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    If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

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    Question If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Chris Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:05 pm

    I don't know if anyone has seen the movie The Box with Cameron Diaz, where a couple is given a box and offered one million dollars if they press the button on top. However once the button has been pushed someone, somewhere, will die.

    Let's up the ante to fifty million. If you could have fifty million dollars just for pressing one button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    To further qualify the question: you would not know who the person is, what happened to them, or ever hear news of their death.
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Suzi Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:09 pm

    50 million, yikes that would be very tempting, maybe I could soothe my conscience by using most of the money to help save peoples lives? Could I push the button, I really don't know.
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Shale Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:14 pm

    Suzi wrote:50 million, yikes that would be very tempting, maybe I could soothe my conscience by using most of the money to help save peoples lives? Could I push the button, I really don't know.
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Jason B. Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:16 pm

    My immediate reaction is to say NO but they better get that effin box away from me FAST because I don't know how long my morality would last with THAT much $$$ on the line.
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by AtownPeep Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:52 pm

    Jason B. wrote:My immediate reaction is to say NO but they better get that effin box away from me FAST because I don't know how long my morality would last with THAT much $$$ on the line.

    IKR. I would resist pushing the button initially but that box couldn't stay in my eye shot, else somebody's eventually gonna parish.
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Supernova Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:16 pm

    Nope. I've always found it ironic how human lives are considered expendable but money, which is always being printed up and there's always going to be more of, is supposed to take precedence over human lives which are not replaceable.
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    Post by GrayWolf Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:42 pm

    I'd be disgruntle but I wouldn't do it.
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    Post by Cheaps Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:47 pm

    Chris wrote:
    Let's up the ante to fifty million. If you could have fifty million dollars just for pressing one button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    To further qualify the question: You would not in anyway know who the person is, what happened to them, or ever hear of the person who dies.

    Fuck it, yes I would.




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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Alan Smithee Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:48 pm

    Jason B. wrote:My immediate reaction is to say NO but they better get that effin box away from me FAST because I don't know how long my morality would last with THAT much $$$ on the line.

    yeah that… Get thee behind me Satan, and don't push. But if I could chose the motherfucker? thinking evil grin
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    Post by JM130ELM Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:20 pm

    Cheaps wrote:

    Fuck it, yes I would.





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    Post by Tony Marino Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:49 pm

    I don't know if I could, I would have to be in the situation to really test it. I would hope I would not push that button.
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    Post by Nystyle709 Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:08 pm

    Since I believe in karma, I won't even put it in the air what I'd do. If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it? 273237
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Suzi Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:08 pm

    Cheaps wrote:

    Fuck it, yes I would.




    But , but what if I was the one to die? big grin

    Oh and is the 50 mil tax free?
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by wants2laugh Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:40 pm

    I would love to say NO. I'm afraid of karma, the next person who pushes the box might kill me--- and no i didnt see the movie... so maybe i will go check it out.

    but if i had $50million, would i care if i died? by the time the box killed me, i may have already traveled the world and bought the things i wanted LOL
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    Question Re: If you could have $50,000,000 for just pressing a button, but one person (somewhere in the world) would die because of it, would you do it?

    Post by Alan Smithee Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:10 am

    wants2laugh wrote:I would love to say NO. I'm afraid of karma, the next person who pushes the box might kill me--- and no i didnt see the movie... so maybe i will go check it out.

    but if i had $50million, would i care if i died? by the time the box killed me, i may have already traveled the world and bought the things i wanted LOL

    But what if that next person pressed the button the day after you collected the 50 mil?
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