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Re:A Protocol for Dying by pbcoronel on Friday April 22, 2016 @10:38AM (#11549505)
But there _is_ some good to balance death out, it's called life. And the lego analogy captures this idea perfectly and quite appropriately for a 5-year-old.
Re:A Protocol for Dying by pbcoronel on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:28AM (#11549886)
Actually, all of life is contingent on death, not just the good in it. We sustain ourselves by consuming other dead beings, be it animals, plants, fungi, etc. They themselves lived thanks to the death of other beings and so on.

The lego analogy expresses the fact that we are not different from these other beings, and that we too must die so that life can continue. The death of an individual in this chain is always painful, but as part of the whole, it is just as it should be.

Re:A Protocol for Dying by mrexroad on Friday April 22, 2016 @12:33PM (#11550379)
> "It's the circle of life..." - King Mufasa
Re:A Protocol for Dying by aninhumer on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:15AM (#11549796)
That's not what I meant. The good in life is not inherently contingent on death.