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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">'Blessed to die?' What exactly is being blessed to die?</span></p>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148);display:inline">In my book I imagine that people will live hundreds of years. In that time one accumulates memories by the ton. Included are those of loved ones who died and other very sad events. I imagine that people will be grateful to leave life, weighted down as they are by memories.<br>
<br>Many people are blessed to die because of intractable pain. Ben Franklin was - he had bad gout and said that he hoped not to live much longer.<br><br>Now if some sci-fi</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148);display:inline">
stories turn out to be true, then memories can be erased, giving relief. And if pain too is conquered, then there is no blessing.<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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