Poll: Would you push the button?

[Cid Silverwing]

If random, no.

 

[lacktheknack]

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...

Not to mention a creepy YouTube video.

And no, I wouldn't.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Sure, why not, the planet is over populated as it is, what a great little device for thinning it a little bit.
I'd have to limit my usage somewhat though, certainly not more than 50 people a week.

Edit: I suppose I would also be influenced by what the death was like. If it was quick and painless to the individual, then sure.

 

[Cherry Cola]

That movie will suck hard.

 

[iJosh]

Yes and however many times I need to. Assuming I can come back to said button whenever need be.

But right off the bat, I would say about 3000 times.

 

[(insert obscure reference here)]

I'd just keep pushing it probably 100,000 times. I mean, their is so many people in the world. I'm just doing the world a favor.

 

[Kinguendo]

1 BILLION TIMEZ!!! I mean yeah, it would take ages but I guess it would be worth it monetarily.

 

[Kair]

No.

 

[Jaythulhu]

I'd push that damn button 'til my finger bled, and hope that the people who died were animal / child / woman abusers or at least deserved to drop dead. Not that I'd feel any guilt if they weren't, but I'd hope.

 

[Gigano]

I would most certainly not actively kill people anywhere for 100 $, or 1.000.000 $ for that matter, even if certain it could not strike me or anyone I knew, nor lead to any punishment.

On the other hand, I apperently have no problem at all spending copious money on PS3 games while millions of children starve to death in some distant place, so I'm certainly not some goody two-shoes savior type. But actively harming people for money is definately not my thing, I'll leave that to people who are presumably reminiscent of the German WW2 administrative "desk killers" from the Holocaust (named so for signing away millions of lives on a whim from comfortable desks far away from the actual slaughter). Who cares if your mirror is polished platinium if you can't stand the person it shows.

 

[Emperor Inferno]

You really should have left it at a million dollars, like the movie you got this from. Thing is, unless you're crazy, no way is a hundred bucks worth a human life, but a million dollars, that is actually a serious decision. A billion dollars, and nobody would hesitate, and a thousand (or a hundred as you've said) and nobody would consider it. But a million dollars? That one's a bit more difficult.

As to the topic, as it is worded in the OP, no, no pressing from me. Again, offer me a million bucks, and I might just think twice about it.

I would not kill a random life without hesistation for a billion dollars, let alone a million. You seriously lack trust in human morality. Money is corrupting, and I couldn't ever simply press it once. I'd have to keep pressing it, and become consumed by my own greed.

I also see maybe doing it if the world became overpopulated. I could kill off a few assloads of random people and use the money to help cure something, or donate it, or whatever. It's a dark plan, but overpopulation will eventually kill us all if we don't stop it.

Although, that sudden income of money might be suspicious, so I think I'd get caught.

Yes, I do. People, including yourself, are not as moral as you think. You say that, but with an amount like a billion dollars in front of you, chances are you wouldn't be so sure.

 

[Doktor Merkwurdigliebe]

I could do it for 100 pounds.
100 times, so I could pay for my student loan.

EDIT: oh wait, I need to pay for the accomodation too...

 

[riskroWe]

How many of these threads have to be made before you get it through your skulls that human life is intrinsically worthless?

I'd press it exactly 80,000 times, giving me a total of $8 million which should allow me to live quite comfortably until I die.

If each life was worth $1 million, I'd press it 8 times.

That's all I need, that's all I want.

 

[DemonicVixen]

I would not dare. What if the person i was killing happened to be friends or family. No, not a good idea to press the button. I would prefer to earn my money the hard way. WORK!

 

[rokkolpo]

YES and only when i see something i want....which is ALL THE TIME.

 

[Tartarga]

There isn't enough money on earth for me to push it enough times.

Trust me theres more than 700,000,000,000 dollars in the world. You couldn't push it more times than that because you'd be dead.

Oh, i'll do it. Just you wait and see.

 

[Hellenion]

Seriously, don't make threads about Twilight Zone episodes. It's wrong.

Anyway, yeah, push the button. Helps to stave off overpopulation problems.