On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:03:54 EST, S.B. Feldman, MD <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 3/10/2001 4:04:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
>> I am not seeking to challenge anyone's feelings about death and loss,
just
>> making the observation that disease does serve a purpose on this planet.
>>
>
>If this is true then humans and their activities must also serve some
purpose
>on this planet, no doubt.

Yes, their only "purpose" is to build cities for cockroaches to infest :-)

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com