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FourWinds F
FourWinds Jul 31, 2003 18:20:57
Replying to morfe

We are separated from death by sterile hospitals and less and less accidents caused by Ugg not a being very good aim with his spear.

Certainly, the 'ancients' would have been much more aware of death. We have butchers to do our culling, we don't see that. The kill would have been part of everybodies very, very harsh life.

Infant mortality would have been frighteningly high. More death in child birth. It wasn't a walk in the woods sniffing bluebells was it?

Life was fragile and short and they would have known it far more than we do.

M morfe
morfe Jul 31, 2003 18:40:39
Replying to FourWinds

"We are separated from death by sterile hospitals and less and less accidents caused by Ugg not a being very good aim with his spear"

We are surrounded by death. If not on TV, by car accidents, cancer, gunhot, war, famine etc, etc. I agree it's sterilized to a degree, but having 'reverence' or understanding of the cyclical nature of birth and death doesn't, I believe distinguish the percieved time frame of life. And 'life is short' is still one of our more common maxims?

And 'Ugg' would no doubt be a finer shot with his spear than you or I might with our words ;-)