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I think people who feel this way should be perfectly free to, but not everyone does, and they should be free not to die as per their preference.

I think of it as, if my loved one (or me) were in the hospital with a fatal disease, but there was a cure, I would want the cure. I can't really see myself saying "Yeah, but death is so beautiful..."

I see aging the same way, as another fatal disease and I'd cure it if I could. I don't hope for an indefinite period of old age, but an indefinite period of good health, like 20-30s.



I don’t know, I think one of the kindest things an older generation does is die off and let the younger generations take the reigns.


I don't feel that way at all. I don't need my parents to die to do my own thing. They can keep and continue to grow their stuff and I can build mine. Indeed, I'd be much happier in this case, I don't want to take their reins, I want to live in a world with them and share in life and experiences together, while having my own reins to my own wagon.


I don’t know, I think one of the kindest things Poland could have done is to die off and let the Germans take the reigns.

Where is the difference?




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