I don't know the details of his mothers' passing. Regardless, cancer and old age are not mutually exclusive, and whatever the case here, the statement I made still applies. Death by illness or by car accidents is as much part of life today as is death by old age. In fact, very few people die of old age alone.
I don't understand you. I mean, until medicine becomes perfect, then is sickness an any more unreasonable cause of death than old age? Perfect medicine would also cure death from old age, right?
Re:The Day I Started Lying to Ruth
by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @03:59AM
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>I mean, until medicine becomes perfect, then is sickness an any more unreasonable cause of death than old age?
Yes, of course. It's much better to die peacefully and in full possession of one's self than of wasting sickness or mental degeneration.
As in, several people in my family have living wills to this effect, that kind of better.
>Perfect medicine would also cure death from old age, right?
Once again: yes, of course. But we're nowhere near there yet, so what we can do is make sure people can die without suffering overmuch.
That's a pretty lousy thing to say, considering his mother died of cancer rather than old age.