How would you like to die?
Discussion
From my experience, there are two ways in which we die - a slow downhill mess or a one-day-you're-here-and-the-next-you're-not quickie death.
I've watched grandparents take years to die an undignified death and it almost come as a relief when they finally shuffle off. On the other side, last year my father was alive and healthy on Sunday morning and buried by Friday afternoon. While this quick death caused untold heartache that I'm still not dealing with very well, I have a friend whose father has had a stroke and is now in a pretty bad physical way but not really getting better or worse. The poor guy is in his 50s and will be a burden on his family for probably the next 20-30 years. Every day I'm thankful that my father never had to suffer any indignity in death although despite any hardships my friend is going through, his dad is still here and mine isn't.
So, I'm not asking whether you want to die in a great fireball or something heroic, I'm asking if you'd like to die unexpectedly and quickly or grip on to every little thread of life as long as you can. Think from the point of view of your family too.
Me, I don't know. There is a lot to be said for a dignified quick death and every day I'm thankful my father had one of those... but every day I resent it.
I've watched grandparents take years to die an undignified death and it almost come as a relief when they finally shuffle off. On the other side, last year my father was alive and healthy on Sunday morning and buried by Friday afternoon. While this quick death caused untold heartache that I'm still not dealing with very well, I have a friend whose father has had a stroke and is now in a pretty bad physical way but not really getting better or worse. The poor guy is in his 50s and will be a burden on his family for probably the next 20-30 years. Every day I'm thankful that my father never had to suffer any indignity in death although despite any hardships my friend is going through, his dad is still here and mine isn't.
So, I'm not asking whether you want to die in a great fireball or something heroic, I'm asking if you'd like to die unexpectedly and quickly or grip on to every little thread of life as long as you can. Think from the point of view of your family too.
Me, I don't know. There is a lot to be said for a dignified quick death and every day I'm thankful my father had one of those... but every day I resent it.
Cock Womble said:
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Thing is, being brutal about it, once you are dead, you never even knew you existed - just gone. So it wouldn't matter much anyway.
It's not like you will be looking down going "Oooo that was a bit of a crap way to go - DOH"
Good point.It's not like you will be looking down going "Oooo that was a bit of a crap way to go - DOH"
When we're dead, we won't care how we died.
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Papa Hotel said:
Cock Womble said:
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Thing is, being brutal about it, once you are dead, you never even knew you existed - just gone. So it wouldn't matter much anyway.
It's not like you will be looking down going "Oooo that was a bit of a crap way to go - DOH"
Good point.It's not like you will be looking down going "Oooo that was a bit of a crap way to go - DOH"
When we're dead, we won't care how we died.
As was my reply.
Carry on...
Some people believe and hope there is something after you die but I wouldn't be so arrogant to tell people of either the yes or no camp that they're wrong. What makes you think you have all the answers? Tell me why there is no life afterwards, how are you so sure?
deviant said:
Papa Hotel said:
Tell me why there is no life afterwards, how are you so sure?
I'm sure becuase I went there. The light fades and you die and there is nothing on the other side. When I think back to that day I remember lying on the bottom of the pool amd my vision closing in and then there is nothing until I woke up to my hysterical parents and several exhausted people that had spent the last few minutes bringing me back. There is no memory of blackness or time passing or anything...the best way to describe it that I can think of is to ask if you have ever had an operation that required you to be fully unconcious? Its like when you are given the anaesthetic, you remember going to sleep and you remember waking up but there is no memory of anything in between...not sure if this make sense?
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