On 04/07/2010 12:54 AM, somebody wrote:
> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom>  wrote in message
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>
>> On 03/07/2010 1:59 PM, somebody wrote:
>>> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom>   wrote in message
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>
>>>> Personally, I hope so
>
>>> Why?
>
>> Because:

>> As we get older we get more decrepit and eventually that would be
>> unbearable.
>
> Since a large proportion of old people die a "natural" death instead of
> committing suicide, I don't agree that there's an age (teenages included)
> where life becomes unbearable.

Boredom, anomie, jadedness, the loss of cognitive powers, not to mention 
lack of fulfilment add up to an unappetising prospect. Life is not a 
book it hurts a lot for most people.

> So I would not wish for somebody, or myself (!), to die no matter how old they are.

Nor do I unless they wish it.

>  But more to the point, you cannot
> keep on becoming more and more decrepid if you are not to die - at worst you
> reach an asymptote, but more likely, curing of death involves maintaining a
> high level of health.
>

You want health and happiness too? This does not sound like the human 
condition. ;-)






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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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