it depends. can the second action of the button be traced back to me?

I'm not surprised there's a movie about this, its a classic ethical debate. At what point in the story does pressing the button no longer become worth it?

  QUOTE (Mooant @ June 18, 2012, 14:56)


Before the first time

Money is trite, life is ALL. Shakespear was wrong when he said that money was the root of all evil. Selfishness is really the root of all evil.

  QUOTE (sexslave2 @ June 18, 2012, 04:29)


Shakespeare was very sound on money. He never said money was the root of all evil, what he said was that the love of money was the root of all evil.

And even better is Iago in Othello:

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

Now I hope you all feel suitably chastised about besmirching Free's good name...

Cant recall who it was, but a preacher once said "If I were God, I would kill everybody.". Sure would put an end to the thread, huh?

  QUOTE (perveman @ June 20, 2012, 13:54)


If I were god, I'd kill you all - From the song I'd Kill You All, attributed to Violent J

If I were god we'd all be dead - From the song Shiver, attributed to A Plea For Purging

Supposedly all the song titles and many of the lyrics from the album that the song Shiver came from a book titled A Marriage of Heaven and Hell written by William Blake. I found no references to any priests with any variations of the above quote...

But if such a priest did exist, he'd be very rich and there would be only a couple people left... Must make sure the assassin is a hot sexy female that likes me...

I'm going to show myself a complete nerd and quote Spock (probably misquote a bit too). "The good of the many over the good of the few or the one."

Just think how many people's lives could be changed for the better with a millon dollars. 2 million dollars. 5 million dollars. How many lives could be saved at the cost of just that one life? How many children fed that would have otherwise died of starvation? How many could recieve medical care that otherwise would have perished just from the lack?

It would be a spiralling travesty, if a person hit the button the first time. And I would hope that my strength of character and integrity would pull me through and keep me from pressing that evil little button but I couldn't swear that it would. I admit I would be tempted. And I might fail.

I present to you a button.

Each time you press it, two things happen.

First, I give you one million dollars, tax free and untraceable.

Second, run a program that selects a random person in the world and order a hit man to kill this person. You do not get to see who it is. There are no guarantees that it won't be someone you know or care about.

Would you press the button? How many times? How often?

  QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ June 18, 2012, 03:24)


If I'm handing out a million bucks just for pressing a button, I sure as hell ain't going to be caught for it. Since I'm the one ordering the hit man in this scenario, I believe you would be protected from the resulting actions.

As far as who I am...

"You do not get to see who it is. There are no guarantees that it won't be someone you know or care about."

What if this person was your child? If not your child, it would most certainly be someone's child. Or, what if it were you? Who would help change lives for the better?

This is a similar question asked by royalty of the knights of the crusades,it is a question of morality,to find where your loyalty lies.Either to your king, god , fellow man,or your personal morals.Some knights answered to this riddle that they would slay the person offering the payment,and end the temptation for themselves and others, saving countless lives and souls.....they were awarded gold crosses to be attached to their face piece on their helmets,showing everyone in battle they were pure of heart......so my question to you is,would you risk the offering,if it was perhaps you who would pay the ultimate price?

  QUOTE (sybianwatcher1 @ June 25, 2012, 17:45)


Can I hit the button once and then kill the guy so he can't tempt anyone else?

The movie is "The Box" starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden.

And no, I would not push that button, esp after seeing this movie!!!!!