"Shirley" wrote in message
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"Paul Tomblin":
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

I don't think that was the implication, nor does it apply to this
scenario.
There are other ways to go, if one chooses, without causing that much
trauma to
unsuspecting people. The pilot, the youngster, and anyone else who
witnessed
the aftermath didn't have a say in being part of that "blaze of glory." I
think
that's what was being referred to as "selfish."

Agreed, but I'm not sure that was Paul's context. I'm guesstimating that the
old man in this case did not consider other consequences of his actions. As
he was suffering from a brain tumor, that entirely possible.

A more extreme example would be the fellow a few years back that hung
himself in such a place that his estranged wife would be the one to find his
body.