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Current Affairs: Two disparate topics: Impressions on a Visit to Germany and When is Dead Dead

In-person meeting in CABA — Attendance limited to 12 persons. If you would like to participate, please contact Phyllis at phyllisbarrantes@gmail.com

The discussion group session in September will cover two themes. Links to reading material for each topic is included below.

i)                    Impressions gained during a recent visit to Germany

Reading material:

East Germany still reeling from economic aftermath of the Berlin wall

Many East Germans see themselves as second-class citizens

East Germany has narrowed economic gap with West Germany

How the attitudes of East and West Germans compare…….

ii)                  When is dead dead?

“Death is a process, and not a moment in time. It is the human desire to put things in categories of black and white, and to have definitions that let us operate in daily life. Death – this is becoming more and more clear – is a large gray zone, and we will have to expect that this gray zone grows as science progresses.”

When is dead really dead?

When is dead actually dead?