[hitokiri007]

since so many people are saying no, let's up the ante. let's say that someone you love has a fatal condition (they will die within the year) that requires treatment, but you can't afford the treatment. now a stranger knocks on your door, and offers you a box. and he tells you that inside the box, there is a button, and if you press it, you will receive one million dollars. however, if you do press it, somebody that you know will die. it could be someone close to you, it could be someone you barely talk to. you don't know the identity of who's going to die, but it's guaranteed not to be you. would you press that button?

**edit**
to clear up some questions:
1.) the treatment won't use up the entire one million dollars, and you'll definitely have a lot of money left over, but w/o it, you won't be able to afford the treatment
2.) only you can press it. if anyone else presses it, nothing happens
3.) you have 24 hrs to press it. if you don't, nothing happens.
4.) there is no way it can be traced back to you. you won't be arrested or anything



((i know there's a novel and movie with this concept already, but i changed some of the parameters around))

[PRRRETTYGLiTTERRR]

isnt this the movie thats coming out with cameron diaz? as sucky as my situation is right now, i would not press that button

[converse1918]

Sounds like that new movie that's going to come out ( :
Ummmm that's kinda tough
Because I'm not really close with anybody, not even my parents really
But ... aish, I really don't know : P
I don't really need the money, but my family could use it ^___^
But .... hmmmm, for me ... I can't answer, it's too hard : P

[AznBetty]

AW HELLLL NO! LOL

theres no telling who that buttons meant for. i wouldnt take the risk of it being one of my family members.
besides, a million dollars isnt even that much money nowadays.

[Regina Rae]

I wouldn't press it. It could me my mother or father, & that's something I just couldn't live with =/

[NPB-XK]

Can I keep that box?
I wouldn't press it but I would go after people I know and be like "Hey a genie wanted me to press a button to have one of you guys dead in exchange of a million dollar! I want that million so bad but I just saved your lives! ... Now you guys owe me 2 million dollars."
And if they think I got high before talking, I'll press that button in front of them for not believing me... and if nothing happens, then ...

[Mr. Chan]

I'd pry the box open without pressing the button.

[Regina Rae]

^ There's no money in the box. Just the button.

[Mr. Chan]

^ There's no money in the box. Just the button.

I'd still pry it open.

[NPB-XK]

On 2nd thought, can I borrow that random guy's finger and make it press the button and one of his friends/family will die and I get to keep the million dollar?

Or can I sell it on ebay for 500 000 dollars so that any emotionless rich man can buy it (he'll make 500 000 dollars profits)?

[bonjour tristesse.]

Money can't buy me love.

[Honey.bee]

Very tough, but I don't think I'll ever manage to press it. Isn't the case very similar to killing someone?

I'd rather live off the same with my people then to have that "guilty pleasure".

[courtneyy]

nooooooooo.
even though i kind of need money right now (lol) $__$''
it'll mean someone innocent die.

i wouldn't wish that on even my worst enemy.

[han.yung]

If I press it, maybe the guy who offered it to me would die.

[KanyeWEST]

since i know a lot of people i would press it maybe 10 times.

if it wasn't someone i knew that would die each time i would press it. i'd press it a few hundred times.
it's like a 1/5 chance it's gonna be some random guy in china that's going to die.

[Namderful]

Sell it.
Done done and done.

[rachilde]

Without thinking of something witty, I wouldn't press it. Plus, if it was on the record you could potentially get arrested for capital murder (killing someone for monetary compensation) which could get you the death penalty in some states. Two lives =/= 1 million dollars. 1 million isn't much these days anyhow.

[Irony.]

Errm, I'll keep the box, wait for all the people I love to die then I'll press the button.

[wendaYYY]

Isn't one million dollars too little a sum to kill someone for? That's stupid, and I think on the univeral grounds of morality, this question beckons the straight answer of NO!!!

But maybe if it was at like $10 million, I would have less of a qualm to press it. More money can diminish your conscience, and as much as you want to dispute that, it is the reality for some.

[peppermintsugar]

If it wasn't as sketchy and strange like the movie, where they pretty much do it to frame you, and it's a catch where you won't die, but your family probably will, then no. But if there's some way to guarantee that it's not a catch like that, and it's just some random person that I don't know, then yeah, I would.