5 billion people in the world and a random one dies? Considering that there are plenty of people who are living horrible lives (Survivors of War,the Extremely mentally unstable,the poor in unstable or 3rd world countries.) I would see it more as Mercy killing. I honestly don't see why I wouldn't besides the rare chance that someone in relation to someone I know dies.
No... but if it was a million dollars for everyone and everything burning and dying, I would press it in a heart beat... and I am being complete serious...
im suspicious of anyone who's willing to hand over 1 million bucks... but i can't decide... with my luck the bills would be counterfeit and the secret service would come and throw me in the slammer.
It's incredible how many people would press the button, saying "meh, it's just one life, and it doesn't affect me personally, who cares". It's just money in return, so who fucking cares. None of you are in a position in which this money is that essential to your own life (otherwise you wouldn't be sitting in front of a computer with an internet connection, on a gaming forum - a fact that also almost guarantees that you have a few video/computer games).
For all you know, the person dying could be the 6-year old friend of your daughter (who happens to be a future Nobel Prize winner for having found a way to cure lung cancer), a mother of four, who leaves 3 orphans in this world or a politician who prevents a nuclear war.
But it's really interesting to see how people would calm themselves saying "it was probably just a drug addict with a miserable life who wanted to die anyways". All that for (not even a whole lot of) money. ;D Greatness.
The only fact you know is that three men are going to be executed, you don't know what they did. Judging from their statements, I'd say they aren't (all) criminals. A criminal, knowing he can be saved, would show remorse, trying to save his ass.
A state that decides to execute people with these different kinds of 'opinions' ("I didn't do it" - "I had the right to do it" - "I'd do it anytime"), doesn't come off to me as a very good one. The third person might have just... I don't know, as a journalist having reported badly on Russian politicians or something.
Someone this honest and confident about what he did, adhering to the deed to the very end deserves to be saved.
For all you know, the person dying could be the 6-year old friend of your daughter (who happens to be a future Nobel Prize winner for having found a way to cure lung cancer), a mother of four, who leaves 3 orphans in this world or a politician who prevents a nuclear war.
But it's really interesting to see how people would calm themselves saying "it was probably just a drug addict with a miserable life who wanted to die anyways". All that for (not even a whole lot of) money. ;D Greatness.
The question begs the answer "I'm saving the third man" and I would also give that answer. Here's why:pinky75910 said:
The only fact you know is that three men are going to be executed, you don't know what they did. Judging from their statements, I'd say they aren't (all) criminals. A criminal, knowing he can be saved, would show remorse, trying to save his ass.
A state that decides to execute people with these different kinds of 'opinions' ("I didn't do it" - "I had the right to do it" - "I'd do it anytime"), doesn't come off to me as a very good one. The third person might have just... I don't know, as a journalist having reported badly on Russian politicians or something.
Someone this honest and confident about what he did, adhering to the deed to the very end deserves to be saved.
just let me do it with a gloved hand, so I can't be traced. If I press it and then I'm traced, or I know I'm going to jail... I'm pushing it like a 9 year old abuses a street fighter cabinet, and killin em all.
