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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:02 PM
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Question based on the new movie "The Box" and a local radio station.
Scenerio for those who don't know already
You're given a box and with a button on it - everytime you push that button you get a million dollars but someone in the world dies. Do you push the button and if so how many times?
Defend your desicion.
I have OCD: Obsessive Cullens Disorder Bite Me! -- Please I like running with scissors...makes me feel dangerous
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:05 PM
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As much as I'd like to, I would not kill someone for a million dollars. Why? Because life and death should be in God's hands only.
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open...
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:07 PM
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Who gets million dollar if I push the button and die myself.
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:08 PM
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That some one could be one of yours loved ones  Nyah too much risk factor for my liking !
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:09 PM
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vicious cycle!
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:12 PM
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Lifey expand.
I'm with Nikki on this; and whats a million dollars these days?
Barely a nice house... totally not worth it.
So what if we raised the stakes to $10Mil?
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:12 PM
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nope - I wouldn't push even once. I couldn't live with the guilt.
I could spend 10 million in a month
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:13 PM
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I still wouldn't because someone could hit the button and I could die with the $10mil in my hands.
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:15 PM
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^ so you're reasons change with the amount.
Now lets put another twist; is it justifiable for someone in a thirdworld country below poverty level to push it? Would it be more accepted?
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:17 PM
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No, I think knowing that an act of yours will kill a person is reason enough for anyone to not push the button... what if the person to die is an innocent child...
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:19 PM
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Make it 100 million - then i might chance my luck
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:20 PM
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I don't think I would push it even for $10mil but the temptation would increase tenfold.
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:22 PM
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Can you choose who dies... there are many politicians people would like to get rid of...
No, i don't think i could do it, even if it was a politician. 
"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."
Renι Descartes
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:24 PM
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^^ why not - would you not kill a tyrant - if you got a chance ... I would !
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:27 PM
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No you can't choose - if that was the case then Duniya saaf na hojaai...
And I guess that would grey the area between God and Man.
To much power --
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Naabigh
^^ why not - would you not kill a tyrant - if you got a chance ... I would !
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No, because today's freedom fighter is tomorrow's tyrant.
on a side note, I wonder if there exists a button pushing which can kill this thread?
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Oct 29th, 2009, 03:32 PM
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^ There is such a button but why 
i like my thread!!
not original but got you're attention
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Oct 29th, 2009, 04:05 PM
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Hmm.....$10M
Considering how many I could feed with $10M.....I might be tempted.
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Oct 29th, 2009, 04:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muzna
Hmm.....$10M
Considering how many I could feed with $10M.....I might be tempted.
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A feed made out of a human skull is " no feed". Renegotiate with your temptation.
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Oct 29th, 2009, 04:20 PM
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oh my we have a utalitarian in the house!
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