Poll: Would you push the button?

[Pseudonym2]

I may have failings as a person but at least I'm not a direct murderer. There's no way I could sleep with myself if I knew I killed someone.

 

[CoziestPigeon]

So here's the scenario. I give you a magic button. Every time you push this button a random person on Earth dies a horrible death, and you get $100. Would you push it? If so, how many times?

Personally, I would not. Even though I would not get caught, I don't think I could deal with the guilt of knowing I was responsible for somebody's death. So, what about you, Escapist?

Sounds an awful lot like a movie coming out soon...

 

[Deadpewl]

Wow you guys would seriously push it? You'd all go crazy like Light from Death Note :O

is that really such a bad thing? I mean as long as theres no L or Near in the picture...

But seriously, I wouldn't press it because I have rotten luck and it would probably kill my mom or someone who would've probably given me the $100 If i'd just asked in the first place. if they could promise that nobody I knew would die, I would press it without a second thought.

 

[Mr.Black]

So here's the scenario. I give you a magic button. Every time you push this button a random person on Earth dies a horrible death, and you get $100. Would you push it? If so, how many times?

Personally, I would not. Even though I would not get caught, I don't think I could deal with the guilt of knowing I was responsible for somebody's death. So, what about you, Escapist?

Sounds an awful lot like a movie coming out soon...

Call me someone that lives under a rock, but what film are you referring to?

 

[Fniff]

No.
I mean, Christ, it's only a hundred dollars. It'd be like killing a dude for his shoes.
Why? What's the point?
It's a lot less hassle just to get a freaking job and work for it.

Now, if it were a million dollars... I probably still wouldn't do it.
Just because I wouldn't wanna.
I am a flower child and so on.

Guess what?

I TAPED DOWN THE BUTTON!

 

[Zarthek]

I wouldn't do it, the thought of killing outside of video games disgusts me... oh yea it's cool in movies too

 

[Altorin]

I probably would.

If the stakes were 1 million dollars like in the upcoming movie, hell to the yeah I would.

 

[Irishhoodlum]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80

Please note this video came out years before any movie related to it, so yeah.

 

[CloakedOne]

if it were more money for a life, I probably would. The world is overpopulated anyway.

 

[Deadpewl]

I think its called "The Box".
It sounded kinda creative when I heard of it but it seems that twilight zone already did it.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

Is this about that movie that ripped off that internet short filme?

 

[RaNDM G]

If I were killing criminals and the like who wouldn't have a chance in Hell of getting back into God's good graces, I probably would. I'd be able to use the money on people who actually need it.

If it's in any other case, I wouldn't. I don't believe an innocent person should have to die where money's involved.

BTW: It's not worth doing something like that if the price is that low. Maybe at $100,000 but that's still pushing it.

 

[mechanixis]

I would press it, then spend the money on exactly one video game.

"Yep," I would think, settling in to play ODST, "that is the value of a human life. It was a thankless sacrifice, but it was for a noble cause: my transitory entertainment."

A couple hours later, I would put the game down and go to bed. The next day, I would kind of want to play it, but I'd have other stuff to do anyway.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Is this aboot that stupid movie coming out?

Well, it was a stupid short story and a stupid Twilight Zone episode before it was ever a movie.
I feel the need to tell people that.

For $100 a person? Nah.
Now, maybe if it was $1,000...

It was also a stupid short film here before it was a movie.


And as long as I was assured that there would not be any other consequences other than a random person dropping off the face of the earth. Then yes. Yes I would. I would press it 7-8 times so that I may afford my MW2 360.

 

[j0frenzy]

And most of this thread just proves what I have always said. Humans are whores, just name the right price.
That being said, no. I would not press the button. I would be tempted, but I would not. Too much empathy in me.
On the other hand, I would find a way to safely disassemble the thing to see how it worked. Who could resist seeing the inner workings of a magic death and money button?

 

[asinann]

Until my fingers fell off, even if they didn't pay me to do it.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

And most of this thread just proves what I have always said. Humans are whores, just name the right price.
That being said, no. I would not press the button. I would be tempted, but I would not. Too much empathy in me.
On the other hand, I would find a way to safely disassemble the thing to see how it worked. Who could resist seeing the inner workings of a magic death and money button?

See I am already under the belief that people suck and I don't care for them at all, what do I care if another pointless life is ended 10 minutes pre-maturely before they could rob, kill or rape someone?

Until my fingers fell off, even if they didn't pay me to do it.

Lol at ^This^