Impending environmental calamity

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:23:24 -0000, thunder@TAKEOUTgti.net said:

>Unfortunately, it's the countries that can least afford the children,
>that have the higher rates.

Send 'em a few Supreme Court Justices <g>.

salty@dog.com wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:53:59 -0500, Martin Baxter <baxter-m@rmc.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>> Why do people that sit around on the couch all day watching Oprah need more than
>>> 70 years?
>>>
>>> I'm a big fan of "Viking Funerals".
>>>
>>>
>> Well, a "Viking Funeral" is one thing, but I suspect you're advocating
>> something more along the lines of "involuntary euthanasia", murder if
>> you'd prefer not use euphemisms.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Marty
>
> Nope. I might be using the wrong term, but it's what I've always
> called it. In some cultures, people who realize they have outlived
> their usefulness voluntarily make a graceful exit. It's not just
> Vikings. In my case, if diagnosed with Alzheimers, or similar, I'll be
> heading out in my boat by myself for one last sail, with the
> expectation that the Atlantic ocean will do what oceans do best.
>
>

With Alzheimers you'll head for the marina and forget where its at!
You'll get to the marina and forget why you went. You can't find your
boat. yada yada
BTW, Will you help your parents by killing them when they reach 70?
Maybe you've outlived your usefulness? Done anything great lately?
Gordon

salty@dog.com wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:53:59 -0500, Martin Baxter <baxter-m@rmc.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>> Why do people that sit around on the couch all day watching Oprah need more than
>>> 70 years?
>>>
>>> I'm a big fan of "Viking Funerals".
>>>
>>>
>> Well, a "Viking Funeral" is one thing, but I suspect you're advocating
>> something more along the lines of "involuntary euthanasia", murder if
>> you'd prefer not use euphemisms.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Marty
>
> Nope. I might be using the wrong term, but it's what I've always
> called it. In some cultures, people who realize they have outlived
> their usefulness voluntarily make a graceful exit. It's not just
> Vikings. In my case, if diagnosed with Alzheimers, or similar, I'll be
> heading out in my boat by myself for one last sail, with the
> expectation that the Atlantic ocean will do what oceans do best.
>
>


Well linking your query with your statement advocating euthanasia, one
could infer that you are in favour of making the decision involuntary.

Cheers
Marty

salty@dog.com wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:05:36 -0700, Paul Cassel
> <pcasselremove2@comremovecast.net> wrote:
>
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a big fan of "Viking Funerals".
>>>
>> which involved the killing and then burning of a dog. Hmmm.
>
> You're doing it wrong, Dopey!
>
>
OK. I'll burn the dog alive.

Martin Baxter <baxter-m@rmc.ca> wrote in news:47b08d1e$1@win9.rmc.ca:

> Well linking your query with your statement advocating euthanasia, one
> could infer that you are in favour of making the decision involuntary.
>
>

Ever watch the scifi movie "Logan's Run"?

Properly conditioned by propaganda, they'll VOLUNTEER for euthanasia as a
religious event.....

I'm a WW2 baby boomer. How are "they" going to feed us all SSA money they
don't have and have the country survive? We may be first!