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>something humans have done since before recorded history Inuits would leave their old out in the snow, and walk away. Just saying.
by SarahC_ 1y ago
>something humans have done since before recorded history
Inuits would leave their old out in the snow, and walk away. Just saying.
- timschmidt 1y agoI looked for references. Found the following which cites three references across 5 decades. It indicates that this practice was 1) rare even before it ended in 1939 2) considered repugnant by many Inuit 3) an alternative to starvation when there was no other choice. https://www.straightdope.com/21343302/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die https://www.straightdope.com/21343302/did-eskimos-put-their-... I'm not sure what you meant to communicate by sharing this thought. That 100 years ago hunter gatherers in the harshest inhabited climate on the planet made some unfathomably hard decisions and did horrifying things to survive? I don't see how that has any relevancy to what we do today in the richest most industrialized society in the world. Some tribes in Papua New Guinea prior to 1960 practiced occasional cannibalism. Doesn't mean we should be eating our neighbors today. Wild that I should have to say so.
- babyent 1y agoSteve is 75 and retiring. Quick! Barbecue him!