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Differing views on Death
Loki:
--- Quote from: dragonspring on November 09, 2009, 11:21:27 AM ---Besides, what makes us so arrogant as to think that a human's passing is any more tragic than that of the cow I'm eating for dinner or of the tree that was chopped down to make the dining room table I eat on?
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I agree with this statement and echo what the others have said. Why would you mourn the passing of someone who either you did not know or whom was a negative force in your life? I say saving your own and her dignity by just letting her pass on was probably the most rightcheous thing to do!
And it depends on your own beliefs and yourself as to how you grieve and such, Grjuban'Roma (a type of gypsy my family are) actually celebrate death with feasts and drinking and songs with dancing. A persons 'deathday' is probably celebrated more than any other birthday they had. So our grieving to others probably looks terrible as we shed very few tears and drink, sing, dance and feast until we collapse!
BronwynWolf:
Loki, you just described an Irish wake.
Loki:
Good ole Tinkers (The Irish), they always did know how to have a good time!
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