Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the...
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being afraid to live, well that could be on other people, for example bullied people who hang themselves and yes that is very true.
Others, for example Terry Pratchett, who was a long time alzheimer`s suffer, and campaigned to be allowed to die at a time that he figured would allow him to die with his dignity, I guess its different.
althogh again maybe I am overthinking it, Pratchett was not "afraid" to live, he just never wanted to after his condition got the better of him.
As you rightly say, he was a classic example of someone who was not afraid to live even in very trying circumstances.