# Would you torture a puppy if it meanT the end of stupid "moral conundrum" threads?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953 "2003-03-17T08:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953/41 "2003-03-18T18:43:25Z")

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Would Microsoft save the Sri Lanken if I forwarded this thread to one hundred people?

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**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953/42 "2003-03-18T20:47:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Netbrian \*  
> \*\*Would Microsoft save the Sri Lanken if I forwarded this thread to one hundred people? \*\*

Maybe the evil genius would let us torture Bill Gates instead of the puppy.🙂

Oh, wait - Bill Gates _is_ an evil genius.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953/43 "2003-03-18T22:18:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RexDart \*  
> \*\*If there were a “giant squid forcefield”, we might actually be able to intelligently debate libertarianism one of these days. \*\*

But there _ **is** _ a hypothetical one, therefore we should use it.

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**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953/44 "2003-03-18T22:31:36Z")

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Torture the puppy. Moral dilemmas are for wimps, anyway.

What?

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953/45 "2003-03-21T14:30:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*  
> \*\*I think you’re wrong and it would taste like **Ryan\_Liam**. \*\*

Aren’t we showing cannibalistic tendences on this board Mangeout?😉

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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-torture-a-puppy-if-it-meant-the-end-of-stupid-moral-conundrum-threads/161953/46 "2003-03-21T14:46:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \*  
> \*\*What’s the perfect gift for a dead baby?
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> A dead puppy! \*\*

What’s more fun than swinging a baby around on a rope? Stopping with a shovel.

[Quagmire] Oh! [/Quagmire]

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