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  1. August 17th, 2004, 11:46 AM #1
    Cleetus
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    Scruple 6

    Age old question:

    Ok you have to choose one:

    1) You have to personally kill 10 people of your own choosing
    2) If you don't, or kill yourself, 10,000 will die
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  2. August 17th, 2004, 11:48 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleetus
    Age old question:

    Ok you have to choose one:

    1) You have to personally kill 10 people of your own choosing
    2) If you don't, or kill yourself, 10,000 will die
    Number one. Whats the problem?
    The Moral Majority is neither.

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  3. August 17th, 2004, 11:49 AM #3
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    On second thought is that 10,000 of my choosing?
    The Moral Majority is neither.

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  4. August 17th, 2004, 11:53 AM #4
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    No problem. There are at least 10 people in the world I'd kill if forced to.

    In fact, can I kill more than 10?
    There's no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you've got
    your hand or head stuck in something
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  5. August 17th, 2004, 11:55 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by gazzak
    No problem. There are at least 10 people in the world I'd kill if forced to.

    In fact, can I kill more than 10?
    Yeah, I'm sure I could find 10 people in this world that I could get rid of permanently.
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  6. August 17th, 2004, 12:03 PM #6
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    When can I start? Do I get to choose the weapon?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleetus
    Age old question:

    Ok you have to choose one:

    1) You have to personally kill 10 people of your own choosing
    2) If you don't, or kill yourself, 10,000 will die
    The problem with these questions are that you can answer however you wan't, but you never know how you would actually react in that particular situation. I would like to believe i'd chose self sacrifice, but in reality, if i was faced with the choice i might chose to kill 10 people. You never know. We all have that list of people we feel deserve to be punished.
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  8. August 17th, 2004, 12:11 PM #8
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    The noble thing to do would be to sacrifice my life for that of the 10,000 and live on in people's memories as a hero-martyr.

    Buildings would be erected in my honour, songs would be written...




    ...what the heck was in that coffee?!




    If there was no way to pull one of those classic James Bond escapes, I would still choose to protect the 10,000, even if the 10 deserved to die slow, agonizing deaths at my hand.
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    I'll take option 4.
    "Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir
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  10. August 17th, 2004, 12:34 PM #10
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    How is this an age old question???
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    Could I just kill Cleetus 10 times?
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  12. August 17th, 2004, 01:22 PM #12
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    It'd be kinder than forcing him to keep reading your posts...
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    Quote Originally Posted by a d e p t
    The noble thing to do would be to sacrifice my life for that of the 10,000 and live on in people's memories as a hero-martyr.

    Buildings would be erected in my honour, songs would be written...




    ...what the heck was in that coffee?!




    If there was no way to pull one of those classic James Bond escapes, I would still choose to protect the 10,000, even if the 10 deserved to die slow, agonizing deaths at my hand.
    Funny that sounds familiar.... someone else did that
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  14. August 17th, 2004, 02:32 PM #14
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    Only 10?
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  15. August 17th, 2004, 02:50 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ya_know
    How is this an age old question???
    It's an old ethics open ended what if type question, obvioulsy I botched it up, but it has been used for a long time.
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