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 Friday, October 30, 2009

The Button

By Diana Hsieh @ 4:00 PM

Oh dear, a moral puzzle goes awry.


Heh. (Via Trey Givens.)

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Friday, October 30, 2009 at 22:06:08 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Apollo
E-mail: gateway8507024(at)hotmail.com

Don't worry, those were all bad people.


Friday, October 30, 2009 at 22:08:27 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: John Harris
E-mail: john.harris00(at)gmail.com

That was good.

Someone shows up with a box says he'll given you a million if you press the button; but if you do someone, somewhere, will die.
.....Why would you let him in your home in the first place; and second why wouldn't you call the cops?

John.


Friday, October 30, 2009 at 22:08:55 mst
Comment ID: #3
Name: John Harris
E-mail: john.harris00(at)gmail.com

Apollo: ...Can I have my million dollars now?


Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 0:21:15 mst
Comment ID: #4
Name: Apollo
E-mail: gateway8507024(at)hotmail.com

"Can I have my million dollars now?"

No, sorry, my million dollars will only inflate the currency.


Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 7:22:48 mst
Comment ID: #5
Name: Andy

"If you recieve money, someone, somewhere will lose something." Sounds to me like we already have that arrangement, but people don't want to face it, so movies like this appeal to them. All of the mystical, horror movie-type elements help them believe that such a thing is metaphysically impossible, and that what they do in today's mixed economy is a difference in kind; not in degree. They can repent, and be absolved, all in one sitting.


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