Would you rip the wings off a butterfly for $1,000,000?

[Jara sang]

(A message to those that reply "Yes": You are one sick puppy, I hope your new found wealth will keep you warm, because you damn sure won't find any comfort in a meaningful relationship with another human, you selfish greedy fuck.:D)

(A message to those that reply "No": You are the most compassionate person on the planet and a friend to all animals:hi:)

[MercutioATC]

1. Well, you COULD start a butterfly sanctuary with the $1M.....

...just a thought...

[Neshanic]

2. What if it was a really pretty moth?

[FuzzySlippers]

3. No, of course not!

I am outraged that you would even ask such a question of me! :grr:

(psst....that wasn't a legitimate offer, was it?)

[Tektonik]

4. what if i ripped the butterfly to use it as a food source?

:9

[Skink]

7. I'd bite the wings off and spit them out.

:smoke:

[ltfranklin]

5. Ah, but what if...

...that butterfly was going to grow up to be Hitler!

...the butterfly was already dead!

...a butterfly had killed a close relative!

...the butterfly was a Republican!

...the butterfly was going to cause a hurricane in China!


It all depends, don't it!

[Elidor]

6. Being a kind man and an altruist, I'd rip his wings off for free

[Deja Q]

8. I would.

Repay my bills and then donate the rest (about 979,000) to a preservation fund for butterflies.

Conversely, would you stop walking because of a fear you'd squash an ant under your foot?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

12. Try being a Jain

Those poor people. Those poor, misguided, demented people.

[RevCheesehead]

9. Absolutely not.

On the day of my nephew's baptism, we had an outdoor party. In their backyard, a butterfly was trapped in a spider-web, but still trying to fly away. Everyone said, "oh, look at that..." but did nothing, so I went over and freed it.

I thought that was a rather symbolic gesture for that day. O8)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

14. And because of what you did,

a rare spider that's on the edge of extinction starved to death.

Ah, you blind altruists who never studied biology, botany, or how the food chain works.

[RevCheesehead]

15. Trust me -

there were plenty of mosquitoes and house flies present that day.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

23. Uh.............

I was kidding...............

[Placebo]

10. yes. Yes! YES!!!

Do you have any idea how many butterflies you could save with a million dollars?

...


That's right...not many. :evilgrin:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

11. Just a minute

What about the tax ramifications?

Would I have to report it to the IRS?

How about paying me in cash?

Can I wear rubber gloves?

Will there be witnesses?

Nothing's ever as simple as it appears, and, besides, what if it's one of those rare Killer Butterflies that preys on nowborn babies?

So, just take your righteous indignation and shove it, because some butterflies are just asking for it.

Begging for it.

[earthboundmisfit]

13. Only if its spirit had already flown from its body.

If the creature was already dead, I would.
Several years ago I happened upon a Monarch with an injured wing outside my office. I took it home & fed it hummingbird food for over a week till it did pass on. I hope it didn't suffer more because I didn't go ahead & just kill it, but I couldn't bring myself to do that & I couldn't leave it for predators. About a year later (at the same office), a hummingbird hurt itself flying into the window. I did the same thing as with the butterfly; it died after several days but it was remarkable how it let me feed it. I hope somehow I helped these little creatures along their way.

[Freedomfried]

16. Hand me my lighter and tweezers

For a mil, I'd slowly melt them off his body with a green Bic lighter.

[BlueJazz]

17. I wouldn't do it.....It's just Wrong (For Me)

[Guaranteed]

18. Depends on how pretty the butterfly is. nt

[JVS]

27. Not as pretty as 10,000 pictures of Ben Franklin

[hlthe2b]

19. Oh, Lordy... that would be worth than a billion$ in bad karma....

so, no

[Bake]

20. What if I donated all the money to the next Dem prez candidate?

Would it be worth one butterfly to defeat the Pubes?

Damn, this gets complicated!

Bake

[leftofthedial]

21. abso friggin lutely

but for $1,000,000 it would have to be an extremely rare butterfly!

[sleipnir]

22. This thread is completely naive and pedomorphic.

Hell yes I'd rip the wings off a butterfly for that amount of cash. I'd do it for even 100 times less.

You know why, because with that money I could help to raise awareness of situations that actually fucking matter, like voter fraud, genocide in Africa, or buy our abused soldiers in Iraq some body armor, or hell, just give it to the homeless man who asks me for change each day. I'd love to give him $1000 instead of the couple of quarters I have in my pocket so he can go and get a real meal instead of the bowl of cold noodles I see him eating on the street.

[Bouncy Ball]

24. Uh, yes, actually I would.

If that makes me a bad person, so be it. But I have some GOOD damn things I'd do with that million. One butterfly sacrifices itself so that I can put a million to use helping others.

I'd say that's a good trade. Plus that money could continue to help people through the interest it makes!

[nevergiveup]

28. What if I tore a tiny section off the top

of each one of his wings???? could I get maybe $50,000 per wing??...total $100,000???....the beautiful butterfly lives and I still pay off my credit cards with a little left over for a big party :party:

[Zuni]

37. so the butterfly will live a life of agony?

that is a fate worse than death, you monster

[Jara sang]

29. So, you want to decide who lives and who dies? n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

30. What are you talking about?

[Zuni]

38. ripping insects for money

[JohnnyBoots]

25. Can I get $5 if I pour salt on a slug?

[Zuni]

LOL

For some reason that made me laugh very hard :thumbsup:

[JVS]

26. I'd put in a month of 12 hour shifts at a puppy/kitten slaughterhouse...

for $1,000,000! That butterfly would be wingless so fast!

[Zuni]

31. Think of all the good you could do with a million dollars

you could dedicate your life to rehab injured butterflies

[Beware the Beast Man]

32. For the sake of sounding greedy: SHIT YEAH!

I've done worse for less.

[Zuni]

35. Heck, I burned ants with a magnifying glass for free

to think I could have made money from my cruelty :shrug:

[sniffa]

33. i'LL do it for $10

for $50 i'LL then eat the wings.

[Zuni]

36. I'll eat a spider for 30$

lets see if anyone will beat my bid!

[Orangepeel]

34. what? did the butterfly squeal on a mob boss?

I'm not good at odd hypotheticals. What in the world would be the context that would make somebody willing to pay for a butterfly to be dewinged?

I'd be very suspicious, given that maiming a butterfly doesn't seem like a very terrible thing to do. Is it terrible because butterflys are prettier than other bugs?

[Gormy Cuss]

39. I would gladly rip the wings off

the Microsoft butterfly. I'd do it for free.