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Mutt · 02-19-2003, 04:42 PM

Death sucks, i thought we'd be alot further along in extending life but we're in a rut. Cancer is claiming more lives all the time, and more young people are getting it. Victories are small, of course not if you happen to be a person who gets a cancer that is now pretty treatable like kids with leukemia. But most are just as hopeless as they were in our grandparents day.

I've been around dying people who are close to me, I don't think the regrets thing is a big deal for people, it doesn't matter whether you've lived a fantastic life and done most of the things you wanted to do or you've had a miserable life - neither kinds of people want to die. Supposedly there are stages one goes through when facing death, the final one is acceptance - many people don't reach that stage.

Quick painless death is what any human should hope for, tho when i read about people who just go to sleep one night fine and die in the middle of their sleep it freaks me out - like maybe it would be nice to have a little warning to say goodbyes or just contemplate it.

As far as I know we humans are the only species who are burdened with the reality of our limited existence. Some animals definitely know they are dying and many go off to die alone but they can't go through the mental stuff we do.

02-19-2003, 04:42 PM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	Death sucks, i thought we'd be alot further along in extending life but we're in a rut. Cancer is claiming more lives all the time, and more young people are getting it. Victories are small, of course not if you happen to be a person who gets a cancer that is now pretty treatable like kids with leukemia. But most are just as hopeless as they were in our grandparents day. I've been around dying people who are close to me, I don't think the regrets thing is a big deal for people, it doesn't matter whether you've lived a fantastic life and done most of the things you wanted to do or you've had a miserable life - neither kinds of people want to die. Supposedly there are stages one goes through when facing death, the final one is acceptance - many people don't reach that stage. Quick painless death is what any human should hope for, tho when i read about people who just go to sleep one night fine and die in the middle of their sleep it freaks me out - like maybe it would be nice to have a little warning to say goodbyes or just contemplate it. As far as I know we humans are the only species who are burdened with the reality of our limited existence. Some animals definitely know they are dying and many go off to die alone but they can't go through the mental stuff we do. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!