Over here at the Friends Club Retreat a question was raised that I think should be shared with the larger e-community: How much money would it take to get you to shoot a puppy?One young attorney at a prominent New York law firm boldly stated that he would do the deed for $50,000 [correction: $5,000], prompting aghast looks from (among others) his devoted girlfriend of several years. So, assuming the following conditions,
- That the puppy would die instantly,
- That the event would take place in a world in which the act wouldn't be morally reprehensible,
- And that the money would be used to advance the cause of human rights in some form of the other,