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Either that or a very good pension plan.
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Now you've almost persuaded me to agree with immortality! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Immortality sounds fine and good when you're reading about it in books just as war does. For example, we always love reading about and watching those dramatic last-stand charges (i.e. the Rohirrim riding to Minas Tirith), but we just don't realize that it isn't all drama and courage. There is raw, debilitating, fear there. The reason that warriors/soldiers are truly heroes is that they have overcome their fear or have figured out how to deal with it on the battlefield. Much of what we think of war is an illusion, and so is what we think about immortality. Would you honestly watch everyone you ever loved slowly fade, age, and die? If there was anything that you could do to prevent their death or ease it, would you want to live with that realization for eternity, after their death? I know that I certainly wouldn't. Immortality sounds wonderful, but there's also a reason why more and more countries and states are adopting sentences for life instead of the death penalty.