SPOILER ALERT: Iron Man

SPOILER ALERT - I heard last week they killed off Tony Stark, Ironman, in this latest installment of the Avengers.  Hmph.  Well I have to confess I'm not a Marvel Comic fan, but if I was, I would be as upset as my son was, who said he shut off the program and walked away from it, he was so mad. Ironman is his favorite character, Ironman is a legend.  That's like killing Santa Claus.  You just don't do that.  There was skuttle butt that Robert Downey Jr. didn't want to do it anymore?  Hard to believe since he's a legend too.  I guess it's possible since Jerry Sinefeld quit doing his TV show because they paid him so much money he didn't need to do it anymore.  Who can blame him for wanting a life?  But that's an interesting theory.  When we get what we want from something has it run it's course?  Do we do that to people too?

There are so many marriages that end after one partner gets what she or he wants and it's no longer fun for them.  I read once that over 50% of all relationships that are committed, not just marriages, end now.  Walking away after a person is satisfied that there isn't anything more to be had, is common, and sad to me.  We do this.  In this instant gratification way of life, we get what we want from something and throw it away.  Erase it.  How did that creep into our society and become so acceptable?  

In the "Olden Days" something was made to last.  It was made so well it never lost its usefulness. Now days a cell phone barely lasts 2 years, and you're in the store paying another $500 for the latest version of what you already bought.  Very frustrating.  

So Ironman.  Even he's not safe from the end of things I guess.  It doesn't matter the reason.  One of our symbols of strength and perseverance is now gone.  So much has changed in the world and gotten harder for us as time erodes our heros.  Couldn't we have kept this one?