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EMC Co-Founder Commits Suicide
The Register is reporting that EMC co-founder Richard Egan has committed suicide. The article has an interesting look back at some of his accomplishments. "Egan had an amazing life, encompassing involvement in the Apollo space program, the US Marines, starting and building the most successful storage company on the planet, and becoming the US ambassador to Ireland. Finally, aged 73 and facing a lingering death, he ended the battle decisively and on his terms. He was never a shrinking violet."
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remove religion and there's zero issue with people killing themselves
Bzzzt. Wrong. Suicide is terrible for society. Also, it has a detrimental effect on the economy (the dead don't tend to spend much). And have you heard of Darwin? It's really no good for evolution. Unless in protest, suicide is the single most selfish act a person can commit.
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Sure. It hurts the economy the same way murder hurts the economy... as suicide, after all, is merely a specialized subset of murder.
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define "bravery"
Bravery /bray-ver-ee/ (N): being a perfectly healthy twit who passes judgment on the actions of other people.
Used in a sentence: CannonballHead was a twit who never knew what it was like to face a terminal disease and had the turd-like gall to question the bravery of another human who was confronted with a choice between lingering suffering followed by a humiliating demise and deciding the course of his irremediable destiny.
Does that work for you?
Just callin' it like I see it.
He's sounds like some trust fund kid who backpacked round Asia. The only locals he saw were staff at hotels, three star minimum - and a few prostitutes of all three genders. He also blogged about it in excruciating detail on his Mac.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."