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Wednesday, September 8, 2004
8:34:00 AM EDT

The lure of the Ring


Tolkien said that the Ring in LOTR was not about power, nuclear war, nor WWI or WWII, but about the rejection of death.

Each character is given a choice: And the good characters chose the humility of their God given fate: The elves to go to the West and diminish, the men and Ents to fight evil even if they might die, and even if they will not succeed.

So later I will essay about the following links, which discuss aging and death.

http://www.techcentralstation.com/050102D.html

http://bioethics.gov/reports/beyondtherapy/index.html

http://www.techcentralstation.com/060904F.html

the Blogfather states: When they ask, "Is the purpose of medicine and biotechnology, in principle, to let us live endless, painless lives of perfect bliss?" however, my answer is "yes, if at all possible."  (Instapundit).

Alas, my office if sull of people who will never live painless lives of perfect bliss, and as disability advocate Hugh Gallagher points out, when medical philosophy turns toward the idea of "curing" as the aim of medicine, those who are disabled or chronically ill are seen as refusing to get well, or as personal failures by medicine...

http://www.rickmcginnis.com/boomer/

Boomer death watch has lists and lists of articles on boomers denying their mortality...



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