[MD] O Captain, My captain

John Carl ridgecoyote at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 23:59:17 PDT 2014


Dan,

I meant nothing more and nothing less than this:
Who are you or who am I to second guess the choice a man makes about how to
live and when to die?

Choice is more precious than life.

J


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Dan Glover <daneglover at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah... he was an elderly man of 63, after all. Maybe we ought to
> institute offing stations where everyone over 60 can line up and poof!
> Off they go! It certainly isn't like anyone accomplishes anything of
> substance at such an advanced age anyway. Plus it would free up jobs
> for young ones. And all those worries about social security running
> dry? Gone! I think you might be on to something, John. I mean, who
> needs old farts like Pablo Picasso donating their art to cities like
> Chicago when he was nearly 80 years old? Didn't anyone realize he must
> have been senile at the time?
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:02 PM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I heard a pretty interesting interview <http://www.wtfpod.com/> today on
> > our community radio station, KVMR.  At one point, Robin W riffs on
> suicide
> > in an extended dialogue with his conscience.
> > It was pretty telling when he asks himself "should I share this with my
> > woman? nah, you don't want to see it spread on twitter"
> >
> > For myself, I don't see the tragedy.  The man left behind a legacy of
> work
> > that is brilliant.  The tragedy would have been if he'd died young.  Who
> > else but the artist can judge when and where to bring the curtain down?
> >
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