The Ninja Space Goat wrote:it's not natural for me... I don't want to see anybody die. I know a lot of people who are the same way. My girlfriend for instance... COULD NOT watch somebody die on a video... she would turn her head away. (as would I)
Every time I see this thread title I get sad. I don't know why... it feels like I lost somebody I know. Which is very strange... because I didn't even like the guy. I can't figure out why it bothers me so much. I wasn't even real shook up about my grandma dying...

This is a sensitive issue, and just as bad as politics and religion...and yet it's not getting locked??? I say something silly and I get my message dropped...and this is allowed???
Just kidding mods...just kidding... *pokes like pilsbury doe boy* Hee hee
Anyways, Ninja...I would argue it is natural for you to look, but as humans we strive to often seperate outselves from our inner animal...
Animals don't: Style their hair, get breast implants, wear color contacts for the sake of vanity, etc...
They do however mourn the loss of their loved ones and fellow kin. They often stare death in the eye and depending on where they sit in the food chain, literally stare death in the eye
I can't tell you how or how not to deal with death, as everyone deals with it differently...some seek the acceptance of a higher power, others, like agnostics as myself, seek inner strength and acceptance of what life has to offer and occasionally take.
It sux when people die in tragic consequences, maybe even more than old age. But thats life: C'est la vie
Please understand that I am not a monster for saying I would watch the video. I'm not. In fact, if you knew me personally, I think you'd say the opposite. I give what little money I do have to charities occasionally, I comfort all those that I can in times of greif and disspare. I assure you I am not an animal, but I do have some instincts which carry over from once being an animal.
Many people need visual proof of ones passing, it's a very natural feeling to want to see someone in death. It comes to us all eventually, so it might be our way of dealing with the fact that it ain't all that bad.
95% of funerals I have attended have been open casket, it's like that in most cultures...it allows us to accept and move on as your life will be wasted if you spend it fretting about someone else's death.
We all fear what we do not know or understand and death is one subject which cannot be studied from a scientifc standpoint but it is not a psuedo-science like astrology, so everyone is curious of it's purpose, reason, etc...
The one universal truth all living creatures shares is life and death. So IMHO anyone interested in death is no more threatening than someone interested in life itself.
The problems only arise when people want to "cause" death...
Cheers
