(June 22, 2011 at 5:08 pm)Epimethean Wrote: I feel bad for him. I often do feel bad for those who die young. People make mistakes their whole lives long. I don't wish short lives on many people.
It is sad when people die young. When you're driving with a blood alcohol of .196 and doing 140 mph, however, that is not a mistake. It is a conscious, stupid decision.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell