An actual question given to a potential employee by an employer:

Imagine there's a peasant somewhere halfway across the world. If you could push a button and kill the person without getting caught, would you do it for a million dollars?

Oh yeah, I got that question when I interviewed for a position at Microsoft, too.

And yes. I mean, no. No, I wouldn't.

Probably...just because sometimes I'm an evil satanic bitch...heh heh heh But it better be a mllion in cash cause i don't want any of it taken away for taxes and shit...that's just robbery!!!

Nope. Afraid not sorry. I'm a strong believer in karma, and also if I know nothing of that peasant, I don't know what kind of good they have to offer the world immediately around them. By pushing a button and killing them for a million dollars, there is no telling what sort of disastrous effects that could have on events that came up later in life for people in that area. It just totally fucks with the work of Lachesis too.

Xxx-SIN-xxX

what Sinistress said.

I would! but i'd never say that to a potential employer...and I really want the money...

Oh wowa *sigh* After thinking about it long and hard...I'm so awful...I decided that I would not...but only because:

a). I would be paranoid for the rest of my life.
b.) I would never be able to feel good about myself...ever.
c.) Eventually I would go insane or destroy myself.
d.) I would always have to lie about where the money came from.

I wish that all my reasons weren't so selfish but...they are. I can't see the peasant...I can't feel him...so...I just...I'm not tripp'n on him. If I could see him or feel him in some way then that would all change. Even just read about him in an article or SOMETHING.
If this question would of been asked of me 3 years ago...I would of said YES without thinking twice and with no immediate regrets. I would of pushed that button and had a fucking party from hell...I would not of lived to see this day.

Let Me think about this ...

Hmm...

Um, yes.

Fuck them.

I'm just hoping I'll spend the money quick enough, before someone is offered a million to push MY button.

and shit.

Yeah.

Kill that peasant fuck.

nuh huh , no way, never in as long as I live. I'm sorry but I would never be able to live it down ! I have a hard enough job hurting someones feelings I would never be able to live with myself. I'd ened up going mad like Lady Macbeth in Macbeth !

I don't understand the question.

The question is why would I want to? Is this person a complete stranger or is the person an enemy. Big difference!

i would...just as long as i dont know the guy...

Yes.I`d also do it for considerably less.

I decided a long time ago that my starting price for killing a total stranger is £6000 plus expences per head.

The only people I wouldn't kill for money are close personal friends and some public figures.

the poor guy is a dead man. just show me the money then the button. yeah i'd feel sorry for him for a while but i'd get over it.

It depends on the peasant. Certain people, I would kill for around $10,000 USD, others I would not kill at all.

Such a sad world where the want of money preceeds the hope for life....


Is money really that important?

its not survival of the fittest nemore(as in the shishio saga of RK)

but it is survival of the wealthiest.... also luck....poor bastard

No amount of money could persuade me to kill anyone peasant or otherwise. I just don't think it is right to put a price on someones life...I wouldn't be able to live with myself, I respect life far too much to be the one to take it away from someone else.

SilverNymph XXxx

fuck it, i'd do it for free.

I recall a small movie about this. A box, with a button on top, delivered by a man... Who would give a poor couple a million dollar, if they would push that button. "If you push this button, somewhere on this world, a person will be killed, and I will be back in the morning with a million dollar for you."
In the end, they took the box apart, to find there was nothing inside. Then they decided to push the button anyway. The next morning, the man came back, gave them a suitcase with a million dollar, and requested the buttonbox back. "After all, there will be another, who shall push your button..."
... and with laughter he left.

I liked the movie. But to answer the original question: I do not know. It would depend on the circumstances. At present, I think I would. I could save more then one life with the million... Thus the greater good lies with the killing. But if no financial problems I would have, then I would not.