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[guek]

What do your morals cost?

 

[Yaboosh]

Depends on the circumstances.

But for a single murder, there is a number I would accept regardless.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

My student loan balance - 115K

 

[lazygecko]

That depends on what kind of threats I'd face for not taking the bribe in the first place.

 

[entremet]

I don't think there's a sum that would allow me to soundly sleep at night.

I'm haunted from smaller moral misgivings in my past. I could not imagine letting a killer go free.

What if they kill again? That's blood on my hands.

 

[pseudocaesar]

Depends on who did it. If I knew they had money then probably enough to cover my mortgage and car loan, but not enough that they'd try and kill me to make it easier.

 

[……forgetit]

Nothing, if no one asks and the dude was going to kill me I'm shutting my fucking mouth.

 

[kswiston]

I don't know. If someone is willing to commit murder AND willing to pay me off not to be a witness, I would be afraid that they would be willing to kill me as well if I refused.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Unless the murderer was also an idiot, you'd be joining his first victim

 

[Makai]

Not sure, but I know that the number exists. You're telling me you wouldn't accept becoming the first trillionaire?

 

[Aiii]

Yeah, and then wait until the guy gets caught, gives me up and I go to jail for being involved in the murder?

Nope. Not gonna happen.

 

[Greddleok]

How much you got?

Also this:

Unless the murderer was also an idiot, you'd be joining his first victim

 

[Damerman]

if they threatened my life and just wanted to sweeten the deal, I would take whatever they would give me, run away and snitch.

If they didn't see me and thought they were alone, i would snitch.

if they were just trying to pay me without threatening my life, i would take w/e money they had and the i would snitch.

 

[The Faceless Master]

the amount of money it would take to keep me quiet is significantly more than it would cost them to pay someone else to get rid of me.

 

[Seesaw15]

tree fiddy

 

[Mortemis]

I don't think there's a sum that would allow me to soundly sleep at night.

I'm haunted from smaller moral misgivings in my past. I could not imagine letting a killer go free.

What if they kill again? That's blood on my hands.

This

I don't know. If someone is willing to commit murder AND willing to pay me off not to be a witness, I would be afraid that they would be willing to kill me as well if I refused.

And this.

 

[Limited Edition]

We talking cash here? Or can I request physical items as well? Fewer questions when I randomly show up at the range with a .50 in a brand new Dodge 1 ton than going to the bank with 100 grand in cash.

 

[BADMAN]

tree fiddy

Edit: beat.

 

[daviyoung]

an Xbone

 

[andythinkpad]

One million.

If I live frugally, I can retire with 1 million.

I can start a new life and pretend my previous life didn't exist.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Depends on on my personal feelings about the murderer and the victim.

I'd also put my testimony somewhere safe to be revealed in the event of my unfortunate demise.

 

[Fou-Lu]

I don't know. If someone is willing to commit murder AND willing to pay me off not to be a witness, I would be afraid that they would be willing to kill me as well if I refused.

Basically this. I wouldn't trade out my morals for money, but I might for my own life.

 

[bjork]

You guys. You get a bunch of money, then you hire a hitman to kill the murderer. Simple.

 

[Dixon's Jet]

1 dollar

 

[Furyous]

$2.25 million after taxes over the course of 45 years or $25 million over 10 years. It depends on who it is and my odds for disappearing quickly.

Now let's paint the scenario:

Say I found out Bill Gates daughter committed murder and I am the only person that witnessed it and no cameras are around. All Bill has to do is pull a few strings and hire me as his personal finance manager formally for the $50K a year for 45 years. If the situation is dire then all Bill can just hit me with a charitable $25 million donation and let me disappear forever.

Everybody has price.

 

[zeemumu]

Half.

 

[webkatt]

About three fiddy

 

[AlexBasch]

Wait, does the murderer know I'm the sole witness? Why would he pay me? Shouldn't he just go straight and shoot/stab/strangle me instead and save the cash?

 

[bjork]

$2.25 million after taxes over the course of 45 years or $25 million over 10 years. It depends on who it is and my odds for disappearing quickly.

Now let's paint the scenario:

Say I found out Bill Gates daughter committed murder and I am the only person that witnessed it and no cameras are around. All Bill has to do is pull a few strings and hire me as his personal finance manager formally for the $50K a year for 45 years. If the situation is dire then all Bill can just hit me with a charitable $25 million donation and let me disappear forever.

Everybody has price.

Or he could pay Ballmer to wait outside your front door in the bushes with a sock full of nickels and put you in the recycle bin. The negotiations get tricky if you're talking about a public figure.

Wait, does the murderer know I'm the sole witness? Why would he pay me? Shouldn't he just go straight and shoot/stab/strangle me instead and save the cash?

It was someone who'd trolled him on a message board and he was so giddy from the feeling of finally getting even, that all the anger is gone from his system. Instead, he's now afraid, like a kid making a paranoid thread about eating pot brownies. Your goal is to exploit away in this situation.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I would murder the murderer before he could get to me next.

 

[teruterubozu]

"Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin,
I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies"

Probably write a song, become a millionaire on my own (yes, I know it's a myth).

 

[Jezbollah]

If you're the sole witness, then you're likely to get murdered yourself. It would be a lot cheaper than paying someone off.

 

[Aon]

I dunno I'd ever be able to live with myself accepting a bribe, but I imagine I could be intimidated into inaction: even if I decided the truth was worth my safety, there are still threats against my partner or family or such.

 

[Heshinsi]

$2.25 million after taxes over the course of 45 years or $25 million over 10 years. It depends on who it is and my odds for disappearing quickly.

Now let's paint the scenario:

Say I found out Bill Gates daughter committed murder and I am the only person that witnessed it and no cameras are around. All Bill has to do is pull a few strings and hire me as his personal finance manager formally for the $50K a year for 45 years. If the situation is dire then all Bill can just hit me with a charitable $25 million donation and let me disappear forever.

Everybody has price.

You've got Bill Gates by the balls, and that's all you ask for? That's a shame lol.

 

[Volcane]

 

[JAV Actress]

It depends? Did I give a fuck about the person that was murdered? Then shit give me 5 dollars and we're gud. But hey doesn't hurt to ask for say, a billion.

Someone I cared about? Then I probably wouldn't be keeping my mouth shut.

 

[Hyun Sai]

If you're the sole witness, then you're likely to get murdered yourself. It would be a lot cheaper than paying someone off.

This. Bizarre scenario if you ask me.

 

[v1lla21]

Nothing because I'd get killed too.

No amount of money would keep me shut. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that I'm letting a murderer, who could probably kill again, walk free. Nothing would stop the person from coming after me anyways.

 

[SpaceWolf]

No amount whatsoever. Even if it was an Ozymandias style situation.

 

[Tagyhag]

That depends on what kind of threats I'd face for not taking the bribe in the first place.

This. I'll take the plata instead of the plomo.

 

[Aureon]

I'd take the payoff, whatever it is, then report the murder anyway and ask for witness protection.
There's no honor among thieves, and i'm not a criminal anyway?

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

Not very much. They could give me $5.00 and I would be fine. Hell they would probably just look at me and say "you saw nothing" and vanish into the night.

 

[Fantomas]

I'm going to assume the premise is that the murderer is offering me a bribe to not say anything, not me asking for a bribe because I would be way too scared to fuck with the murderer in that situation.

In that case, I would probably take whatever they're offering because if I refuse they're probably just going to murder me too, like the fucking murderer they are.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

I mean, who was murdered?

 

[Easy_D]

You guys. You get a bunch of money, then you hire a hitman to kill the murderer. Simple.

But who will kill the hitman when he threatens to expose you?

 

[Shotgun Kiss]

If the murder had no kind of "justifiable" cause, then there isn't any amount of money at all that could keep me quiet.

If the murder victim was a truly awful human being, I'd certainly think about it.

 

[True Savior]

10 dollars. Everything you want.

 

[thestopsign]

Enough to comfortably live for the rest of my life. It would still matter on other circumstances though, if it was a loved one there would be pretty much no price.

 

[guek]

I'd take the payoff, whatever it is, then report the murder anyway and ask for witness protection.
There's no honor among thieves, and i'm not a criminal anyway?

Wouldn't whatever you took in the form of a bribe be seized as evidence?

 

[studyguy]

If you were a sole witness to a murder and the guy was trying to pay you off, I'd assume he would just as easily kill you too if you asked for too much. I mean come on.