Scenario: You are offerend $50,000,000 to kill a man.

Freebase Dali · 02-24-2013, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Engine

The fact that this thread just keeps going and going and going is more telling than anybody's answers. Why is it so interesting? Who cares if the hit is a man, woman, or child? Why do people condone murder? Why do people not condone murder? Why do some people base their opinion of murder on personal financial gain or moral righteousness? Why does that Twilight Zone episode promote Hindu Karma and why does anybody relate to that concept?

Obviously there are too many unanswerable questions hidden in the original one, and also it is obvious that nobody's answer actually says anything other than what they like to believe about themselves. And individual beliefs about morality don't make any difference until they are acted on. Even then, those actions are all just tiny footnotes in the story of humanity. Let's let the timeless wisdom of Boy George end all of this nonsense:

I just don't understand how people automatically assume that killing another person is automatically a matter of morality rather than a matter of necessity.
But I guess if you think victims of violent crime should possess the capacity to maim their attacker by expertly taking him out in non-lethal ways as to preserve the life of their attacker over their own, then I guess it's the victim's fault that they usually can't...

Just saying... not every situation is "Will I murder this guy? Yes or no."

(Obviously, I'm straying from the original post with this... I don't think killing someone for money is acceptable at all)

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 02-24-2013, 06:09 AM

I'm not honestly sure how morally people can accept money for committing murder. What is going on inside you to feel it's acceptable to murder someone you might now or be related too. I just hope you can see whether karma will be returned to you. Will the money be really worth it in the long run?

**Goofle** · 02-24-2013, 06:45 AM

I don't see it as morally correct, but I sure as hell won't dismiss the idea that I could kill somebody for that amount, especially in the scenario given.

Trollheart · 02-24-2013, 06:56 AM

Ok, to reply to Engine's post: the usage of the TZ example was to show the other side of the coin to those who say "Hell yeah!" If it's so acceptable to you (and here I'm not talking to Engine but to those who said yes) that you kill someone for money, someone you probably don't know and have no idea if they deserve to die (if anyone does), is it then equally acceptable for someone to be approached with the same offer to kill you? Would you then think of it differently and wonder why someone would kill someone they don't know, have no beef with and that has done nothing to merit such treatment?

Would you truly want someone being handed your photo and saying "don't know who he/she is but if you're paying me 50 mill then he/she is dead"?

I think it puts a different slant on things, and shows a different side to the offer, particularly for those who would accept it.

As for why we condone/don't condone murder, well, that would take more than one post, wouldn't it, and would be a whole other day's work...

FETCHER. · 02-24-2013, 08:22 AM

Well I wouldn't really be bothered cos I'd be dead and they got 50 mil

Trollheart · 02-24-2013, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FETCHER.

Well I wouldn't really be bothered cos I'd be dead and they got 50 mil

OK then, look at it another way. Say it was your mother/father/husband/child whatever. Would you care then?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 02-24-2013, 10:34 AM

The self righteousness of people in this thread disgusts me.

**Goofle** · 02-24-2013, 10:41 AM

The scenario needs to tell us what happens if we don't kill him. Does some other guy do it or is the man let free?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 02-24-2013, 10:55 AM

Knowing Tuna, we prob die

**Goofle** · 02-24-2013, 10:59 AM

I would do it anyway most likely, but there isn't really an option if it's guaranteed that the man will die regardless.

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02-24-2013, 06:09 AM	#82 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	I'm not honestly sure how morally people can accept money for committing murder. What is going on inside you to feel it's acceptable to murder someone you might now or be related too. I just hope you can see whether karma will be returned to you. Will the money be really worth it in the long run? __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

02-24-2013, 06:56 AM	#84 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Ok, to reply to Engine's post: the usage of the TZ example was to show the other side of the coin to those who say "Hell yeah!" If it's so acceptable to you (and here I'm not talking to Engine but to those who said yes) that you kill someone for money, someone you probably don't know and have no idea if they deserve to die (if anyone does), is it then equally acceptable for someone to be approached with the same offer to kill you? Would you then think of it differently and wonder why someone would kill someone they don't know, have no beef with and that has done nothing to merit such treatment? Would you truly want someone being handed your photo and saying "don't know who he/she is but if you're paying me 50 mill then he/she is dead"? I think it puts a different slant on things, and shows a different side to the offer, particularly for those who would accept it. As for why we condone/don't condone murder, well, that would take more than one post, wouldn't it, and would be a whole other day's work... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-24-2013, 10:34 AM	#87 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	The self righteousness of people in this thread disgusts me.

02-24-2013, 10:55 AM	#89 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Knowing Tuna, we prob die