Push the Red Button?

***VamPyroX*** · 07-31-2009, 12:36 PM

If someone approached you with a mysterious box with a huge red button and offered you $1,000,000 in cash if you pushed it, would you do it?

What if pushing that red button would cause someone else in the world (someone you don't know) to die, would you still push that botton?

Discuss!

There's a movie with this concept...

THE BOX TRAILER - RICHARD KELLY, CAMERON DIAZ | FilmDrunk.com: Movie News and Butter Sculpting

deafdude1 · 07-31-2009, 01:10 PM

Id think it was some kind of scam. Why couldn't he just push the darn button himself or just drop a rock on the button?

**Jiro** · 07-31-2009, 01:15 PM

<press red button>

.........................................

***VamPyroX*** · 07-31-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deafdude1

Id think it was some kind of scam. Why couldn't he just push the darn button himself or just drop a rock on the button?

Well, suppose he was really giving you $1,000,000... no scam, nothing.

I'm simply asking if you would push that red button.

The person that's going to die will be someone you don't know. It could be someone in your town or someone in another country. Who knows?

All that matters is that you're getting $1,000,000 in cash.

Babyblue · 07-31-2009, 04:50 PM

That would depend.

I would not do it not knowing who the person is or purpose of doing so.

Plus...One would not be able to enjoy the Million, if he is sentence for life, or put to death.

**Jolie77** · 07-31-2009, 09:44 PM

My answer is - No.

Why should $1 mil be worthy of ending a life for?

***Calvin*** · 07-31-2009, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jolie77

My answer is - No.

Why should $1 mil be worthy of ending a life for?

I second that.

MoonDrifter · 07-31-2009, 11:19 PM

What if that mystery person is the prodigy that would save the world from economic ruin. I think the 1 mil is not worth it at all. Tempting but not worth the push.

deafdude1 · 08-01-2009, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

Well, suppose he was really giving you $1,000,000... no scam, nothing.

I'm simply asking if you would push that red button.

The person that's going to die will be someone you don't know. It could be someone in your town or someone in another country. Who knows?

All that matters is that you're getting $1,000,000 in cash.

It better be a person ive never seen before and is not related to me whatsoever. I also don't want to know who died but ill be hoping it was some felon or someone who's suicidal. The million paid to me would need to be declared as a "gift" and prepaid before I push the button. This all must be kept a secret and we can pretend it never happened. I really need the money.

**Cheri** · 08-01-2009, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deafdude1

Id think it was some kind of scam. Why couldn't he just push the darn button himself or just drop a rock on the button?

Frisky Feline · 08-01-2009, 07:45 AM

gosh. nice offer since lots of us are in debts. *thinking............*

rockin'robin · 08-01-2009, 09:14 AM

Strange....but I would say "No, thanks". I have a conscience, and don't believe I could really enjoy the $$$, knowing that I had killed a person(s). And always "looking over my shoulder" wondering when I was gonna be arrested for murder....not worth it!

**Dismal Shadow** · 08-01-2009, 10:15 AM

I dare you!

**Pepsi** · 08-01-2009, 04:15 PM

I couldn't do it. As much as I would love to have $1,000,000 I could never harm someone to get it I just couldn't live with myself knowing what I did and I also believe in " The Law of Return"

**Phillips** · 08-01-2009, 04:24 PM

No!

**Maria** · 08-01-2009, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jolie77

My answer is - No.

Why should $1 mil be worthy of ending a life for?

My sentiment, Jolie.

diehardbiker · 08-01-2009, 07:53 PM

Sentence usually stiffer on accessory of a crime than the crime itself.

Pressing that button ***COULD*** consider as an accessory to the potential crime.

That *IF* could mean nothing to the potential crime as if this red button starts thermonuclear war which would result absolutely wipe out on every spieces in this planet... At the end, that million dollars might evaporates even before I realize..

So, based on assumptions and perspective in legal stuff, and potential on being vaporized in no time....

I ain't gonna press that button. Note the period in the end of sentence.

DHB

**Bottesini** · 08-01-2009, 07:56 PM

It seems like the story of Pandora's box. I would not press the button.

**Dismal Shadow** · 08-01-2009, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bottesini

It seems like the story of Pandora's box. I would not press the button.

Pandora's box?

Said it again.

**Bottesini** · 08-01-2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathan

Pandora's box?

Said it again.

Sorry Nathan, are you saying your cartoon is about Pandora's box?

I can't read it. It isn't big enough for me even when clicked on.

**Dismal Shadow** · 08-01-2009, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bottesini

Sorry Nathan, are you saying your cartoon is about Pandora's box?

I can't read it. It isn't big enough for me even when clicked on.

No, I want you to say P word again.

Said it, said it.

**Bottesini** · 08-01-2009, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathan

No, I want you to say P word again.

Said it, said it.

Oh, Pandora, Pandora, Pandora.......................................

**Dismal Shadow** · 08-01-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bottesini

Oh, Pandora, Pandora, Pandora.......................................

Wicked...I like that word. Sounds evil.

**sequoias** · 08-01-2009, 10:04 PM

I don't think I would press the red button, no way. There's no way knowing what happens next...I'd just walk away.

Everglade85 · 08-02-2009, 11:36 PM

It's a button. It's red. And someone wants you to push it????!!!

Not worth it.

**JClarke** · 08-02-2009, 11:42 PM

....right.

**Reba** · 08-12-2009, 02:44 PM

No, I would not push the button.

07-31-2009, 12:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Jolie77 Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kentucky, USA (The Bluegrass State) Posts: 8,514 Blog Entries: 1	My answer is - No. Why should $1 mil be worthy of ending a life for? __________________ Isaiah 33:6 - "He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure."

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Babyblue Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 12,034	That would depend. I would not do it not knowing who the person is or purpose of doing so. Plus...One would not be able to enjoy the Million, if he is sentence for life, or put to death.

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Frisky Feline Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20,561	gosh. nice offer since lots of us are in debts. thinking............

08-01-2009, 09:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
rockin'robin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 15,675	Strange....but I would say "No, thanks". I have a conscience, and don't believe I could really enjoy the $$$, knowing that I had killed a person(s). And always "looking over my shoulder" wondering when I was gonna be arrested for murder....not worth it!

08-01-2009, 04:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
Pepsi Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,370	I couldn't do it. As much as I would love to have $1,000,000 I could never harm someone to get it I just couldn't live with myself knowing what I did and I also believe in " The Law of Return"

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diehardbiker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: In back of Superduty Posts: 11,641	Sentence usually stiffer on accessory of a crime than the crime itself. Pressing that button *COULD* consider as an accessory to the potential crime. That IF could mean nothing to the potential crime as if this red button starts thermonuclear war which would result absolutely wipe out on every spieces in this planet... At the end, that million dollars might evaporates even before I realize.. So, based on assumptions and perspective in legal stuff, and potential on being vaporized in no time.... I ain't gonna press that button. Note the period in the end of sentence. DHB __________________ J-MAC's quote: "People who try and fail are more superior than people who don't try at all" "If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls who live under tyranny." Thomas Jefferson (1778) Avatar picture is Cape Hatteras light house in OBX.

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Bottesini Joe's Friend Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: With Owl Sock Posts: 37,647 Blog Entries: 1	It seems like the story of Pandora's box. I would not press the button. __________________

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sequoias Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa, wind generation capital Posts: 21,948	I don't think I would press the red button, no way. There's no way knowing what happens next...I'd just walk away.

08-02-2009, 11:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
Everglade85 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sac-town Posts: 122	It's a button. It's red. And someone wants you to push it????!!! Not worth it.

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JClarke I.T Guru Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 28,141 Blog Entries: 6	....right. __________________ "...shit just got real" BAD BOYS II Nucleus 5 CI - Implanted 6/21/2013 Activated: 7/03/2013 CI Journey blog

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Reba Granny Terp Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 39,528	No, I would not push the button.

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