Would You Shoot An Innocent Person For A Billion Dollars?

Yes sir.

For the people saying no, think of it this way.  You could set up your family forever, your kids, your kids kids and so on. They would get the best educations and the best possible start in life. You could have all this just for shooting one person who you don't even know.

" @rflx: Pretty sure you underestimate greed. We're talking a billion dollars here. I think most saying no and taking the high road would do it given the chance. Look at the world around you. Dog eat dog. People shit on other people all the time for less than a billion dollars. And if you're not looking out for yourself you'll probably get walked all over. So I certainly would. I'm not a religious guy, I don't believe I'm going to be judged for my actions in another life and I'm not a beliver of Karma and all that nonsense either. I think i have one life and then that's it so make the most of it. I also think if the tables where turned the guy would shoot me. So yes I'll shoot him and I'll take the money. "

" Beside the fact that no one is truly innocent, 

" @crusader8463 said:

" Beside the fact that no one is truly innocent, 

That is a pretty retarded point of view. "

Yes, without hesitation.
 

 
 
Edit: Also this:

 
 I think most saying no and taking the high road would do it given the chance.

The fact that Yes is in the lead here is fucking sad and demoralizing.

I'm not sure. I voted yes, because well...a billion dollars. I would never have money problems again and I could do a lot of good with that money.
 
Would I actually do it though? It depends. If it's a family member then no, if I knew the person then probably not, is the person going to live if I say no? If so then I might say no.
 
If the person is someone I have never met then I'd want to make sure I got the money. This kind of deal seems very much like "Hahaha, you killed him! Now I will kill YOU!" or "You killed him! Money? What money?".  Then I have to know whether or not the person will be blind-folded. I'm not sure I could kill someone if they were staring me straight in the eyes.
 
If I didn't know them, I was guaranteed the money, and they were blind-folded then I would probably kill them. I would replay that moment over and over again for the rest of my days...but a billion? I'd probably do it.

" @mutha3 said:

" @crusader8463 said:

" Beside the fact that no one is truly innocent, 

That is a pretty retarded point of view. "

And why is that? Everyone does bad things at some point in their life. The only difference is how bad what they did was.

" As we all know from the Twilight Zone, you would end up being the innocent person.  "

It's hilarious to read this thread keeping in mind the hours of suffering and pain everyone of us supports by buying cheap clothes or any sort of consumer electronics. 
 
Stop denying your egocentrism, man.
 

Would you die to make some guilty dude rich?

No.

Seeing all the weak willed humanists trying to the moral high ground in this thread is embarrassing.

I don't need a billion dollars, I am Dick_Viper. 
 
Being Dick_Viper is like being a billionaire, as I posse such great powers and have this legacy of being a internet legend. 
 
Don't mess with the Viper.
 

lol this is an interesting poll, i wonder if this high percentage is only here because this is a gaming forum, like would another kind have different results?

" No. That's horrible. I'd rather burn the money and save a life than shoot and kill a person to get it. It's terrible that more people than less here would do it. Most people lead a very sad life -shakes head-. Nowww, you said just shoot. I'll shoot em' sure, if I don't kill them. Thanks for not elaborating on what you really meant. "

You could help a lot of people with $1,000,000,000.

" @rflx: Pretty sure you underestimate greed. We're talking a billion dollars here. I think most saying no and taking the high road would do it given the chance. Look at the world around you. Dog eat dog. People shit on other people all the time for less than a billion dollars. And if you're not looking out for yourself you'll probably get walked all over. So I certainly would. I'm not a religious guy, I don't believe I'm going to be judged for my actions in another life and I'm not a beliver of Karma and all that nonsense either. I think i have one life and then that's it so make the most of it. I also think if the tables where turned the guy would shoot me. So yes I'll shoot him and I'll take the money. "

" Seeing all the weak willed humanists trying to the moral high ground in this thread is embarrassing. "

Yes.

" @HandsomeDead said:

" Seeing all the weak willed humanists trying to the moral high ground in this thread is embarrassing. "

Better than being a greed-fueled sociopath. "

" Seeing all the weak willed humanists trying to the moral high ground in this thread is embarrassing. "

What? Fuck yes. 
 
The title doesn't even say "kill". Just shoot the person in the goddamn leg and call the ambulance.

I would shoot them in the leg...

Just to put things into a little bit of perspective, the GDP of Madagascar is 9.46 Billion and consists of a population of over 19 million.
 
By killing this person and supplementing it evenly into this country, you could improve the standard of living by more than 10%.  How many lives do you think that would save, when people couldn't afford food or medicine or proper housing.  If you posted fliers in an impoverished country with the man's face that needed to be killed, the man who came back with his head and a billion dollars for his country would be heralded as a hero, not a murderer.
 
You might say it's naive that I would kill for a billion dollars and am under the impression that the money would justify the death, but maybe that's because you have food on your table and a roof over your head.

would you read the first post before spouting nonsense for a mere "Thank You"?

" @HandsomeDead: So having a conscience is considered weak now? Deciding against ending a person's life is "weak?" I think you need to reconsider your definition of weak. "

I can't even bring myself to kill fictional characters in videogames, how am I supposed to kill a real person? 
 
No.

" Just to put things into a little bit of perspective, the GDP of Madagascar is 9.46 Billion and consists of a population of over 19 million.  By killing this person and supplementing it evenly into this country, you could improve the standard of living by more than 10%.  How many lives do you think that would save, when people couldn't afford food or medicine or proper housing.  If you posted fliers in an impoverished country with the man's face that needed to be killed, the man who came back with his head and a billion dollars for his country would be heralded as a hero, not a murderer.  You might say it's naive that I would kill for a billion dollars and am under the impression that the money would justify the death, but maybe that's because you have food on your table and a roof over your head. "

NO

"

No amount of money is worth a human life.

You’re taking away everything that person has or ever will have.

"

" @Rockdalf said:

" Just to put things into a little bit of perspective, the GDP of Madagascar is 9.46 Billion and consists of a population of over 19 million.  By killing this person and supplementing it evenly into this country, you could improve the standard of living by more than 10%.  How many lives do you think that would save, when people couldn't afford food or medicine or proper housing.  If you posted fliers in an impoverished country with the man's face that needed to be killed, the man who came back with his head and a billion dollars for his country would be heralded as a hero, not a murderer.  You might say it's naive that I would kill for a billion dollars and am under the impression that the money would justify the death, but maybe that's because you have food on your table and a roof over your head. "

All that would do is temporarily inflate their purchasing power, only to have it slip back. If the billion dollars are not actually met by any increase in productivity, then there is no net gain, just more paper to go around. "

I don't believe in Heaven or Hell or anything like that, but I think I would probably end up feeling like shit after murdering an innocent person.  I'd end up spending all that money on expensive drugs.

" @HandsomeDead:  You aren't by any chance Andrew Ryan are you? In all seriousness, there is absolutely no justification for saying yes. Money doesn't last forever, but the memory of what you have done does. I wont break out any religious explanations either because the general internet population are proud atheists, but I think ANYONE who would actually do it deserves the worst most torturous eternal damnation possible. "

Kill one life to save hundreds or maybe thousands? I'd be wrecked to make such a difficult choice, but obviously I'd do what's best for the majority of people. Besides, the fallen one could be seen as a savior to people. 

No, I wouldn't shoot him. I'd wanna do something more dastardly like smear honey on him and throw him in a bear pit. Or slowly dip him feet first into a vat of sulfuric acid. 
 
Wait a minute, what the fuck am I thinking? No I wouldn't kill him!

" @Suicrat said:

" @Rockdalf said:

" Just to put things into a little bit of perspective, the GDP of Madagascar is 9.46 Billion and consists of a population of over 19 million.  By killing this person and supplementing it evenly into this country, you could improve the standard of living by more than 10%.  How many lives do you think that would save, when people couldn't afford food or medicine or proper housing.  If you posted fliers in an impoverished country with the man's face that needed to be killed, the man who came back with his head and a billion dollars for his country would be heralded as a hero, not a murderer.  You might say it's naive that I would kill for a billion dollars and am under the impression that the money would justify the death, but maybe that's because you have food on your table and a roof over your head. "

All that would do is temporarily inflate their purchasing power, only to have it slip back. If the billion dollars are not actually met by any increase in productivity, then there is no net gain, just more paper to go around. "

But my point still stands (which was not addressed) that a billion dollars could be used to save hundreds of thousands of lives.  Just not by throwing it in the streets out of the back of a golf cart. "

I would press a button to passively kill someone for like a thousand dollars. Most people aren't capable of directly killing regardless of the circumstance.

" Kill one life to save hundreds or maybe thousands? I'd be wrecked to make such a difficult choice, but obviously I'd do what's best for the majority of people. Besides, the fallen one could be seen as a savior to people.  "

Nope