An Honorable Death.
  • griefkebab
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    "There is no such thing as an honorable death".
    The circle of life keeps rotating, and one way or the other, life is transferred from one being to the next; One's corpse may be fodder for the next.
    The physical embodiment of self is eviscerated and returned back to the Earth.
    My question to you, is there really is an honorable way to die?
    I would think that there is honor in living, and staying alive for as long as you can is what life is all about. The circumstances behind every death may be different, and there is no plausible way to tally 108 billion human deaths to determine if the method of passing was honorable or not.

    As an abstract question, which one do you think is more selfish? Life or Death?
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  • Outlander
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    As an abstract question, which one do you think is more selfish? Life or Death? — griefkebab

    I'd say the differences between one who lives to avoid death and one who dies to avoid life are infinitesimal at best. Of course, last I checked I was still alive so it's clearly a biased answer.
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  • Philosophim
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    I believe there is an honorable way to die.

    If a grenade is thrown into a group of 100 people, including babies and innocent people, one person could throw themselves on that grenade and save everyone else.

    One one dies for the preservation of something greater than merely one's selfish aims, one has died an honorable death.
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  • griefkebab
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    ↪Outlander
    the differences between one who lives to avoid death and one who dies to avoid life are infinitesimal at best — Outlander

    What differences are you referring to? I really like this quote.

    last I checked I was still alive so it's clearly a biased answer. — Outlander

    Yes, I can see why you'd say that. The dead do not speak, and hence their argument is unheard.
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  • Augustusea
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    ↪griefkebab
    Life is always the selfish answer,
    anywho truly following the concept on an honorable death would be, to be remembered for something most people view good in history, but it truly doesn't exist outside of being a concept, as the dead would be and stay dead forever
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  • griefkebab
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    ↪Augustusea

    it truly doesn't exist outside of being a concept, as the dead would be and stay dead forever — Augustusea

    This reminds me of a quote,
    “There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.”

    ― David M. Eagleman

    I have to agree with yours and @Outlander's points about honorable death.
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  • 180 Proof
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    My question to you, is there really is an honorable way to die? — griefkebab
    Yes. Living with and for honor - whether or not one is 'honored' - until the very end.

    As an abstract question, which one do you think is more selfish? Life or Death? [Living or Dying?]
    Dying.
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  • TheMadFool
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    is there really is an honorable way to die? — griefkebab

    Methinks the issue of honorable death arises in times of war and what brings a tear to my eyes is that the enemy is bent on giving you as dishonorable a death as possible. :lol:

    which one do you think is more selfish? Life or Death? — griefkebab

    Depends on why you chose whatever you chose. :smile:
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