the box

henry quirk · 10-13-2009, 11:31 AM

Prompted by an advertisement for an upcoming movie...

You receive a box containing a button. A note accompanying the box informs you that pushing the button will have two consequences. First, someone in the world you don't know will die. Second, you'll receive $1,000,000.

Would you push the button?

lumberjim · 10-13-2009, 11:34 AM

oh hell yeah.

someone i don't know died while i was reading your post.

Undertoad · 10-13-2009, 11:44 AM

Could save a life with a lot less than $1M...

Sheldonrs · 10-13-2009, 11:53 AM

It's a direct rip-off from an episode of the newer "Twilight Zone" series. One of my favorite episodes.

And I would hope that I would not push the button. Especially after seeing the ending of the episode. :-)

BTW, if you want to know the ending, let me know. I don't know if it's the same as the film will be.

SamIam · 10-13-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Could save a life with a lot less than $1M...

Yeah, but the person pushing the button is probably not the re-incarnation of Mother Teresa. Yep, folks are dying like flies even as we speak, but I'm not responsible for any of them that I'm aware of.

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 12:14 PM

But the person dying could be a Charlie Manson...

Sheldonrs · 10-13-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

But the person dying could be a Charlie Manson...

Or Charlie Parker.

Pie · 10-13-2009, 12:31 PM

Or it could be a member of Congress, who has to decide if you get healthcare...

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 12:35 PM

Which is why I have to go back to my initial reaction: of course I would not.

If I could pick who kicked it, it'd be different. No, I would never know if I killed someone awesome, someone who was dying anyway, someone who was horrible...so I could never choose the benefit to ME over the consequence, because I don't know who would be the dead result of the consequence.

Of course, the dead fucker wouldn't care, but the dead fucker might have some really nice family and friends.

just my .02 cents.

Sheldonrs · 10-13-2009, 12:40 PM

Spoiler Alert***

DO NOT READ THE WHITED LETTERING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING!!!! (for the episode, anyway)

Keep in mind that the person who gave you the button and told you that someone you "don't know" will die is going to be taking that button back when your done and will be giving to someone who "doesn't know YOU!

dar512 · 10-13-2009, 12:42 PM

No. No matter how you dress it up, it's still killing an innocent person -- at least innocent as far as you're concerned.

Undertoad · 10-13-2009, 12:44 PM

That was also one of the plots of the last Batman movie.

henry quirk · 10-13-2009, 12:52 PM

While I don't give two shits about anyone who isn't mine (by virtue of my loving them), there's a huge gap between refusing to help the guy who's on fire and setting the guy on fire.

I don't think I'd push that button.

smoothmoniker · 10-13-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Or Charlie Parker.

Now that would be a helluva button, to reanimate and then off zombie Charlie Parker.

henry quirk · 10-13-2009, 01:21 PM

HA!

10-13-2009, 11:31 AM	#1
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	the box Prompted by an advertisement for an upcoming movie... You receive a box containing a button. A note accompanying the box informs you that pushing the button will have two consequences. First, someone in the world you don't know will die. Second, you'll receive $1,000,000. Would you push the button? __________________ like the other guy sez: 'not really back, blah-blah-blah...'

10-13-2009, 11:34 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	oh hell yeah. someone i don't know died while i was reading your post. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-13-2009, 11:53 AM	#4
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	It's a direct rip-off from an episode of the newer "Twilight Zone" series. One of my favorite episodes. And I would hope that I would not push the button. Especially after seeing the ending of the episode. :-) BTW, if you want to know the ending, let me know. I don't know if it's the same as the film will be. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-13-2009, 12:14 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	But the person dying could be a Charlie Manson... __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 12:31 PM	#8
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Or it could be a member of Congress, who has to decide if you get healthcare... __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-13-2009, 11:44 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Could save a life with a lot less than $1M...

10-13-2009, 12:35 PM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Which is why I have to go back to my initial reaction: of course I would not. If I could pick who kicked it, it'd be different. No, I would never know if I killed someone awesome, someone who was dying anyway, someone who was horrible...so I could never choose the benefit to ME over the consequence, because I don't know who would be the dead result of the consequence. Of course, the dead fucker wouldn't care, but the dead fucker might have some really nice family and friends. just my .02 cents. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 12:40 PM	#10
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Spoiler Alert*** DO NOT READ THE WHITED LETTERING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING!!!! (for the episode, anyway) Keep in mind that the person who gave you the button and told you that someone you "don't know" will die is going to be taking that button back when your done and will be giving to someone who "doesn't know YOU! __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

10-13-2009, 12:42 PM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	No. No matter how you dress it up, it's still killing an innocent person -- at least innocent as far as you're concerned. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-13-2009, 12:44 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That was also one of the plots of the last Batman movie.

10-13-2009, 12:52 PM	#13
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	While I don't give two shits about anyone who isn't mine (by virtue of my loving them), there's a huge gap between refusing to help the guy who's on fire and setting the guy on fire. I don't think I'd push that button. __________________ like the other guy sez: 'not really back, blah-blah-blah...'

10-13-2009, 01:21 PM	#15
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	off zombie Charlie Parker HA! __________________ like the other guy sez: 'not really back, blah-blah-blah...'

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