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Show 39 younger, reproducing members are now consumed by the old." "--and the very old. And the very very old." Liller begins to see the humor of the skit, and begins to cooperate with the appropriately theatrical delivery: "It might seem that the solution is to eliminate the old-" "... and the very old. And the very very old." "But this would infringe upon"-and here Liller assumes a tone of cataclysmic seriousness -"human rights." "Right," peeps Robeck. "So it clearly becomes the obligation of the old--" ". . . and the very old. And the very very old--" ". • .to eliminate themselves. A remarkably responsible arrangement. It saves the world--" "protects human rights--" "conserves resources--" "spares pain--" "and gets all those nasty old folks to get themselves out of the way. Listen, Liller, there's something terribly wrong with that argument." "What?" "I don't know. But if there weren't, I'd have to kill myself, and I just can't do it." The troubledness of his remark is evident even through the continuing attempt at humor, and Liller too becomes serious. "That's what you were planning to do. Publish this, and then show the world you were right." |