The pushers will never have meaning, will never feel anything meaningful. For lack of a better phrase, their priorities are all fucked up.

Unless of course, the pusher has a sick child and a million dollars would buy them all the best medical care.

Ah, there's the rub.

I might push it if I "knew" the person, but to do it to an unknown - no way.

Ah Haa!!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734727/trivia

"The Twilight Zone" Profile in Silver/Button, Button (1986)

Richard Matheson's story for the "Button, Button" has been developed into a movie, The Box (2009/I), starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, and scheduled for release in 2009.

I'd push it.
I have a social conscience, but mostly I'm immoral.

I'd like £1m, and people die every day. Millions of them. Many could be prevented, especially deaths of children. If I didn't benefit, they'd die anyway - why is one deah worth more than another?

Taking Sundae's reasoning: I have the box, I push the button, someone close to Sundae drops dead.


Sundae, with a dead 'someone close' at your feet, can you still ask, 'why is one dea(t)h worth more than another?'

Objectively: you're absolutely right in the asking, of course.

But: right here, right now, we're talking not about a faceless stranger (an object), but one of 'yours' (a subject).

I net a million; you have a funeral to pay for.

Still feel cavalier?

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"...people die every day. Millions of them. Many could be prevented, especially deaths of children."

As I pointed out up-thread: there's a big difference between refusing to put out the fire, and, starting the fire.

no.

I can't answer. some fucker pushed my button already :cry:


;)





No. No way, no how would I push that button. not even once for 5 million.

But, isn't that true whether you push the button or not?

"some fucker pushed my button already"
 

ZOMBIE!

Quick! Shoot it in the head!

How about if you push a button and someone you don't know gets Herpes?

Well in that case I'd push the button then pass it on. If we all have herpes, then no one will need to worry about catching it. ;)

This is better:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/44b...ton?rel=player

Is it any different if pressing the button causes the death of a random person who could be someone you know, or could even be you.

It seems fairer to me, to push it, if there is an equal chance that it will be me who dies.

What happens if you pull the button? cause there's always some fucker who pulls when it says push....

you die, and someone you dont know gets a million dollars.