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Originally Posted by tirsales
You really dont want to die, do you?
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Strangely enough, no. Do you? I rather enjoy life, and would like to continue to do so for more than just another 40 years or so.
And note that we're not discussing living forever. Just extending healthy human lifespan from 80 years to (say) 200 years.
And yes, there is a difference between actively killing and letting die. But sometimes not much (consider withdrawal of food and drink from PVS patients).
Refusing to develop treatments to extend healthy life is passively killing people.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
Would you like to live forever with a job you never wanted and hate?
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Well, no. But then I'd have an option - change jobs or commit suicide. Currently I don't have an option - I'm going to die sometime in the next (being optimistic) 50 years. And again, not forever, just a lot longer than now.
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Or in a world gone apocalyptic
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Now we're just getting silly.