[statusquoantefa]

> observing us while they knew they had the cure to our dying loved ones

Good! I, for one, appreciate selection pressure from our insect overlords, it's the only way Darwinism works. Seriously, science is serious business, and I can't stand namby-pambyism. We are supposed to die, it's narcissistic to believe you and yours are more important than the species.

it's healthy for forest fires to periodically burn out the accumulated brush and revitalize the ecosystem.

[xvector]

I disagree with just about everything you said. The ecosystem is worthless without an intelligence to experience it. For self-aware species, death is a disease despite the fact that it maintains a consistent ecosystem. As a self-aware being, we all should have the right to live and die on our own terms.

I doubt you would speak as you did if were, in fact, next to a loved one on their death bed.

But then again, this is all a matter of opinion. We're all entitled to our right answers :)

[jly]

I think you both have some good points.

Escaping death and disease with technology is a slippery slope. If that technology disappears or is unavailable, it puts a species in potential peril. Selection pressure keeps the fitness of the gene pool resilient, although at a cost to many individuals. This is relevant to all species, human and otherwise.