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Rudey, very good point! The fact that we now can easily treat diseases that used to kill us is definitely a good thing. That there are stricter laws on the books about abuse...great thing. No one should have to live a life being abused. But, to turn things around a bit, isn't life about experiencing things? Even pain, blood, sweat, tears, disappointment, rejection, filth, and discomfort are things that we should experience. It's what gives the beautiful things in life more beauty. How could we ever appreciate anything if we never had to be "tested"? That's why the older generation is all over us because we are ungrateful. And in a way we are. Our lives are so much easier (yeah they are, though maybe more complicated) than were our ancestors', yet we find so much less joy in life. In reading books like Brave New World (which I highly recommend) I see a society that medically alters people before birth to determine their lot in life. I see people medicating for every possible problem so that there is never any discontent or pain. And then I see how we are today. It scares me how similar we are. We have become such a sterile unfeeling society (not just America, but overall) that we are destroying true beauty and meaning along with our pain and suffering. And we will suffer so much more if our lives have no meaning...
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