On Tuesday, December 23, 2014, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote: > >> On Monday, December 22, 2014 10:06:21 PM UTC, Bruce wrote: >> >> John Clark wrote: >> > >> > And as for the fear of death stuff, are we asked to believe that >> if you >> > learned right now that tomorrow morning at 9am a firing squad was >> going >> > to put several bullets into your brain you wouldn't be the >> slightest bit >> > apprehensive and would go to bed tonight just as you always do >> and sleep >> > like a baby without a care in the world? >> >> No, I wouldn't fear death even then. I might worry about the >> possibility >> of pain. I might worry about the injustice and arbitrariness of it >> all. >> But mostly I would be concerned for those who depend on me here and >> now. >> The degree of this concern would depend on my age when this happens, >> the number of those dependants, and their degree of dependency. >> >> Bruce >> >> >> Turing Test Fail >> > > Have you never heard of, or seen, courage in the face of death? Often > taken as the true test of manhood! > It wouldn't require courage if death were no big deal. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
