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[decideformyself]

To those of you who participated in the Milgram Experiment yesterday in the role of the questioner, I have two questions of my own. Did you choose to shock your partner for any incorrect responses they may have given? And why or why not?


[ Filtered to Yui Kiriyama, not anonymous ]

How are you feeling?

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anonymous

[shallnotharm]

Of course I did. Did they end up dying? Yes. Why did I do it? Well, frankly, I wanted it to be swift. Electrocution isn't a painless death but it's all I could do. If I had argued it would have just been drawn out for them. Pressing that button was a mercy.

[decideformyself]

I see. The thought of not killing them did not occur to you?

permanon

[shallnotharm]

Of course it did.

ditto

[decideformyself]

But you dismissed it.

[shallnotharm]

Unfortunately I did. If I had to kill that person, I did it in the best way I could.

[decideformyself]

I suppose that makes sense. However, what I am curious about is why you chose to take their life over yours.

[shallnotharm]

They were suicidal.

[decideformyself]

They wished to die? How strange.

[shallnotharm]

Perhaps.

[decideformyself]

In that case, it seems that you made the best possible decision. How fortunate that your choice was so simple.