Comments on: I’m tellin ya – there IS romance in the notion of being mauled by a Tiger on Christmas Day http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/ Aqui tienes la sensacion de nacer y perecer cada dia Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bp http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 bp Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:23:01 +0000 http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/#comment-1746 if you're saying that being killed by a tiger is a more memorable way to die than cancer, alzeheimers, gunfire then i agree. however at the moment of his death the victim (or anyone being shredded by a jungle cat) would be hard-pressed to find the time to consider or weigh how cool it is. Issues of self-regard tend to vanish in the face of rapidly approching death(depending on the robustness of your survival instinct of course) if you’re saying that being killed by a tiger is a more memorable way to die than cancer, alzeheimers, gunfire then i agree. however at the moment of his death the victim (or anyone being shredded by a jungle cat) would be hard-pressed to find the time to consider or weigh how cool it is. Issues of self-regard tend to vanish in the face of rapidly approching death(depending on the robustness of your survival instinct of course)

]]> By: chi li http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 chi li Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:52:29 +0000 http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/#comment-1745 17 is young, but on the other hand, you can consider he missed out on some harsher bits of living - never got to do lots of the great stuff, but never had to deal with some of the bad. The question is still quality vs. quality: at what point can an individual say "OK, enough, I can die now"? By this same logic, it's hard to accept kids born into poverty, throw in some physical challenge or genetic 'bad luck', and they end up dying before 10. It's hard to take and seems cruel, but in some way, naivety is to their advantage. As for this guy, surely hispanic teens are killed in San Jose (where he was from) and SF (where he died) all the time and no one knows their story or gives a fuck... I think it's absurd if this story attracted more interest than those who died in the mall shooting in ND before the holidays. The Siberian tiger is more sensational than "another American psycho with a gun", something we've grown too used to- 17 is young, but on the other hand, you can consider he missed out on some harsher bits of living – never got to do lots of the great stuff, but never had to deal with some of the bad. The question is still quality vs. quality: at what point can an individual say “OK, enough, I can die now”?
By this same logic, it’s hard to accept kids born into poverty, throw in some physical challenge or genetic ‘bad luck’, and they end up dying before 10. It’s hard to take and seems cruel, but in some way, naivety is to their advantage.

As for this guy, surely hispanic teens are killed in San Jose (where he was from) and SF (where he died) all the time and no one knows their story or gives a fuck…

I think it’s absurd if this story attracted more interest than those who died in the mall shooting in ND before the holidays. The Siberian tiger is more sensational than “another American psycho with a gun”, something we’ve grown too used to-

]]> By: Angela http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Angela Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:51:52 +0000 http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/#comment-1744 I can see your point of view, but I'm not sure I can agree with you on this one. The poor kid was only 17 and to make matters worse was (allegedly) taunting the tiger. Maybe if he was an 85 year old ex big game hunter suffering from Alzheimers who had wandered off from a local nursing home... I can see your point of view, but I’m not sure I can agree with you on this one. The poor kid was only 17 and to make matters worse was (allegedly) taunting the tiger. Maybe if he was an 85 year old ex big game hunter suffering from Alzheimers who had wandered off from a local nursing home…

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