Re: A Challenge To All Extropians

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed May 06 1998 - 12:10:02 MDT


From: Yak Wax <yakwax@yahoo.com>
>Just out of interest - is there any money in euthanasia? I'm sure
>most people would pay good money to be relieved of their suffering.

Remember the sci-fi story of _Solyent Green_? Additionally, many (I've no way to find actual
numbers) well-to-do individuals have enjoyed their last days alive while hooked-up to a morphine
drip.

>From _Valley of The Dolls_: "I thought coming was the best feeling in life. But it doesn't compare
with going." Man dying of cancer while receiving IV supply of morphine, valium, and assorted other
goodies.



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