What's up with all of this dying going on???

[Taverner]

George Carlin...Tim Russert...Tony Snow...Jesse Helms...Dr. Michael E. DeBakey..."Rev" Jerry Falwell.

Granted I won't miss all of them, but what is up with all the dying going on here!

[PeaceNikki]

1. Life.

That's what's going on. It's just a part of life, I guess. :shrug:

[Taverner]

2. Death is the enemy

For all of us

It's the only enemy we all have in common

[Schema Thing]

3. ooooh!! ugh:shiver: Freaky deja vu to my

Jehovah's Witness childhood.


Can I ask if you have a reference point for that saying: "death is our common enemy"? Is it biblical?

[Taverner]

16. Not biblical in my sense - I heard it from my old doctor

Really cool guy - but ultimately believed our existence' purpose is to fight death.

[pokerfan]

14. mama always said dying was a part of living

[Taverner]

22. But does it have to be?

[pokerfan]

24. I don't intend to

So far so good.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Falwell died

over a year ago. :shrug:

[begin_within]

12. and we're still celebrating

[madinmaryland]

5. And yet Harry Morgan and Abe Vigoda are still alive. Go figure.

:shrug:

[greenbriar]

6. makes one wonder about how evil takes over your body

I would be willing to bet Morgan and Vigoda are kindred souls




Although Carlin was not evil (his drug use probably speeded up his demise)

[madinmaryland]

7. And how can Keith Richards still be alive. I guess he has been chemically

preserved!

[greenbriar]

8. too true

hehe

[JVS]

11. He's a fucking zombie, that's how.

[Rhythm]

23. Formaldehyde...

is there anything it can't do?!

:hide:

[Swede]

9. Death is a debt we all must pay - Euripides.

It does seem to happen in bunches,I'd agree.

[JVS]

10. In the midst of earthly life, snares of death surround us

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/t/itmoelif.htm

[My Good Babushka]

13. I had completely forgotten Falwell died.

wow. Now that I'm reminded, I'm rehappy.

[mnhtnbb]

15. It's a reminder that life is to be lived now and treasured. Let's not forget

the 4000+ American soldiers that Bushie boy has sent to early graves, nor the unknown
thousands of Iraqis that have died because of his illegal war.

When will we ever learn?

[Taverner]

17. Human beings need a disaster recovery solution

[pokerfan]

19. human system recovery

Recovery points could be created every night while you sleep.

Hell, do the pets and children too. :P

[Taverner]

20. Full HADR Solution (High Availability Disaster Recovery)

Checkpoints, and snapshots too so you can pull up an old you to advise you. Imagine asking a post school you to remind you why you did x.

[pokerfan]

18. Others who died this year

But apparently no death in history was as important as Tim Russert judging by the media coverage.

Cyd Charisse
Bo Diddley
Harvey Korman
Sidney Pollack
Arthur C Clarke
Roy Sheider
Heath Ledger
Bobby Fischer
Sir Edmund Hillary

[Taverner]

21. The media always mourns its own

If Helen Thomas dies (I always say that - after all its never been proven that you specifically are going to die) there will be the same kind of media attention.