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OT...Are we killing ourselves...or what?
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Posted by Sad in SD on January 13, 2004 at 06:50:33 from (209.180.79.139):
Sorry for posting such a dark subject. But, after attending the second funeral in less than two weeks for farmer friends under 60 years of age that have died from cancer, I have to bring the matter up.
What in the world have we done to ourselves? Whether through our lifestyle or enviroment, have we created this scourge of mankind, or is it just evolution at work?
It just took one BSE infected cow to create a near national panic. Yet, we bury our friends on a daily basis, without ever asking why?
At yesterday's funeral after the services, a group of mourners were visiting, when one of them ( a retired USAF Lt. Col.) stated: "A hundred years or so from now, history will show that most of these early life deaths were just a goverment program to balance the Social Security budget." That couldn't be, could it?...or, hmmm?
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