From: suzych@swcp.com   
      
   In article <1126250506.698451.180170@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
    "jbaloun"  wrote:   
      
   > Tsunami, hurricane, flood, sinking ship all include victums faced with   
   > the prospect of drowning. Thinking of such sends a chill down the   
   > spine, and still what would be the best (least tramatic) way to...in   
   > effect...drown? If the choice is inevitable.   
   >   
   > I understand there is not a lot of experience in such matters aside   
   > from NDEs.   
   >   
   > If you hold your breath, eventually the gag reflex makes you take a   
   > breath. At the point of gaging, it can cause a very uncomfortable panic   
   > feeling as instinct kicks in.   
   >   
   > Taking cold water into the lungs would seem to be quite a shock and may   
   > cause a person to pass out.   
   >   
   > I was just wondering if it would not be better to make yourself   
   > breath-in water sooner rather than waiting for a dreadful panic to   
   > force it. In this way it might be less traumatic.   
   >   
   > Just a rhetorical queston.   
   > We all have a date with death. Very strange.   
   >   
   > James   
      
   It's just a gateway; most of our religions tell us this, our dreams tell   
   us if we listen, art tells us, but our scared primate bodies -- which   
   know on a cellular level that they DO indeed die and die for good --   
   will not let us hear.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)