# Anybody ever write a story like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400 "2017-06-19T21:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/1 "2017-06-19T21:27:31Z")
Two words: Crowdsourced Assassination. Somebody like a Kim Jong Un ticks off a lot of people and somebody else puts up a website where people can contribute to getting him dead. When the “bounty” gets big enough somebody’ll go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/2 "2017-06-19T21:48:43Z")
Haven’t seen it… Go for it! I’ve seen similar ones where the justice system is replaced by a popular vote: you think Bill Cosby was guilty? You vote to convict. Celebrity trials will get millions of votes; me suing my washing-machine repair guy is only gonna get a handful. re KJU, hey, I’m good for a couple dollars… ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/3 "2017-06-19T22:32:10Z")
Here’s a 2013 article from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/11/18/meet-the-assassination-market-creator-whos-crowdfunding-murder-with-bitcoins/#57593b553d9b) about the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/4 "2017-06-19T22:51:59Z")
You just can’t come up with an original idea anymore. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/5 "2017-06-20T00:01:21Z")
It doesn’t matter if the idea’s been used before. Ideas are the easy part; the hard part is what you do with them. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/6 "2017-06-20T04:02:50Z")
There’s a Black Mirror episode with a similar concept. People vote on social media who they would like to die. Then someone makes it happen. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-write-a-story-like-this/789400/7 "2017-06-20T08:47:20Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Two words: Crowdsourced Assassination. Somebody like a Kim Jong Un ticks off a lot of people and somebody else puts up a website where people can contribute to getting him dead. When the “bounty” gets big enough somebody’ll go for it. You’re 850 years too late. 🙂 Remember the quote of Henry II, ‘Will no one rid me of this turbulent beast?’