Am Donnerstag, 10. August 2006 09:22 schrieb Ashish Gulhati: > On 09-Aug-06, at 10:04 PM, Martin Senftleben wrote: > > Surely I don't want to die a long death, but if > > it has to be, it's ok, too, because I know: it's worth it. > > And how is that? What would make it worth it?
Many things. I would have time to prepare myself and my surrounding for it. My family would be able to properly say farewell. And sometimes, needing to care for a dying person whom you love deepens the love on both sides. I know that this hasn't to be that way, but it can, and that's enough for me to look at death with a certain calmness. > Meeting your maker? I rather mean the process of dying. What comes after death is a matter of faith, als long as we live at least. Of course is meeting my maker a reason to look forward to dying (for me), but the worth of a longer process of dying lies elsewhere (as mentioned above). > Sad to say, but it seems to me long past time to change the > silk-list slogan > from "Intelligent Conversation" to simply "Conversation". Sorry to read that. What are you referring to? This particular topic? I agree that sometimes I am a bit surprised about topics in this list, but this one I find interesting and serious enough to call it "intelligent" (if you can call a topic intelligent). -- Martin Senftleben, Doctor of Philosophy, S.V. University, using Linux http://www.drmartinus.de/ http://www.daskirchenjahr.de/
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