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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (191043)	12/30/2006 2:42:07 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

You always bring up interesting things to think about during the day... And the question of whether or not character is important is one of them. Of course it is important no matter how old we are when we die or the circumstances of our death. Many of the slaves would not have lived through their experience had they not had "strength of character." People with severe physical and/or mental problems I believe that to be true of as well.... I don't believe that how and when we die is as important as our journey through life.... POW's of any time have to have "strength of character" to survive even for a minute given some of the injuries that they might have had before they even were captured, and then what happened to some of them after they were captured. Was that some kind of revelation at the time, that character has some influence on a person's life? But of course it is not always the decisive factor in the life of an individual. Do you think "character" of the individual made much difference to the long run lives of those in Hiroshima? How about the Jews on the trains to Auschwitz? And, how about a young Maori wondering what those Pakeha were doing? Or, to suggest something BEFORE Teddy boy's time, being a slave in a plantation, or being shipped from Africa. Their characters didn't make a big difference to their lives. Being defined as slaves is what defined the overall ambit of their lives.