In article >, hal wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:26:41 -0700, pyotr filipivich
> > wrote:
>
>
> > Cie l'vie. What you have demonstrated is that you seem to not
> >consider your way of life as worth transmitting to the next
> >generation, or advocating after a major disaster. I wish folks like
> >you would wear a "do not resituate" sign, to spare scarce resources
> >for those who aren't living useless lives.
>
> It's always fascinating to me when reading or hearing of stories of
> people surviving under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. It
> seems that some people have this enormous will to live to matter what,
> and no matter how bad things get. And then some people simply give up
> and lay down an die. It's always fascinated me that this dichotomy of
> human behavior existed and why.

It depends on the situation. In a post nuclear holocaust, I would not
want to live if I was near the blast because the cancer and other
effects of the radiation would take me down regardless of my will to
live.

A hurricane or other natural disaster is an entirely different matter.
With a hurricane, I can get out of the way and simply return home and
rebuild later if necessary. That's much the case with forest fires,
tornadoes, etc. but with a nuclear blast, I honestly don't think I would
want to live in the aftermath of one of those, considering that the
nuclear weapons we have today make the ones dropped on Japan look like
dime store firecrackers.