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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Monday, November 10, 2008

So far in Dante I haven't thought that the punishments have been that bad, but then i thought that if you had to do some of these things for eternity it would be terrible, in fact if you had to do anything for eternity it would be terrible. Does anyone agree?
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

In circle six, the people are in the eternal open tomb with the flames of God burning them forever. I think thats kinda terrible.

November 10, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Kiberico said...

yea i agree, because then you would get tired of doing the same thing over and over again, and then just go crazy!

November 10, 2008 at 8:39 PM
rbreaux said...

i agree with alex. No matter what the punishment would be, doing it for all eternity would be bad.

November 10, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Maryclaire said...

I don't know. Being rained on by filth and excrement sounds pretty disgusting, personally. Actually, if I had to live with that filth for eternity, I would probably have to get over my germaphobia.

November 11, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Mister Dee said...

But wouldn't they get used to these punishments after a while? If it's negligible, it's not that much of a punishment then.

November 11, 2008 at 8:51 AM
jmartinez said...

i dont think a punishment in hell would be neglibble they just dont seem that terrible becuase they are described in the book. But if we were to see someone go through this on youtube or something we would definitely be horrified or astonished.

November 11, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Emily A said...

Yea, I think doing anything for eternity would be torture; especially if it’s physiological rather than physical torture. The pure monotony of it will also get old fast. Think Chinese water torture...

November 11, 2008 at 3:09 PM

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