> > > > If the last enforcer of the rule died, a number of issues would be left hanging. Such as legal and social ones. It would be a most exciting time to be alive in, don't you think?
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> > > Not with all these dead bodies without properly filled out death certificates piling up everywhere...
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> > > -Faux "Augh! I got sucked into this thread!" Pas
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> > Exactly! No one'd want to bury them. Legally, that is. Soon no one'd care to have babies either. At the very least the population bomb would be delayed.
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> > That should be one silver lining to look out for, in this strange place I've found myself. Now shall we go looking for M.O's...?
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> We've only had M.O.'s for the last what...100-150 years or so? That certainly didn't keep anyone from being buried or having babies. If there were no M.O's, the world would continue. We got along without them before, we could certainly do it again. In fact, that probably goes for most professions. Granted, our lifestyle and daily routines might be drastically changed. But people would find a way to survive and cope. Isn't that our very nature??
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> Kel"opening up a whole new can of worms"ly

Ah yes. Now this is getting really interesting. Our very nature. I don't suppose you're referring to Rumi's field? Do go on Kelly.