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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:28 AM Original message |
"We will have to get used to dying again." |
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rawtribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe a healthy diet |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Prevention is a key element |
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rawtribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Agreed... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. You also have to figure in that our environment |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 04:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I can tell you first hand that since I have been cooking for my |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Yes, but... what if you live in a polluted country, and the new EPA |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I was a 28-year-old vegan who exercised daily when I got oral cancer |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. a lot of the lifestyle-based "prevention" dogma is just victim-blaming |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. When oil gets expensive enough, and more folks garden and hunt |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. People didn't live so long back in the days when everyone |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. To everything there is a season |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. He Makes A Good Point |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. I think the point was that the best, high-tech care is out of reach |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
49. We met the point of diminishing returns decades ago |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm glad I'm not teaching right now. I don't think I could |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Children died. Young people my age died"... in the Middle Ages |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Good call on the "personal responsibility" meme |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. When did THAT happen? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
53. happened this year |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. 'Republicans* building a bridge to the 14th century!" One of my fav's. |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Frankly, It is easier to get used to the idea of dying. |
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rawtribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 04:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Knowledge is power. |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. Have a sicker, longer living population |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. working in a hospital |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Self care...there is a can of worms I would not be wanting to open |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Another example of that, for years women past the menopause |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
54. You committed a heresy |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. It truly makes me wonder why |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Good point. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Organ recipients aren't always rich |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. How sad that young person has already given up. I fear for our |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. He will probably change his tune when it's him |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. "We will have to get used to child labor again." |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
50. what do you mean "again"? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Good point! |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. He just sounds very young to me |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. I expect to just die |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. Spoken by a kid who's never been touched by death. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Where does it say the kid has never been touched by death? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. So--the answer to health care problems is to let more people die? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I could care less about the money |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The kid said "we have to get used to dying".... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. This is ignorance of the idea of death? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. "any type of medicine is tampering with the natural life cycle".... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. If you get cancer, will you get chemo? Or let nature take its course? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Not a Goth, just a fairly ordinary nineteen-year-old |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. that's what i was thinking |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. I tried to post something in GD regarding our perceptions of death |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. k/r |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. there were some neat responses before it got lounged |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Choosing your moment |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. thank you sweetheart |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. surrendering activity |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. beautiful |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think.. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. "They'll all be sorry when I'm gone".... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. We are used to people dying. Other people. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. Sounds like my friend who says people ought to just drop dead |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. College students |
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Ciggies and coffee (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
45. Let me die when my time is up.. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
56. Speaking as an uninsured person who is still a few years from |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
57. I think there is an obsession |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
58. If society will just let the individual die, then the individual has no |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. This is my position these days. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. Most depressing thread EVER. |
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