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Since's Smoke had raised the issue of what we think that love is, I thought I would go one step further with that. In my English Literature II class, we have been currently reading the short novelization of the science fiction classic "Dio". My professor raised an interesting question in the class today that I thought I'd share with you. The question was, "If you were immortal, or better yet, if you could live to be over one thousand years old, would you still stay with that one person you love? In essence, is love for a person eternal, can it last that long? If so why? If not, then would only "true love" be the sole thing to keep two people together? In short, could you stay with the same person for a thousand years?
Most of the students in my class said no. As a matter of fact, a bunch of the girls snickered, and whispered to one another that they'd cheat on their love after twenty years, if not before then. I mean who could stay with the same person all that time? You need new people for sex. Screwing the same person for a thousand years would suck.
Now personally in my opinion I think it could and could not happen. To me it would depend on three little factors that would have to be pretty strong for it to stay together for that long amount of time. They are: initmacy, passion, and committment. If you could reinvent those three things, especially passion (sex), then I think it could last. However, given that we are human beings, and human beings are prone to error, and since human beings are lustful, deciteful, and cheating creatures towards one another, I think it would also be impossible for something like to last. I really all depends on the couple, situations at hand, and how they can get past them.
So what is your take on this? Do you think it could last, or would you cheat the first chance you got? Is it an impossible feat that humans can never grasp, or can it truly happen depending on the individual at heart? Since this is a serious question and supposed to make people think, that's the reason why I posted it here. Personally I'm waiting for our resisdent empericist Maciamo to rant and rave about this one. So, let's get going on the debate shall we?:wave:
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Most of the students in my class said no. As a matter of fact, a bunch of the girls snickered, and whispered to one another that they'd cheat on their love after twenty years, if not before then. I mean who could stay with the same person all that time? You need new people for sex. Screwing the same person for a thousand years would suck.
Now personally in my opinion I think it could and could not happen. To me it would depend on three little factors that would have to be pretty strong for it to stay together for that long amount of time. They are: initmacy, passion, and committment. If you could reinvent those three things, especially passion (sex), then I think it could last. However, given that we are human beings, and human beings are prone to error, and since human beings are lustful, deciteful, and cheating creatures towards one another, I think it would also be impossible for something like to last. I really all depends on the couple, situations at hand, and how they can get past them.
So what is your take on this? Do you think it could last, or would you cheat the first chance you got? Is it an impossible feat that humans can never grasp, or can it truly happen depending on the individual at heart? Since this is a serious question and supposed to make people think, that's the reason why I posted it here. Personally I'm waiting for our resisdent empericist Maciamo to rant and rave about this one. So, let's get going on the debate shall we?:wave:
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