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billege · 06-01-2003, 03:10 PM

I've got an interesting question (at least, to me) to pose for you.

Here's the situation:

You can live forever. The catch is: you must murder one person per year you intend to stay alive.

In example: At fifty years of age, you take the deal. Your pysical age is frozen at 50. For every year you get, you take one human life.

Would you do it?

I'm reading Tad Williams' "Otherland" books. While they don't exactly have this deal as part of them, the storyline got me thinking.

Personally, I think I'd do it, until I got tired of living.

There are just so many people that need killing, I don't see the problem.
Child molesters, murderers, rapists, abusers, people who don't use blinkers, the list goes on and on.

Obviously, my answer says a lot about me. What about you?

spectre · 06-01-2003, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by billege
There are just so many people that need killing, I don't see the problem.
Child molesters, murderers, rapists, abusers, people who don't use blinkers, the list goes on and on.

hmm...initially I was going to say no, but people that don't use their blinkers...

Still have to say no. Even though I wouldn't have a problem seeing the child molesters, rapists, murderers, and abusers die, I still couldn't kill someone else just to prolong my own life.

Mael · 06-01-2003, 03:20 PM

well, i'd do it too, but that's cause i'm willing to put my life over that of other peoples that i don't know. so it wouldn't bother me too much.

Quote:

Originally posted by billege
There are just so many people that need killing, I don't see the problem.
Child molesters, murderers, rapists, abusers, people who don't use blinkers, the list goes on and on.

what makes them deserving of being killed? by killing a killer, you're making yourself a killer and therefore you are no longer any better than them. for all of the types of bad people you list, what they basically come down to is that they hurt others to get ahead/what they want. so we'd be no better than them killing them to get to stay alive.

but i'm okay with that.

gov135 · 06-01-2003, 04:28 PM

I value life. I'm happy I am healthy.

But I don't intend to be around forever. When its my time, its my time.

But another question WOULD be interesting to me, if you would permit, say, "if you could kill a human being each year and award the year of life to someone else...." No that would be interesting. Young mother of three dying of breast cancer. Kid with leukemia... or that bomber schmuck they just caught in North Carolina. Hmmmmmmm...

Mael · 06-01-2003, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by gov135
But another question WOULD be interesting to me, if you would permit, say, "if you could kill a human being each year and award the year of life to someone else...." No that would be interesting. Young mother of three dying of breast cancer. Kid with leukemia... or that bomber schmuck they just caught in North Carolina. Hmmmmmmm...

that would be kinda cool. but that also brings to question, could you use that year of life to give it to someone already dead? hmmm... that way, i could have lunch with ol' abe lincoln.

arael · 06-01-2003, 04:34 PM

hehe, get a job as a executioner for prisons. That will make killing easier. But i personally wouldn't do it. Life is a process of dying

juanvaldes · 06-01-2003, 04:54 PM

I'd do it.

PitViper401 · 06-01-2003, 05:03 PM

considering the fact that I'm the center of the universe

, I'd do it.

TheDave87 · 06-01-2003, 07:32 PM

the thought of eternity is too appealing... id kill once a year to be able to see life 100 years from now

Mael · 06-01-2003, 09:00 PM

hmmm... something else to think about, if you could kill 100 people right now, and kind of "store up" the years, would that change anything? it wouldn't for me.

nothing says summer like a blood bath in the morning.

mrap1 · 06-01-2003, 09:16 PM

I think I'd probably take the deal, then I'd get a job in Texas as an executioner. I'd be killing people that society has deemed unworthy of life. Otherwise, I could join the army, I wouldn't worry about getting killed myself because I'm automatically given a year of life right? Less grusome options: I'd visit cancer wards, or people with terminal illnesses who want to die. There are many ways to get around the killing aspect of the deal, unless there are some more rules you didn't tell us about?

komodo · 06-01-2003, 09:49 PM

I dunno. I'd have to be doing some long term project BEFORE I was offered the deal to take it. In any case, I wouldn't want to live forever for no reason, but if I was doing something that requires unholy immortality, I'd probably do it.

phredgreen · 06-01-2003, 10:22 PM

being the literal thinker i am, i immediately said no... you kill a person, you go to prison. who the hell wants to live forever in prison?

but...

if it were something that one could do free and clear from any legal consequenses, i've already got my first few years all lined up...

Lebell · 06-01-2003, 10:26 PM

No.

The idea is monstrous in the extreme.

guenwyv · 06-02-2003, 01:37 AM

No,

To even think I was responsible for killing someone would rack me with guilt. Maybe just the idiot who killed a friend of mine. I would not mind seeing him die. . . leads to lots of inner thought that does.

lady · 06-02-2003, 04:03 AM

Not a chance.

Although what you said about killing murderers, child molesters, etc did make stop and think a second...

ARTelevision · 06-02-2003, 04:16 AM

as for my working definitions of "live" and "forever" I already "live forever"...no need to do anything about that unless you are interested in not "living forever".

I'm interested in not living forever and I'm doing what I can to make that occur.

If you think about it, the worst thing possible would be to "live forever" in the conventional meaning of the term...

Loki · 06-02-2003, 04:58 AM

hmm... on the old boards, someone posted a story about a red button.

The gist of it was --

A man came knocking to a womans house, and asked her if she was interested in a proposition. The woman said yes, so the man entered, and handed her a box, with a big red button, and then showed her a fat suitcase, which was stuffed to the brim with money. He said to her, "if you push that button, all of this money is yours". She asked what happened if she pushed the button. He replied that someone that she didn't know would die. The man then got up, picked up the suitcase, and said that hed be back the next day.

Now the woman didnt know what to do... on the one hand, she wouldnt know the person who was getting killed, and shed get a lot of money, but on the other hand, someone would die. Unsure, she asked her boyfriend. He basically said "uhh... What, are you crazy or something? What if a little kid dies?"

But that wasnt enough to talk the woman out of it. After a sleepless night, on the next day, she decided "ah, fuck it, i could use the money" and pushed the button.

Later on in the afternoon, the man came back, and without a word, handed her the suitcase of money, and took the box back from her. As he was leaving, she said.. " Wait, whats going to happen to that box?" To which the man replied:

"Well, Im going to ask someone else the same question... but don't worry, it will be someone that you don't know ."

Dunno why, but your question reminded me of that little story. My answer would be no, btw.

Daval · 06-02-2003, 05:04 AM

I would do it.

I'd just get a job in Texas as an executioner. har har

GoldenOuroboros · 06-02-2003, 05:19 AM

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Originally posted by billege

I'm reading Tad Williams' "Otherland" books. While they don't exactly have this deal as part of them, the storyline got me thinking.

I won't tell you what the kids are REALLY for...

I've read then all last year.. GREAT story line. Love his style of work.. a few twist all the way through it

krwlz · 06-02-2003, 05:27 AM

As tempting as it is....I don't think I could have all those deaths on my conscience just for me to live longer....I mean, yes I believe those people should die, but that didn't mean I was the one who wanted to do it...

06-02-2003, 07:35 AM

No

Living forever just couldn't work for me, Id never get to meet God or equally find out the truth behind death. Im sure after a billion years once our sun supernovas and I am merely drifting in space towards distant stars it would drive me insane.

Antagony · 06-02-2003, 08:37 AM

I used to think that way. No longer, though.

Everyone thinks that if they had some extaordinary power or privilege, they would only use it for good, never make mistakes, and never abuse it.

That's what this is all about, really. You think you could make the world a better place AND help yourself by killing those you deem undesirable on this planet. Just think about the implications.

I believe this to be an unacceptable paradigm. No one has the right to take the life of another unless the life of an innocent is directly in jeopardy.

Also, why is the idea of longer life so appealing to everyone? Firstly it's unnatural and upsetting to the flow of all things. Secondly, what have you accomplished so far in life? Do you think that with an extra 20 year you can accomplish much more? Or even an extra 100?

You're still a speck of dust in the end.

The want for extended life is a twisted self-indulgent idea.

Come on guys, didn't you see Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade??

sadistikdreams · 06-02-2003, 01:19 PM

jesus. i'd love to live forever...... but as a vampire. there's something sexier about them than humans. there's enough evildoers in the world.

Prophecy · 06-02-2003, 01:20 PM

I couldn't do it, no matter how bad some should get fried, I think I could see myself taking someone elses life to extend my own...

Eviltree · 06-02-2003, 02:58 PM

I wouldn't want to live forever, nor would I want to take the live of anyone. Just maybe rough 'em up a bit

WhoaitsZ · 06-02-2003, 03:51 PM

exellent question. lkinda like spec said

i thought no then yes or maybe then no again.

the thing is. if we did it, even killing proven 100% no doubt criminals who rape or murder, soooooner or later when they are used up we will say "well that crime was bad... kill him...'

it'll never stop.

edit: oh!! um

i don't know about doing it for life. but our country is wastign so much money... just give me the word, baby, and I'll go take care of the murderers and rapers ASAP.

(ok don't get too angry)

BBtB · 06-02-2003, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by WhoaitsZ
exellent question. lkinda like spec said

i thought no then yes or maybe then no again.

the thing is. if we did it, even killing proven 100% no doubt criminals who rape or murder, soooooner or later when they are used up we will say "well that crime was bad... kill him...'

I really doubt if you killed one rapist or murder a year you would ever "run out"

In the end I would say no. With as much fun as it seems to be a vampire. No. I would not ever want to live forever. If anything then maybe the really long lives of the elves from LoTR. If I had that first I would spend a human life span collecting money and investing and what not untill a have a decent nest egg. Then I would spend the rest of my years traveling the world. Talking to some of the greatest religious minds and philosphers of our time. Then I would meditate for a few years. If I don't get superhuman powers by then well... damn.

Force 10 · 06-02-2003, 05:02 PM

Awww, sweet justice. If I knew I wasn't going to get busted for the killing and I could kill whomever I pleased and how ever I pleased. Count me in....always wanted to be a sniper ;-)

viveleroi0 · 06-02-2003, 06:18 PM

no way... especially not at fifty

madsenj37 · 06-02-2003, 10:46 PM

If we were meant to be immortal, we would be so. That being said, I dont want to get too old, nor do i want to live too long.

Sun Tzu · 06-02-2003, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Loki
hmm... on the old boards, someone posted a story about a red button.

The gist of it was --

A man came knocking to a womans house, and asked her if she was interested in a proposition. The woman said yes, so the man entered, and handed her a box, with a big red button, and then showed her a fat suitcase, which was stuffed to the brim with money. He said to her, "if you push that button, all of this money is yours". She asked what happened if she pushed the button. He replied that someone that she didn't know would die. The man then got up, picked up the suitcase, and said that hed be back the next day.

Now the woman didnt know what to do... on the one hand, she wouldnt know the person who was getting killed, and shed get a lot of money, but on the other hand, someone would die. Unsure, she asked her boyfriend. He basically said "uhh... What, are you crazy or something? What if a little kid dies?"

But that wasnt enough to talk the woman out of it. After a sleepless night, on the next day, she decided "ah, fuck it, i could use the money" and pushed the button.

Later on in the afternoon, the man came back, and without a word, handed her the suitcase of money, and took the box back from her. As he was leaving, she said.. " Wait, whats going to happen to that box?" To which the man replied:

"Well, Im going to ask someone else the same question... but don't worry, it will be someone that you don't know ."

Dunno why, but your question reminded me of that little story. My answer would be no, btw.

This was the first thing to pop in my mind.

To kill in the basic sense of murder, no, but if in the sense of highlander where its self defense. . . hmm the stress of knowing someones hunting you would get old after a few hundred years.

redrum · 06-02-2003, 10:57 PM

you mean it doesnt already work that way?

shit...ok ok calm down..just blend in with every other crazy redneck from kentucky.

MadRebel · 06-02-2003, 11:15 PM

Uhmmm...the only one replying to this thread who mentioned their age was viveleroi0 (50).

I get this feeling (don't know why) that most of the one's replying to this thread are fairly young people with "high" ideal's and such. Although this thread doesn't require it, it would be nice to get an overall idea of the age's replying to this as it seems to me that the younger member's are the one's saying "no"; but as we get older the prospect of living forever gets more and more appealing.

I'm 52 and in pretty good health (although I'm a diabetic) and will loudly proclaim, that: YES!!! I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE FOREVER...provided that I retain all my mental facultie's and good health.

But as to whether or not I would indescrimately go out and kill someone to obtain immortality is another situation. But...I could do it with no problem. I was 13 year's in the military between 1970-1983 of which 2 of those year's were spent in South-East Asia and the prospect of killing doesn't turn my stomach at all. Especially when I hear on the news that some ass-hole has kidnapped a 9 year old girl/boy, raped them repeatedly and then gave them a slow and cruel death. Killing that individual who committed that crime would not make me lose a second of sleep, especially if it meant receiving another year of life. But to do this, I would have to 110% sure that the individual deserved to die.

So...my answer to this question would be two fold:

NO = to go out and just indescrimately kill someone to prolong my life;

YES = to eliminate someone that it has been 110% determined that he/she is a menace to society and deserves to die.

Greeeeetz

Capt.JamesHook · 06-02-2003, 11:33 PM

and for all of you that said no, I am sure you are all pro-life so no need in delving into your own hypocriscies.

madsenj37 · 06-02-2003, 11:47 PM

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Originally posted by Capt.JamesHook
and for all of you that said no, I am sure you are all pro-life so no need in delving into your own hypocriscies.

I am pro life actually. I do believe there are certain situations that may justify abortion or capital punishment, but on the whole, I dont believe in unnecessary killing. But I will save that for another thread.

Vincentt · 06-03-2003, 08:42 AM

If I could choose the person, then I would have to say yes.
There are a lot of people with whom the world would be better with out.

rockogre · 06-03-2003, 09:24 AM

Too expensive for me.

LutherMac · 06-03-2003, 09:37 AM

I've watched Highlander WAY too many times to actually want immortality. Couldn't stand to watch everyone I know and love die around me while I just keep living through the centuries. Now, If I were evil, and wanted to do something... say... world domination.... it might be something to consider!

Now, would this "add one year" provide for some regenerative abilities as well?

Also, this all sounds kinda "Vampire" like to me....

Interesting topic though...

Magpie0001 · 06-03-2003, 10:56 AM

Isnt this just what a vampire does? Kills people to stay alive?
Well IMHO vampires fucking rule so yes, Id do it.

06-01-2003, 03:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	Live forever. Cost? One life per year. I've got an interesting question (at least, to me) to pose for you. Here's the situation: You can live forever. The catch is: you must murder one person per year you intend to stay alive. In example: At fifty years of age, you take the deal. Your pysical age is frozen at 50. For every year you get, you take one human life. Would you do it? I'm reading Tad Williams' "Otherland" books. While they don't exactly have this deal as part of them, the storyline got me thinking. Personally, I think I'd do it, until I got tired of living. There are just so many people that need killing, I don't see the problem. Child molesters, murderers, rapists, abusers, people who don't use blinkers, the list goes on and on. Obviously, my answer says a lot about me. What about you? __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."

06-01-2003, 07:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheDave87 Psycho Location: The Amish Wastelands of Ohio	the thought of eternity is too appealing... id kill once a year to be able to see life 100 years from now __________________ Honk if you've never seen an uzi fired from a car window!

06-01-2003, 10:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
phredgreen who? Location: the phoenix metro	being the literal thinker i am, i immediately said no... you kill a person, you go to prison. who the hell wants to live forever in prison? but... if it were something that one could do free and clear from any legal consequenses, i've already got my first few years all lined up... __________________ My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. - Thomas Paine

06-01-2003, 10:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	No. The idea is monstrous in the extreme. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

06-02-2003, 04:03 AM	#16 (permalink)
lady Addict Location: Vancouver, BC	Not a chance. Although what you said about killing murderers, child molesters, etc did make stop and think a second... __________________ Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.

06-01-2003, 04:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	I value life. I'm happy I am healthy. But I don't intend to be around forever. When its my time, its my time. But another question WOULD be interesting to me, if you would permit, say, "if you could kill a human being each year and award the year of life to someone else...." No that would be interesting. Young mother of three dying of breast cancer. Kid with leukemia... or that bomber schmuck they just caught in North Carolina. Hmmmmmmm...

06-01-2003, 04:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
arael Banned	hehe, get a job as a executioner for prisons. That will make killing easier. But i personally wouldn't do it. Life is a process of dying

06-01-2003, 04:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	I'd do it.

06-01-2003, 05:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
PitViper401 Banned	considering the fact that I'm the center of the universe , I'd do it.

06-01-2003, 09:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mael Banned Location: The Hell I Created.	hmmm... something else to think about, if you could kill 100 people right now, and kind of "store up" the years, would that change anything? it wouldn't for me. nothing says summer like a blood bath in the morning.

06-01-2003, 09:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
mrap1 Insane Location: NY	I think I'd probably take the deal, then I'd get a job in Texas as an executioner. I'd be killing people that society has deemed unworthy of life. Otherwise, I could join the army, I wouldn't worry about getting killed myself because I'm automatically given a year of life right? Less grusome options: I'd visit cancer wards, or people with terminal illnesses who want to die. There are many ways to get around the killing aspect of the deal, unless there are some more rules you didn't tell us about?

06-01-2003, 09:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
komodo Tilted	I dunno. I'd have to be doing some long term project BEFORE I was offered the deal to take it. In any case, I wouldn't want to live forever for no reason, but if I was doing something that requires unholy immortality, I'd probably do it.

06-02-2003, 01:37 AM	#15 (permalink)
guenwyv Crazy	No, To even think I was responsible for killing someone would rack me with guilt. Maybe just the idiot who killed a friend of mine. I would not mind seeing him die. . . leads to lots of inner thought that does.

06-02-2003, 04:16 AM	#17 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	as for my working definitions of "live" and "forever" I already "live forever"...no need to do anything about that unless you are interested in not "living forever". I'm interested in not living forever and I'm doing what I can to make that occur. If you think about it, the worst thing possible would be to "live forever" in the conventional meaning of the term... __________________ create evolution Last edited by ARTelevision; 06-04-2003 at 03:06 AM..

06-02-2003, 04:58 AM	#18 (permalink)
Loki Psycho Location: Drifting.	hmm... on the old boards, someone posted a story about a red button. The gist of it was -- A man came knocking to a womans house, and asked her if she was interested in a proposition. The woman said yes, so the man entered, and handed her a box, with a big red button, and then showed her a fat suitcase, which was stuffed to the brim with money. He said to her, "if you push that button, all of this money is yours". She asked what happened if she pushed the button. He replied that someone that she didn't know would die. The man then got up, picked up the suitcase, and said that hed be back the next day. Now the woman didnt know what to do... on the one hand, she wouldnt know the person who was getting killed, and shed get a lot of money, but on the other hand, someone would die. Unsure, she asked her boyfriend. He basically said "uhh... What, are you crazy or something? What if a little kid dies?" But that wasnt enough to talk the woman out of it. After a sleepless night, on the next day, she decided "ah, fuck it, i could use the money" and pushed the button. Later on in the afternoon, the man came back, and without a word, handed her the suitcase of money, and took the box back from her. As he was leaving, she said.. " Wait, whats going to happen to that box?" To which the man replied: "Well, Im going to ask someone else the same question... but don't worry, it will be someone that you don't know ." Dunno why, but your question reminded me of that little story. My answer would be no, btw.

06-02-2003, 05:04 AM	#19 (permalink)
Daval Junkie Location: The True North Strong and Free!	I would do it. I'd just get a job in Texas as an executioner. har har __________________ "It is impossible to obtain a conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it." Winston Churchill

06-02-2003, 05:27 AM	#21 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	As tempting as it is....I don't think I could have all those deaths on my conscience just for me to live longer....I mean, yes I believe those people should die, but that didn't mean I was the one who wanted to do it...

06-02-2003, 07:35 AM	#22 (permalink)
NotMinus Guest	No Living forever just couldn't work for me, Id never get to meet God or equally find out the truth behind death. Im sure after a billion years once our sun supernovas and I am merely drifting in space towards distant stars it would drive me insane.

06-02-2003, 08:37 AM	#23 (permalink)
Antagony Psychopathic Akimbo Action Pirate Location: ...between Christ and Belial.	I used to think that way. No longer, though. Everyone thinks that if they had some extaordinary power or privilege, they would only use it for good, never make mistakes, and never abuse it. That's what this is all about, really. You think you could make the world a better place AND help yourself by killing those you deem undesirable on this planet. Just think about the implications. I believe this to be an unacceptable paradigm. No one has the right to take the life of another unless the life of an innocent is directly in jeopardy. Also, why is the idea of longer life so appealing to everyone? Firstly it's unnatural and upsetting to the flow of all things. Secondly, what have you accomplished so far in life? Do you think that with an extra 20 year you can accomplish much more? Or even an extra 100? You're still a speck of dust in the end. The want for extended life is a twisted self-indulgent idea. Come on guys, didn't you see Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade?? __________________ On the outside I'm jazz, but my soul is rock and roll. Sleep is a waste of time. Join the Insomniac Club. "GYOH GWAH-DAH GREH BLAAA! SROH WIH DIH FLIH RYOHH!!" - The Locust Last edited by Antagony; 06-02-2003 at 08:44 AM..

06-02-2003, 01:19 PM	#24 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	jesus. i'd love to live forever...... but as a vampire. there's something sexier about them than humans. there's enough evildoers in the world. __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

06-02-2003, 01:20 PM	#25 (permalink)
Prophecy Oracle & Apollyon Location: Limbus Patrum	I couldn't do it, no matter how bad some should get fried, I think I could see myself taking someone elses life to extend my own... __________________ La Disciplina È La Mia Spada, La Fede È Il Mio Schermo, Non salti Ciecamente In Incertezza, E Potete Raccogliere Le Ricompense.

06-02-2003, 02:58 PM	#26 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	I wouldn't want to live forever, nor would I want to take the live of anyone. Just maybe rough 'em up a bit

06-02-2003, 03:51 PM	#27 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	exellent question. lkinda like spec said i thought no then yes or maybe then no again. the thing is. if we did it, even killing proven 100% no doubt criminals who rape or murder, soooooner or later when they are used up we will say "well that crime was bad... kill him...' it'll never stop. edit: oh!! um i don't know about doing it for life. but our country is wastign so much money... just give me the word, baby, and I'll go take care of the murderers and rapers ASAP. (ok don't get too angry) Last edited by WhoaitsZ; 06-02-2003 at 03:58 PM..

06-02-2003, 05:02 PM	#29 (permalink)
Force 10 Had to leave this awesome space	Awww, sweet justice. If I knew I wasn't going to get busted for the killing and I could kill whomever I pleased and how ever I pleased. Count me in....always wanted to be a sniper ;-)

06-02-2003, 06:18 PM	#30 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	no way... especially not at fifty __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

06-02-2003, 10:46 PM	#31 (permalink)
madsenj37 Still searching... Location: NorCal For Life	If we were meant to be immortal, we would be so. That being said, I dont want to get too old, nor do i want to live too long. __________________ "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

06-02-2003, 10:57 PM	#33 (permalink)
redrum Crazy	you mean it doesnt already work that way? shit...ok ok calm down..just blend in with every other crazy redneck from kentucky. __________________ "you say erb....we say herb.....because theres a fucking H in it"

06-02-2003, 11:15 PM	#34 (permalink)
MadRebel Upright Location: Born in Alabama - Living in Holland	Uhmmm...the only one replying to this thread who mentioned their age was viveleroi0 (50). I get this feeling (don't know why) that most of the one's replying to this thread are fairly young people with "high" ideal's and such. Although this thread doesn't require it, it would be nice to get an overall idea of the age's replying to this as it seems to me that the younger member's are the one's saying "no"; but as we get older the prospect of living forever gets more and more appealing. I'm 52 and in pretty good health (although I'm a diabetic) and will loudly proclaim, that: YES!!! I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE FOREVER...provided that I retain all my mental facultie's and good health. But as to whether or not I would indescrimately go out and kill someone to obtain immortality is another situation. But...I could do it with no problem. I was 13 year's in the military between 1970-1983 of which 2 of those year's were spent in South-East Asia and the prospect of killing doesn't turn my stomach at all. Especially when I hear on the news that some ass-hole has kidnapped a 9 year old girl/boy, raped them repeatedly and then gave them a slow and cruel death. Killing that individual who committed that crime would not make me lose a second of sleep, especially if it meant receiving another year of life. But to do this, I would have to 110% sure that the individual deserved to die. So...my answer to this question would be two fold: NO = to go out and just indescrimately kill someone to prolong my life; YES = to eliminate someone that it has been 110% determined that he/she is a menace to society and deserves to die. Greeeeetz __________________ American by Birth... SOUTHERN by the Grace of GOD!!! Last edited by MadRebel; 06-03-2003 at 09:50 AM..

06-02-2003, 11:33 PM	#35 (permalink)
Capt.JamesHook Crazy	and for all of you that said no, I am sure you are all pro-life so no need in delving into your own hypocriscies.

06-03-2003, 08:42 AM	#37 (permalink)
Vincentt Addict Location: Tokyo, Japan	If I could choose the person, then I would have to say yes. There are a lot of people with whom the world would be better with out. __________________ .

06-03-2003, 09:24 AM	#38 (permalink)
rockogre I aim to misbehave! Location: SW Oklahoma	Too expensive for me. __________________ Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom

06-03-2003, 09:37 AM	#39 (permalink)
LutherMac Crazy Location: St. Louis, MO	I've watched Highlander WAY too many times to actually want immortality. Couldn't stand to watch everyone I know and love die around me while I just keep living through the centuries. Now, If I were evil, and wanted to do something... say... world domination.... it might be something to consider! Now, would this "add one year" provide for some regenerative abilities as well? Also, this all sounds kinda "Vampire" like to me.... Interesting topic though... __________________ Always remember that you are unique... just like everyone else!

06-03-2003, 10:56 AM	#40 (permalink)
Magpie0001 Nobody Loves Me Location: Irish In Madrid	Isnt this just what a vampire does? Kills people to stay alive? Well IMHO vampires fucking rule so yes, Id do it. __________________ Music is my first love & It will be my last.