cyrnel

Indeed. The last few months have opened my eyes to that.

I'm not sure where it comes from, and I'm not entirely comfortable saying it, but I've always expected to go out in a ball of fire. No romanticism or fantasy of glory involved. I've been burned enough to know better. It's just an image that has persisted since my reckless automotive exploits. I'd choose something more pleasant. Cardiac arrest banging a beautiful woman. Skydiving with a faulty chute, and enough time to get a grip and enjoy the rest. Anything fulfilling. Just not something that'd make loved ones think I'd regret it. You don't have to get very old to realize most of the pain of death remains with the people left behind.

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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195