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Originally Posted by Katsunami
This always makes me think of the Star Trek episode Half a Life, in which a scientist turns 60. It is expected of him that he undergoes the "Resolution", a ritual suicide, "to avoid old age, infirmity, indignity, dependence on others, and the cruel uncertainty about when the end would come." |
One of the volumes in my library is "My life in Judo" by J. Koizumi. He was a 7th degree black belt in Judo, and founder of the British Judo Federation, as well as coach of the British Judo team.
When he reached a point where his faculties were beginning to degrade, he bathed, shaved, dressed in his best suit, and put his head in the oven and turned on the gas. He had had a full life doing what he loved and introducing the sport of Judo to the UK. He left a note stating that he chose to go before he became a burden on others, and his friends would understand.
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Dennis