Social experiment part 1

[cowboyz]

You are sitting round on a raining sunday afternoon not doing much of anything and you get a knock on the door.

You find a slim man dressed in a black suit at the door and before you can say a word he starts a sales pitch.

"Sir, I have come to give you the oppoutunity of a lifetime" the man produced a small black box with a red button on top from his pocket
"Press this button and I will give you $1,000,000. there is a catch of course, You have 7 days to decide if you wish to push the button, and if you do, someone you do not know will die"
"Whats this all about?" you exclaim.
"It's simple" replys the man. "I will return in 7 days. If you have pressed the button I will give you $1,000,000 but someone you do not know will die. There are no tricks. it is simple as it seems"




So the question bids.

Do you press the button or not?

[Grahameeboy]

You are sitting round on a raining sunday afternoon not doing much of anything and you get a knock on the door.

You find a slim man dressed in a black suit at the door and before you can say a word he starts a sales pitch.

"Sir, I have come to give you the oppoutunity of a lifetime" the man produced a small black box with a red button on top from his pocket
"Press this button and I will give you $1,000,000. there is a catch of course, You have 7 days to decide if you wish to push the button, and if you do, someone you do not know will die"
"Whats this all about?" you exclaim.
"It's simple" replys the man. "I will return in 7 days. If you have pressed the button I will give you $1,000,000 but someone you do not know will die. There are no tricks. it is simple as it seems"




So the question bids.

Do you press the button or not?

I say, how's it going Edbear, fancy a cuppa

[cowboyz]

replies before I even got a poll up?

[MadDuck]

Yep I would press the button

[FROSTY]

Nope. To me its paying someone to commit murder. --Ok a bit extreme but I couldn't live with it -knowing i was responsible for a death

[Maha]

Nope. To me its paying someone to commit murder. --Ok a bit extreme but I couldn't live with it -knowing i was responsible for a death

Yeah not really........
It says.........''someone you do NOT know''....
People die every day, all over the world, and I for one, dont know everyone. Does not say HE will kill them.
So......Yes I would press the button, give me the coin dude!!!

Know doubt we will find the reason why we shouldn't press the button soon enough.

[svr]

Its ambiguous as to whether or not you will cause an additional death by pushing the button i.e. `push the button and someone will die', but if you don't push the button someone (many people) die anyway.
I would ask for clarification first...

[Rollestonchick]

Man are you bored?????:laugh:

[DMNTD]

Well if this certain person that I didn't know was going to die anyway...of course,gimmie the folding.
If they were going to die at that time ONLY because i had chosen to push the button...no.

Karma's a bitch and money is only money and piss easy to make if you really want to.

[Grahameeboy]

Yeah not really........
It says.........''someone you do NOT know''....
People die every day, all over the world, and I for one, dont know everyone. Does not say HE will kill them.
So......Yes I would press the button, give me the coin dude!!!

Know doubt we will find the reason why we shouldn't press the button soon enough.

The person who dies is the person who presses the red button...because he did not know himself for pressing the button...well that is what I reckon

[Trudes]

I read it wrong, I thought it said someone you know will die, not someone you do not know.... so I change my vote to Hell yeah!:devil2:

[RiderInBlack]

I maybe hard-up but I do have a Morals, so na. I'd probable deal with guy like I do with all door-knockers and tell them ta bugger off.
Had some God Bothers trying ta palm off their propaganda on me while I was trying ta shoe a horse. I told them I was Pagan and they where annoying my Gods. If they stayed around annoying me any longer, I would need a human sacrifice to appease them. Seem ta do the trick:msn-wink:

[Grahameeboy]

I read it wrong, I thought it said someone you know will die, not someone you do not know.... so I change my vote to Hell yeah!:devil2:

Urrr Urrr..your dead:shutup:

[Swoop]

One of the people on the "might die" list is Heilen Klerke...
PRESS THE BUTTON!

[Trudes]

Only if your theory is right GB, and maybe that's something I would know I would do. (I don't know, I'm confused now, and really don't care)

[Headbanger]

I'd prefer to nominate someone......

[Grahameeboy]

One of the people on the "might die" list is Heilen Klerke...
PRESS THE BUTTON!

That was so unexpected

[DMNTD]

I'd prefer to nominate someone......

I have 7 on my list...bonus rounds? :shifty:

[Edbear]

I say, how's it going Edbear, fancy a cuppa

"You must spread...":niceone:


I maybe hard-up but I do have a Morals, so na. I'd probable deal with guy like I do with all door-knockers and tell them ta bugger off.
Had some God Bothers trying ta palm off their propaganda on me while I was trying ta shoe a horse. I told them I was Pagan and they where annoying my Gods. If they stayed around annoying me any longer, I would need a human sacrifice to appease them. Seem ta do the trick:msn-wink:

I guess you weren't particularly interested, then...:rolleyes:

[Grahameeboy]

I'd prefer to nominate someone......

But in this case you don't get a choice

[<Rhino>]

He wouldn't have got to my front door, coz every time I see somone walking up my drive I just say to the dog "who issss it" and she starts nutting off......takes a minute somtimes but they get the message and leave. :devil2:

[rachprice]

Nah no way....
Money isn't that important!

[Big Dog]

I have no right to take anothers life unless me or my loved ones lives are on the line.

Not speaking from a legal standpoint just a moral one.

How can you put a price on taking a life?
Give me the same choice and the red button ends the life of a serial killer? Different answer.

[Skyryder]

Dumb thread dumb post dumb idea but hey wait a mo..................do you get to choose.:doh:

Skyryder

[PirateJafa]

I'd hit it.

Now give me my thirty pieces of silver!

[ArcherWC]

show me the money....................

[Mom]

The person who dies is the person who presses the red button...because he did not know himself for pressing the button...well that is what I reckon

so, some dude says he will give me lotsa money to push a red button, but if I do someone I dont know will die? I reckon I know myself quite well, given your scenario, I would get someone else to push the button :innocent:

Now where is my list :sherlock:

[Grahameeboy]

so, some dude says he will give me lotsa money to push a red button, but if I do someone I dont know will die? I reckon I know myself quite well, given your scenario, I would get someone else to push the button :innocent:

Now where is my list :sherlock:

Isn't that aiding and abeiting though...:(

[avgas]

i would ask what his cut of the 100,000,000 prize is.........

[Mom]

Isn't that aiding and abeiting though...

No Mr Silly, you reckon if I push the button I will die cos I dont know myself, but I do, and have no desire to die at this point in my life, so I get someone else to do it for me :devil2:

Tis a fantasy GB, the answer is already out on the forum, you do you die, but in a different format to yours :yes:

[Grahameeboy]

No Mr Silly, you reckon if I push the button I will die cos I dont know myself, but I do, and have no desire to die at this point in my life, so I get someone else to do it for me :devil2:

Tis a fantasy GB, the answer is already out on the forum, you do you die, but in a different format to yours :yes:

Okay Mom......going to my room now:sleep:

[oldrider]

Ive got a touch of Parkinson's, does every push count for a million dollars and some one get it every time?

If you can nominate, I would say one attempt and there go the GGGGGreens! :yes: John.

[rainman]

Do you press the button or not?

That this is a matter for debate is rather sad. No, I would not press the button.

[MadDuck]

That this is a matter for debate is rather sad.

Nah what is sad is that people take threads like this one seriously .....

[Griffin]

I would ask to see the money first... after that I would probly have a fair bit of trouble NOT pushing the button.

[MisterD]

Sorry, my front door shut about half way through "opportunity"....

[Lias]

I'd ask if I could push the button lots of times and get lots of millions.

I r smart cookie!

[Dave-]

I'd push it but think it through first, I'd want to know that I did not know the person by any possibility.

but then I doubt it's possible, given the degrees of seperation you can theoretically know someone who will be effected by the death.

do they die quickly and painlessly? do they know?

or would I start seeing visions of a dead friend who i betrayed and my wife start yelling "out damn spot"