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Yeah, my first thought was "Anyone can summon cops to shoot me with just my address?". Should society get a CVE entry for that? If there was a magic button in
by AgentME 9y ago
Yeah, my first thought was "Anyone can summon cops to shoot me with just my address?". Should society get a CVE entry for that?
If there was a magic button in the world that killed someone every time it was pressed, I'd be much more concerned about getting rid of the button or enacting societal change to keep the button under protection than I would care about tracking down people that pressed the button. Sure, some degree of that is good to discourage it too, but if the button remains out in the open, easy to press, and pressed by more people than actually do get captured, then something isn't right.
- jMyles 9y agoBeautifully stated - this is a pithy remix of the exact thought that drove my comment.
- spondyl 9y agoOn a side note, you might like a movie called The Box (2009). Basically a couple receives a box with a button and pressing it will give them $1 million but a stranger somewhere in the world will die at the same time. I don't remember if it's any good but your scenario reminded me of it.
- DCoder 9y agoThere was also an episode of The Twilight Zone with the same plot [0]. Based on a short story by Richard Matheson. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Z...