GCSE English help!

camels5 · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:33

I could do with some help please. I have to give a 5 minute speech on

Living forever would be a wonderful thing.

could you kind people please give me a list of 5 things for and 5 things against the idea of living forever. I have the strain it would put on housing and health service but then become fairly stuck

Thanks for any help.

ErNciLator · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:35

cost.

weringo · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:36

Overpopulation

hamesy · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:37

Erm, come up with the ideas yourself.

Muffin` · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:37

Do your own work

J1234 · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:37

Wait a minute, you're 43 and taking GCSEs?

analog · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:37

Depends are you talking about one person or everyone, if its just one person then it will be a case of you have out lived everyone you have ever know and loved

iamdjdz · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:40

Do you live forever at a set age or just keep getting old until you shrivel up and become a useless blob?

Muffin` · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:40

Justin said:
Wait a minute, you're 43 and taking GCSEs?

Would appear from previous posts he is 43...

camels5 · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:40

Justin said:
Wait a minute, you're 43 and taking GCSEs?

yes I'm trying to improve myself

itsallaboutyou · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:40

Hmm.. first of all do your own work!!

I'll give you two to start with!

+ve

See the world develop - hopefully for the better
See amazing advances in science and technology

-ve

Outlive your loved ones (as mentioned ^)
See all the strife that is to come... 'cos believe me its coming! (not to be too negative!

)

Good luck!

Tom*

analog · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:46

O yeah, and if you live for ever, what would happen to you when the universe/world ends? would you end up floating round in nothingness or sitting some place with the G man?

J1234 · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:49

[DW]Muffin;10895017 said:
Would appear from previous posts she is 43...

I think...

fail at the internets · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:49

camels5 said:
yes I'm trying to improve myself

You said you were a woman? :/

camels5 · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:52

thanks for all the help so far. And for those telling me to do it myself, I'm just after other peoples ideas

not really cheating

Moredhel · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:52

She better be, or my entire childhood has just taken a turn for the confusing...

stevenazari1 · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:55

Hornchurch said:
You said you were a woman? :/

lots of room for improvement then.

-you can kill people you dont like,
-take on armies,
-infinite suicide bomb and make a great business out of it,
-as above see new tech
-see the world end would be nice imo
-see the big bang once the universe has collapsed on itself would also be cool
-you could tell the next population that lives how everything was created -and we wont have to have multiple religions etc. you could be the next god respect the ageless massive!

daz · 15 Jan 2008 at 13:56

The quote from the film Troy might be worth stealing.

Achilles: Let me tell you a secret, something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be more lovely than you are now. We will never be here again.

camels5 · 15 Jan 2008 at 14:03

daz said:
The quote from the film Troy might be worth stealing.

I like that, I might steal it. Thanks.

daz · 15 Jan 2008 at 14:04

Obviously when I say steal, I mean quote and reference. It's not a book but I think at GCSE level you can reference any media, and really the the wider range of media you research and reference the better.