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S.F.Q. # 1

Self Fisking Quote...

The finitude of life is a blessing for every individual, whether he knows it or not.

Leon Kass writing in Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge of Bioethics

Posted by Stephen Gordon on April 15, 2005 02:11 PM |

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I for one DO take some comfort in the knowledge that, no matter how powerful, sly, or wicked they may be, todays tyrants, despots and kings will eventually be carried off by "The finitude of life".

Tobias

Posted by: Toby928 [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 15, 2005 02:48 PM

Well, that's all comforting. And how finite shall the finitude of life be?

Posted by: Karl Hallowell [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 15, 2005 09:19 PM

Karl:

Exactly. And don't you love the elitism? "I know better than you what's better for you."

Posted by: Stephen Gordon [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 16, 2005 04:25 AM

I thought that the Terri Schindler Schiavo case would put a stop to that type of rhetoric.

Posted by: Joseph Hertzlinger [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 16, 2005 08:58 PM

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