[SteveMcKing]

Freedom to liberals: the sacred right to wreck one's life at hedonist meth parties. To condemn this is prudish, and to prevent it is fascism.

While punks (affectionately called Bohemians by some) who follow this behavior do self-assuredly think themselves uniquely enlightened, as well as entitled to such decadence by virtue of plain delinquent attitudes ("Because I can"), Kevin McCormick's death represents much more: it is the fulfillment of centuries-old libertine ideals outlined by the likes of Nietzsche, that through "eternal recurrence" ("the idea that one is, or might be, fated to relive forever every moment of one's life, with no omission whatsoever of any pleasurable or painful detail."), the ultimate goal of life is to live for one brief moment of climax or ecstasy, and then - knowing that such achievement can never be repeated - to kill oneself.

This is the way of the junkie -- and of academic elitists, alike.

[gaijin]

Sounds like Richard Gere must have been at that party.

[RichInOC]

A man whose employer rents space in the building described “group bondage parties” and other “weird (expletive).” He also said hamsters had been found in the basement.

"In retrospect, lighting the match was my big mistake...."

[penelopesire]

"He also said hamsters had been found in the basement."

Call John Kerry...lol

[ClearCase_guy]

Young artist with a promising future?

I'd say that if he was hanging around a meth lab he didn't have much of a future at all.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

He also said hamsters had been found in the basement.

Is that a euphemism?

[maro]

This story has nothing to do with Nietzsche or eternal recurrence.

[Slings and Arrows]

[Cicero]

If only Massachusetts allowed gay marriage, none of this would have happened.

[SmithL]

He may be dead, but he's still a Kennedy voter.

[weegee]

Sex and death (sodomy and abortion) are private matters. There is no crime here. Nothing to see, move along. The black robes order you to be quiet. < /sarcasm >

[sinanju]

I was led to believe all that crap about hamsters was made up. It doesn't sound professional to do your partying and drug cooking at the same street address.

By the way, the film version of "Rent" will be opening soon...

"Seasons of looooove..."

[Hank Rearden]

MIT graduate Kevin McCormick was found dead after an apparent wild weekend sex romp gone wrong.

Kevin McCormick?

Any relation?

If so, no wonder he died.

[weegee]

The conclusion of the article:

"...the drug is growing in popularity among some gay men who search the Internet looking for sex parties where the drug is offered, state officials and counselors said."

[weegee]

Descriptions of his "art" courtesy of Google cache:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:WjKvyvIwRn0J:sub-zero.mit.edu/fbyte/projects/+%22Kevin+McCormick%22+MIT&hl=en

[VeniVidiVici]

Hamsters? Dude must have run out of gerbils.

[Namyak]

Your understanding of Nietzsche is woefully lacking. Eternal Recurrence had nothing to with what you propose. Nietzsche was this-wordly, and eternal recurrence was the greatest affirmation of this fact. Since this world, being the only existence, was a world without beginning or end, time was infinite; however, matter was not infinite, so the ways in which it could be arranged were finite, meaning that everything would occur again, and over an infinite period of time there would be repetition of everything that came before, all the pain, all the suffering, and all the joy. Your life would be relived an infinite number of times by an infinite number of yous. A weak man, when presented with this truth, would turn away from it. He would deny it, would invent for himself some escape, some other-world. Only the strong man, one on his way to becoming an overman, would so love this world and this life that he would continue to love this world even if there was no end to the suffering.

[SamAdams76]

He also said hamsters had been found in the basement.

Where's PETA when you really need them?

[SteveMcKing]

*sighs*

Just a couple of thoughtful critiques - and 25 comments on hamsters...

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"A man whose employer rents space in the building described “group bondage parties” and other “weird (expletive).” He also said hamsters had been found in the basement."

Hamsters?

But no...gerbils, eh?

Sad case. It reads like something from The Onion.

[little jeremiah]

Seriously sick **** pingout tomorrow. Unless I already pinged myself.

Overwhelmed with the Tsunami of Sewage lately.