| Even if I accept the axiom of your second paragraph (which I absolutely categorically do not), that still doesn't logically follow: * You can love something while recognizing that there have to be reasons that it should end _and still disliking that fact_. Someone who loves chocolate fudge cake does not have to be happy about the fact that they cannot eat that and only that forever. They can begrudgingly accept the necessity of sometimes-not-eating-chocolate-cake, but that doesn't imply that they _want_ to not be able to eat it all the time. * Having children is _not_ incompatible with living forever. Our hypothetical individual could be the only infinite-lifespan person among the population, free to continue living and experiencing and forming new relationships while the planet continues with an otherwise-unaffected level of population. * But, hey, you know what, we're _already_ living in fantasy land by hypothesizing infinite lifespan already - why _does_ it have to be "obvious" that overpopulation and resource exhaustion are necessary outcomes of an immortal unaging population? I hereby declare that the same magic mystery sci-fi bullshit that caused immortality _also_ gave us reliable interstellar transportation and settlement, and quantum expansion wibbly-wobbly pocket universes. Oh, and world hunger is solved too. Bam, done. You still gonna tell me that I have to love the idea of death? There are reasons to accept, in our current society and with our current level of technology, that a finite lifespan is a necessary constraint to prevent further privation - but if "a begrudging acceptance of necessity" is synonymous to "love" in your vocabulary, then I feel deeply sorry for you. Just because rational sensible mature adults recognize that there are _currently_ reasons why humans _have_ to have finite lifespans for societal reasons, or just because death is currently a "fact" of life, doesn't mean we are beholden to celebrate that fact. To use the word "love" about death is _deeply_ offensive. Death is the antithesis of love. |