227: That's bound to get awkward after 70 or so years when you have to deal with the logistics of dismissing the thousands of elderly concubines you're destined to outlive. You might also consider a preemptive vasectomy lest you lose track of countless offspring and have to worry about unfortunate mishaps when recruiting new concubines who may themselves be equally unaware of the relation.

Of course, that's assuming your mind and sex drive remain intact the whole time. Being that you'd be the only one receiving this immortality, it stands to reason that you'd be the first human test subject, which means the process won't have been perfected and unfortunate side effects may occur. You could conceivably get around that by allowing others to test the life extension techniques first and subsequently murdering them after a sufficient amount of time has passed (something that comes with its own pitfalls, obviously), but that would only be possible if we're dealing with little more than a lengthened natural lifespan, and in that case you'd no doubt be toppled by revolution or disease long before any of these things become a problem.

morolf: Do any of you have an opinion about radical life extension?

bonzer: .... able to spell "colour" correctly.

bonzer: I often wonder how history would have changed without the American War of Independence. Most people believe it was caused by high taxes being levied, the "No Taxation Without Representation" argument. The question that is never asked is why were the taxes levied? The British government weren't stupid.

After some in depth research over the years I believe the following to be most likely:

While the British were busy establishing and growing their colonies, being industrious and working, the french were getting friendly with the indigenous population. Also raiding British outposts.

The colonists were invited to raise a protective militia. It's bad enough having our colonies raided, but by the French?!! No.

The colonists declined the request so a threat was made that we would send a British force to protect the colonies. And the colonies would pay for the journey and upkeep.

Hence the taxes. Without the French interference there would be no "unbearable" taxes.

No War of Independence.
No Civil war
With the industrial might of our American colonies no WW1
No WW1 means no WW2 (caused by WW1)
No cold war due to no need for Nuclear weapons to ever get started.
No Korean War due to no cold war
No need for Britain to give up it's empire due to no American pressure from "Lend Lease"
All because of French policies in the 1770's
The Vietnam war was due to the French policy of leaving a country before it was ready for independence as well.

What's more, cars would have Bonnets not Hoods, and Americans would be able to spell "colour" correctly.
Just sayin'

morolf: Man, you must be fun at parties :-(

morolf: You definitely won't get invited to the wonderful orgies in my palace with that attitude.

227: That may be the case, but you know what? My boring parties have enough cups no matter how many people show up because I plan for the worst.

227: Psh, fine. I didn't want to go anyway. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe a harem should be between a man, a woman, a woman, a woman, a woman, and a woman. Your orgies are decadent and undermine the moral fabric of the entire concept.

Lin545: Colololor! :)

morolf: I don't think your sequence is quite right. The French lost in the Seven Years war and Britain conquered Quebec from them. That removed much of the French threat from the American colonies who consequently became less dependent on Britain for their security. But after the war Britain wanted to tighten its control over the colonies which had run much of their own affairs with little interference from the imperial centre until then...predictably enough that caused opposition.
If the war hadn't happened...well, supposedly the centre of the British empire would have been in North America. And without the example of the American revolution who knows what would have happened...maybe there wouldn't even have been revolution in France and Europe would still be run by absolutist monarchs...

bonzer: […snip…]
No wonder we lost.
[…snip…]

thomq: Er, um, perhaps "they" lost… But were you actually there at the time? And participating first-hand? Or at the very least placed a bet on the war?

227: That may be the case, but you know what? My boring parties have enough cups no matter how many people show up because I plan for the worst.

227: Psh, fine. I didn't want to go anyway. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe a harem should be between a man, a woman, a woman, a woman, a woman, and a woman. Your orgies are decadent and undermine the moral fabric of the entire concept.