What would you do for money?
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What would you do for money?
To what extremes would you go to get money?
Is it worth it to lie, steal or even murder for a huge amount of money?
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Unless a person has been in a situation where money was the only difference between living and dying, I don't think they know what they would do. I know I can't say for certain.
And to further it a bit, many people would rather die than do these things, but when it's not your life, but the lives of those you love at stake, it's often another matter entirely.
What is stealing a loaf of bread, to a mother with a starving child?
What is grief, if not love persevering?
Grief is just love with no place to go.
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What you say is entirely true, but I took the question to refer to attaining money for greedy purposes, not for survival.Gravy wrote:I agree with Kinnera.
Unless a person has been in a situation where money was the only difference between living and dying, I don't think they know what they would do. I know I can't say for certain.
And to further it a bit, many people would rather die than do these things, but when it's not your life, but the lives of those you love at stake, it's often another matter entirely.
What is stealing a loaf of bread, to a mother with a starving child?
I do not think anyone can honestly say what they would or would not do in cases where their own lives or the lives of loved ones are at stake.
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You make a very good point.kandscreeley wrote:Money is not the end all be all. There are some things that are more important than money. Plus you can't take it with you. When you are dead it does you no good.
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Kinnera wrote:I feel it would depend on the situation. Regardless of my belief system in morals, it would be hypocritical of me to not admit I might do certain things in situations if required.
I would have to agree. I don't think that I would lie or steal for money. I'm pretty confident I wouldn't murder. But if we suddenly literally had nothing and couldn't get help from family or friends, or from social agencies & churches, or whatever, I would do WHATEVER I had to in order to feed my children, but I still don't think I could kill someone for even that.
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However, that doesn't mean that i won't like to be more comfortable financially, it's just that i don't believe that money equates happiness, and as such, I'm not doing anything that keeps me up at night to get it.
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