What stupidity is this

http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/view_news_item.cfm?news_id=2432

I must say that I completely agree with Reason's thinking, who are these people to judge what we will be able to do with an extra hundred, or two, or more years to live?  I for one won't get bored with living life.  For those that do, they are free to choose to age and die, but let me make my own choice on how long I want to live.
"Leon Kass believes humanity risks striking a similar Faustian bargain if it pursues technology that extends life spans beyond what is natural. "
What exactly is a natural life span?  Is that one where we live in caves, half starved, with no medicine and die at 25?  Is that what these people are advocating?  I really don't see the difference between pursuing the goals of further life extension and what we have already done to increase our life span.  Penicillin may be considered natural as it came from a bread mold, but what about all the antibiotics derived from it that are constantly saving peoples lives?  Should we forego their use?  What about heart surgery, or organ transplants, or even blood transfusions?  What about cholesterol lowering medications?  Where do you draw the line?
"There is no research into extending the life span thousands of years," said Richard Miller, a pathologist at the University of Michigan. "That's fantasy."
Why not?  Would that not be the natural extrapolation of where we are heading now?  I think Mr. Miller is just trying to put off the debate, and it may be fantasy now, but it won't be for long.
It is not the knowledge that we will die by some certain age that spurs us to make the most of life, Hackler says, but the awareness that we can die at any moment—and that will not change even if we are immortal.
I think this hits the nail on the head, and I hate the way people misuse the term immortal.  Immortal means without death, which we won't be, we would be ageless, which is completely different.
Determining how much ennui the average person can bear will be important if life extension ever becomes a reality, Hackler says, because extended boredom could result in prolonged unhappiness or higher incidences of suicide.
Why are people so clueless on this issue?  If you get tired of living, just stop taking the meds, or if we finally eliminate the aging issue from ourselves internally, you can choose how you want to die.  What is so wrong with that?  Why do people see choosing to end ones own life as such a bad thing if one is competent to make that choice?  Is it better to have that decision made for you?
"Even if you've seen everything, you might say 'Well, I want to go see India once again,'" he told LiveScience. "It seems there's a possibly never-ending cycle there."
If that's what someone chooses to do with their life, no matter how long it is, who has the right to deny them?
"The fact that there are still some countries that I've never been to does not ruin my life," Callahan said. "I've never been to Nepal or Antarctica but it's hard to work that up to some great tragedy of my life."
No, the great tragedy is that your life has to end at all, and until people see that as the tragedy it is, we'll be stuck right where we are right now.

Here's a link to the special report.